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Document 32019L1832

    Commission Directive 2019/1832 of 24 October 2019 amending Annexes I, II and III to Council Directive 89/656/EEC as regards purely technical adjustments

    C/2019/7529

    OJ L 279, 31/10/2019, p. 35–53 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1832/oj

    31.10.2019   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 279/35


    COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2019/1832

    of 24 October 2019

    amending Annexes I, II and III to Council Directive 89/656/EEC as regards purely technical adjustments

    THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

    Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

    Having regard to Council Directive 89/656/EEC of 30 November 1989 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights (2), proclaimed at Gothenburg on 17 November 2017, provides that every worker has the right to a healthy, safe and well-adapted working environment. The workers’ right to a high level of protection of their health and safety at work and to a working environment that is adapted to their professional needs and that enables them to prolong their participation in the labour market includes the use of personal protective equipment at the workplace if risks cannot be avoided or sufficiently limited by other means, measures, methods or procedures of work organisation.

    (2)

    The implementation of the directives related to the health and safety of workers at work, including Directive 89/656/EEC, was the subject of an ex-post evaluation, referred to as a REFIT evaluation. The evaluation looked at the directives’ relevance, at research and at new scientific knowledge in the various fields concerned. The REFIT evaluation, referred to in the Commission Staff Working Document (3), concludes, among other things, that the use of personal protective equipment concerns approximately 40 % of the EU’s workforce, as risks at the workplace cannot be avoided by any other means, and that there is a need to address difficulties in implementing Directive 89/656/EEC.

    (3)

    In its Communication ‘Safer and Healthier Work for All – Modernisation of the EU Occupational Safety and Health Legislation and Policy’ (4), the Commission reiterated that while the REFIT evaluation of the Union’s acquis on occupational health and safety confirmed that the legislation in this field is generally effective and fit-for-purpose, there is scope for updating outdated rules and ensuring better and broader protection, compliance and enforcement on the ground. The Commission emphasises the particular need to consider the definition of personal protective equipment and its use by different services and sectors, as set out in Article 2 of Directive 89/656/EEC.

    (4)

    Directive 89/656/EEC lays down minimum requirements for the use of personal protective equipment used by workers at work, which is to be used when the risks concerned cannot be avoided or sufficiently limited by technical means of collective protection or by measures, methods or procedures of work organisation. To facilitate the establishment of the general rules required pursuant to Article 6 of Directive 89/656/EEC, Annexes I, II and III to Directive 89/656/EEC provide non-binding guidelines intended to facilitate and support the selection of appropriate personal protective equipment for the risks, activities and sectors concerned.

    (5)

    Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) lays down the provisions regarding the design, manufacture and marketing of personal protective equipment. Regulation (EU) 2016/425 modified the risk categorisation of products, to enable employers to understand and thus to deploy personal protective equipment, as further explained in the Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines (6) that clarify procedures and matters referred to in Regulation (EU) 2016/425. It is considered appropriate to update Annexes I, II and III to Directive 89/656/EEC in order to ensure consistency with the risk classification laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/425 and to align them with terminologies used and types of personal protective equipment referred to in Regulation (EU) 2016/425.

    (6)

    Article 4(1) of Directive 89/656/EEC foresees that employers must provide personal protective equipment that complies with the relevant Union provisions on design and manufacture with respect to safety and health. Pursuant to that Article, employers who provide that personal protective equipment to their workers must ensure that such personal protective equipment fulfils the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/425.

    (7)

    Annex I to Directive 89/656/EEC sets out a specimen risk survey table for the use of personal protective equipment and sets out types of risks that could occur in workplaces in relation to different parts of the body to be protected by personal protective equipment. Annex I should be amended to take account of new types of risks that appear in workplaces and to ensure consistency with the risk classification and the terminology used, in particular in Regulation (EU) 2016/425.

    (8)

    Annex II to Directive 89/656/EEC, which sets out a non-exhaustive guide list of types of personal protective equipment, should be amended to take account of the new types of risks identified in Annex I to that directive. Annex II should also be amended to include examples of personal protective equipment currently available on the market in conformity with Regulation (EU) 2016/425 and the terminology used in that Regulation.

