# 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), Division: Category III

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Category III includes exclusively the risks that may cause very serious consequences such as death or irreversible damage to health relating to the following:
(a) substances and mixtures which are hazardous to health;
(b) atmospheres with oxygen deficiency;
(c) harmful biological agents;
(d) ionising radiation;
(e) high-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of at least 100 °C;
(f) low-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of – 50 °C or less;
(g) falling from a height;
(h) electric shock and live working;
(i) drowning;
(j) cuts by hand-held chainsaws;
(k) high-pressure jets;
(l) bullet wounds or knife stabs;
(m) harmful noise.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/425/annex/I/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-425/annex-I/division-3
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