Division Equipment for BODY PROTECTION/OTHER SKIN PROTECTIONF1

Personal protective equipment for protection against falls from a height, such as retractable type fall arresters, full body harnesses, sit harnesses, belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning lanyards, energy absorbers, guided-type fall arresters including an anchor line, rope adjustment devices, anchor devices that are not designed to be permanently fixed and that do not require fastening works before use, connectors, lanyards, rescue harness

Protective clothing, including whole body (i.e. suits, overalls) protection and partial body (i.e. gaiters, trousers, jackets, waistcoats, aprons, kneepads, hoods, balaclavas) protection against:

• Mechanical risks

• Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold)

• Chemicals

• Biological agents

• Ionizing radiation and radioactive contamination

• Non-ionizing radiation (UV, IR, solar or welding radiation)

• Electric shock and live working (antistatic, conductive, insulating)

• Entanglement and trapping

Lifejackets for prevention of drowning and buoyancy aids

PPE for signalling the user’s presence visually