    (9)

    Annex III to Directive 89/656/EEC sets out a non-exhaustive guide list of activities and sectors of activity that could require the provision of personal protective equipment, bringing together the risk classifications set out in Annex I to that directive and the types of personal protective equipment described in Annex II to that directive. Annex III to Directive 89/656/EEC should be restructured to ensure consistency between the terminology and classifications used across the three annexes and with Regulation (EU) 2016/425. This will enable employers from different sectors and industries to better identify and provide personal protective equipment that corresponds to specific activities and the specific types of risks that workers are exposed to, as indicated by the risk assessment.

    (10)

    The Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work was consulted on the measures resulting from the adoption of the Commission’s Communication ‘Safer and Healthier Work for All – Modernisation of the EU Occupational Safety and Health Legislation and Policy’ that are required to keep the Union’s occupational health and safety legislation effective and fit-for-purpose.

    (11)

    In its ‘Opinion on the Modernisation of Six OSH Directives to Ensure Healthier and Safer Work for All’ (7), adopted on 6 December 2017, the Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work recommends that Directive 89/656/EEC should be amended to enhance its relevance and effectiveness.

    (12)

    In a subsequent ‘Opinion on technical updates to the annexes of the Personal Protective Equipment Directive (89/656/EEC)’ (8), adopted on 31 May 2018, the Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work recommends that specific updates to Annex I, II and III to Directive 89/656/EEC, taking into account the latest technological developments in the field and ensuring consistency with Regulation (EU) 2016/425, should be carried out.

    (13)

    In preparing the current update of Annexes I, II and III to Directive 89/656/EEC, the Commission was assisted by experts representing Member States, who provided technical and scientific support.

    (14)

    In accordance with the Joint Political Declaration on explanatory documents (9), adopted by the Member States and the Commission on 28 September 2011, Member States have undertaken to accompany, in justified cases, the notification of their transposition measures with one or more documents explaining the relationship between the components of a directive and the corresponding parts of national transposition instruments.

    (15)

    The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 17 of Council Directive 89/391/EEC (10),

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

    Article 1

    Annexes I, II and III to Directive 89/656/EEC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Directive.

    Article 2

    1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 20 November 2021 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

    When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

    2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

    Article 3

    This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    Article 4

    This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 24 October 2019.

    For the Commission

    The President

    Jean-Claude JUNCKER


    (1)   OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 18.

    (2)  European Pillar of Social Rights, 2017, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/social-summit-european-pillar-social-rights-booklet_en.pdf

    (3)  SWD(2017) 10 final

    (4)  COM(2017) 12

    (5)  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 (OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51).

    (6)  PPE Regulation Guidelines – Guide to application of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment, https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/29201

    (7)  Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work Doc. 1718/2017

    (8)  Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work Doc. 443/18

    (9)   OJ C 369, 17.12.2011, p. 14.

    (10)  Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1).


    ANNEX

    (1)   

    Annex I to Directive 89/656/EEC is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX I

    RISKS IN RELATION TO THE BODY PARTS TO BE PROTECTED BY PPE (*)

    (*) This list of risks/parts of the body cannot be expected to be exhaustive.

    The risk assessment will determine the need to provide a PPE and its characteristics according to the provisions of this Directive.

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    (2)   

    Annex II to Directive 89/656/EEC is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX II

    NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF TYPES OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WITH REGARD TO THE RISKS THEY PROVIDE PROTECTION AGAINST

    Equipment for HEAD PROTECTION

    Helmets and/or caps/balaclavas/headgears against:

    Impacts caused by falling or ejected object

    Collision with an obstacle

    Mechanical risks (perforation, abrasion)

    Static compression (lateral crushing)

    Thermal risks (fire, heat, cold, hot solids including molten metals)

    Electric shock and live working

    Chemical risks

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

    Hairnets against risk of entanglement

    Equipment for HEARING PROTECTION

    Earmuffs (including e.g. earmuffs attached to a helmet, active noise reduction earmuffs, earmuffs with electrical audio input)

    Earplugs (including e.g. level-dependent earplugs, earplugs adapted to the individual)

    Equipment for EYE AND FACE PROTECTION

    Spectacles, goggles and face shields (prescription lenses where appropriate) against:

