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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425/annex-I/division-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/425",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425",
  "path": "annex/I/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Category III",
  "text": "Category III includes exclusively the risks that may cause very serious consequences such as death or irreversible damage to health relating to the following:\n(a) substances and mixtures which are hazardous to health;\n(b) atmospheres with oxygen deficiency;\n(c) harmful biological agents;\n(d) ionising radiation;\n(e) high-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of at least 100 °C;\n(f) low-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of – 50 °C or less;\n(g) falling from a height;\n(h) electric shock and live working;\n(i) drowning;\n(j) cuts by hand-held chainsaws;\n(k) high-pressure jets;\n(l) bullet wounds or knife stabs;\n(m) harmful noise.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/425/annex/I/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:58.157392+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}