    Mechanical risks

    Thermal risks

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

    Ionizing radiation

    Solid aerosols and liquids of chemical and biological agents

    Equipment for RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

    Filtering devices against:

    Particles

    Gases

    Particles and gases

    Solid and/or liquid aerosols

    Insulating devices, including with an air supply

    Self-rescue devices

    Diving equipment

    Equipment for HAND AND ARM PROTECTION

    Gloves (including mittens and arm protection) against:

    Mechanical risks

    Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold)

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

    Chemical risks

    Biological agents

    Ionizing radiation and radioactive contamination

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

    Vibration risks

    Finger stalls

    Equipment for FOOT AND LEG PROTECTION and anti-slip protection

    Footwear (e.g. shoes, including in certain circumstances clogs, boots that may have steel toe-caps) to protect against:

    Mechanical risks

    Slipping risks

    Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold)

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

    Chemicals risks

    Vibration risks

    Biological risks

    Removable instep protectors against mechanical risks

    Kneepads against mechanical risks

    Gaiters against mechanical, thermal and chemical risks and biological agents

    Accessories (e.g. spikes, crampons)

    SKIN PROTECTION — BARRIER CREAMS  (1)

    There could be barrier creams to protect against:

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

    Ionizing radiation

    Chemicals

    Biological agents

    Thermal risks (heat, flame and cold)

    Equipment for BODY PROTECTION/OTHER SKIN PROTECTION

    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

    (3)   

    Annex III to Directive 89/656/EEC is replaced by the following:

    ‘ANNEX III

    NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ACTIVITIES AND SECTORS OF ACTIVITY WHICH MAY REQUIRE THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (*)

    (*) The risk assessment will determine the need to provide a PPE and its characteristics according to the provisions of this Directive

    I.   PHYSICAL RISKS

    Risks

    Body part affected

    Type of PPE

    Examples of activities where the use of the corresponding type of PPE may be necessary (*)

    Industry and Sectors

    PHYSICAL — MECHANICAL

    Impact caused by falling or ejected objects, collision with an obstacle and high-pressure jets

    Cranium

    Protective helmet

    Work on, underneath or in the vicinity of scaffolding and elevated workplaces

    Carcase Work and road work

    Formwork's erection and stripping

    Scaffolding's assembly and installation

    Assembly and installation works

    Demolitions

    Blasting works

    Work in pits, trenches, shafts and tunnels

    Work in the vicinity of lifts, lifting gear, cranes, and conveyors

    Works in underground workings, quarries, open diggings

    Work with industrial furnaces, containers, machinery, silos, bunkers and pipelines

    Slaughtering and Cutting line at slaughterhouses

    Load handling or Transport and storage

    Forest work

    Work on steel bridges, steel building construction, steel hydraulic structures, blast furnaces, steel works and rolling mills, large containers, large pipelines, boiler plants and power stations

    Earth and rock works

    Work with bolt-driving tools

    Work with blast furnaces, direct reduction plants, steelworks, rolling mills, metalworks, forging, drop forging and casting

    Work involving travelling on bicycles and mechanically propelled bikes

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Machinery manufacturing, installation and maintenance

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Energy production

    Infrastructure construction and maintenance

    Iron and Steel industry

    Slaughterhouses

    Railway shunting work

    Harbours, transport and logistics

    Forest Industry

    Eyes and/or face

    Spectacles, goggles and face shields

    Welding, grinding and separating work

    Manual hammering

    Caulking and chiselling

    Rock working and processing

    Work with bolt-driving tools

    Work on stock removing machines for small chippings

    Drop forging

    The removal and breaking up of fragments

    Spraying of abrasive substances

    Use of brush cutter or chainsaw

    Dental and surgical procedures

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Machinery manufacturing, installation and maintenance

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Energy production

    Infrastructure construction and maintenance

    Iron and Steel industries

    Metal and Wood industries

    Stone carving

    Gardening

    Healthcare

    Forestry

    Foot and leg (parts)

    Footwear (shoes/boots, etc.) with safety or protective toecap

    Footwear with metatarsal protection

    Carcase Work and road work

    Erection and stripping of formwork

    Scaffolding's assembly and installation

    Demolitions

    Blasting works

    Working and processing of rock

    Slaughtering and Cutting line works

    Transport and storage

    Work with moulds in the ceramics industry

    Work with frozen meat blocks and preserved foods packaging

    Flat glass products and container glassware manufacture, working and processing

    Conversion and maintenance work

    Forest works

    Work with concrete and prefabricated parts involving formwork erection and stripping

    Work in contractors’ yards and warehouses

    Roof work

    Work on steel bridges, steel building construction, masts, towers, lifts, steel hydraulic structures, blast furnaces, steelworks and rolling mills, large containers, large pipelines, cranes, boiler plants and power stations

    Furnace construction, heating and ventilation installation and metal assembly work

    Work with blast furnaces, direct reduction plants, steelworks, rolling mills, metal works, forging, drop forging, hot pressing and drawing plants

    Work in quarries and open diggings, coal stock removal

    Work with moulds in the ceramics industry

    Lining of kilns in the ceramics industry

    Railway shunting work

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Machinery manufacturing, installation and maintenance

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Energy production

    Infrastructure construction and maintenance

    Iron and Steel industry

    Slaughterhouses

    Logistic Companies

    Manufacturing Industry

    Glass Industry

    Forest Industry

    Falls due to slipping

    Foot

    Slip-resistant footwear

    Works on slippery surfaces

    Works on humidity environments

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Slaughterhouse

    Cleaning

    Food industries

    Gardening

    Fishing industry

    Falls from a height

    Whole body

    PPE designed to prevent or arrest falls from height

    Work on scaffolding

    Assembly of prefabricated parts

    Works on masts

    Roof work

    Work on vertical or slope surfaces

    Work in high crane cabs

    Work in high cabs of warehouse stacking and retrieval equipment

    Work in high sections of drilling towers

    Work in shafts and sewers

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Infrastructure maintenance

    Vibration

    Hands

    Protective Gloves

    Works with hand-guided tools

    Manufacturing industries

    Building work

    Civil Engineering work

    Static compression of parts of the body

    Knee (leg parts)

    Kneepads

    Installation of blocks, tiles and pavers on the floor

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Foot

    Footwear with toecaps

    Demolitions

    Load handling

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Transport and storage

    Maintenance

    Mechanical injuries (abrasion, perforation, cuts, bites, wounds or stabs)

    Eyes and/or face

    Spectacles, goggles, face shields

    Works with hand-guided tools

    Welding and forging

    Grinding and separating work

    Chiselling

    Rock working and processing

    Work on stock removing machines for small chippings

    Drop forging

    The removal and breaking up of fragments

    Spraying of abrasive substances

    Use of brush cutter or chainsaw

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Energy production

    Infrastructure maintenance

    Iron and Steel industries

    Metal and Wood industries

    Stone carving

    Gardening

    Forestry

    Hands

    Mechanical protective gloves

    Works with steel framework

    Handling of sharp-edged objects, other than machines where there is a danger of the gloves being caught

    Regular cutting using a hand knife for production and slaughtering

    Changing the knives of cutting machines

    Forest works

    Gardening work

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Infrastructure maintenance

    Manufacturing industries

    Food industry

    Slaughter

    Forest industry

    Forearms

    Arm protection

    Boning and cutting

    Food industry

    Slaughter

    Trunk/Abdomen/Leg

    Protective apron, gaiters

    Penetration resistance trousers (cut-resistant trousers)

    Regular cutting using a hand knife for production and slaughtering

    Forest works

    Food industry

    Slaughter

    Forest industry

    Foot

    Penetration resistance footwear

    Carcase works and road works

    Demolition

    Formwork's erection and stripping

    Forest works

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Forest industry

    Entanglement and trapping

    Whole body

    Protective clothing for use where there is a risk of entanglement with moving parts

    Entangle oneself in parts of machines

    Get caught in parts of machines

    Get caught with garment in parts of machines

    Get swept away

    Machine building

    Manufacture of heavy-duty machines

    Engineering

    Construction

    Agriculture

    PHYSICAL — NOISE

    Noise

    Ears

    Hearing protectors

    Work with metal presses

    Work with pneumatic drills

    The work of ground staff at airports

    Works with power tools

    Blasting works

    Pile-driving work

    Wood and textile working

    Metal Industry

    Manufacturing industry

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Aeronautical industry

    Mining works

    PHYSICAL — THERMAL

    Heat and/or fire

    Face/Whole head

    Welding headshields,

    helmets/caps against heat or fire, protective hoods against heat and/or flame

    Work in presence of high temperatures, radiating heat or fire

    Work with or in the vicinity of molten substances

    Work with welding plastics guns

    Iron and Steel Industry

    Metal Industry

    Maintenance services

    Manufacturing Industry

    Trunk/abdomen/legs

    Protective apron, gaiters

    Welding and forging

    Casting

    Iron and Steel Industry

    Metal Industry

    Maintenance services

    Manufacturing industry

    Hand

    Protective gloves against heat and/or flame

    Welding and forging

    Work in presence of high temperatures, radiating heat or fire

    Work with or in the vicinity of molten substances

    Iron and Steel Industry

    Metal Industry

    Maintenance services

    Manufacturing industry

    Forearms

    Sleeves

    Welding and forging

    Work with or in the vicinity of molten substances

    Iron and Steel Industry

    Metal Industry

    Maintenance services

    Manufacturing industry

    Foot

    Footwear against heat and/or flame

    Work with or in the vicinity of molten substances

    Iron and Steel Industry

    Metal Industry

    Maintenance services

    Manufacturing industry

    Whole/partial body

    Protective clothing against heat and/or flame

    Work in presence of high temperatures, radiating heat or fire

    Iron and Steel Industry

    Metal Industry

    Forest Industry

    Cold

    Hand

    Protective gloves against cold

    Foot

    Footwear against cold

    Work in the open air in extreme cold conditions

    Work in deep-freeze rooms

    Work with cryogenic liquids

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Food Industry

    Agriculture and fisheries sector

    Whole/partial body including head

    Protective clothing against cold

    Work in the open air in cold weather conditions

    Work in deep-freeze rooms

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Food Industry

    Agriculture and fisheries sector

    Transport and storage

    PHYSICAL — ELECTRICAL

    Electric shock (direct or indirect contact)

    Whole head

    Electrically insulating helmets

    Hands

    Electrically insulating gloves

    Foot

    Electrically insulating footwear

    Whole body/Hands/Foot

    Conductive PPE intended to be worn by skilled persons during live working at a nominal power system voltage up to 800 kV AC and 600 kV DC

    Live working or close to live parts under electrical tension

    Work on electrical system

    Energy production

    Transmission and distribution of electrical energy

    Industrial facilities maintenance

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Static electricity

    Hands

    Antistatic gloves

    Foot

    Antistatic/conductivefootwear

    Whole body

    Antistatic clothing

    Handling plastic and rubber

    Pouring, collecting or loading into a container

    Work near to highly charged elements such as conveyor belts

    Handling explosives

    Manufacturing industry

    Feed industry

    Bagging and packing plants

    Production, storage or transport of explosives

    PHYSICAL — RADIATION

    Non-ionizing radiation, including sunlight (other than direct observation)

    Head

    Caps and helmets

    Work in open air

    Fishing and agriculture

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Eyes

    Protective spectacles, goggles and face shields

    Work with radiant heat

    Furnace operations

    Work with laser

    Work in open air

    Welding and gas cutting

    Glass blowing

    Germicidal lamps

    Iron and Steel Industries

    Manufacturing industry

    Fishing and agriculture

    Whole body (skin)

    PPE against

    Natural and artificial UV

    Work in the open air

    Electrical welding

    Germicidal lamps

    Xenon lamps

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Energy production

    Infrastructure maintenance

    Fishing and agriculture

    Forest industry

    Gardening

    Food industry

    Plastic industry

    Printing industry

    Ionizing radiation

    Eyes

    Protective spectacles/goggles against ionizing radiation

    Hands

    Protective gloves against ionizing radiation

    Operating in X-ray facilities

    Operating in the area of medical radio diagnosis

    Work with radioactive products

    Healthcare

    Veterinary care

    Radioactive waste plant

    Energy production

    Trunk/abdomen/partial body

    Protective apron against x-rays

    /Coat/Vest/Skirt against x-rays

    Operating in X-ray facilities

    Operating in the area of medical radio diagnosis

    Healthcare

    Veterinary care

    Dental care

    Urology

    Surgery

    Interventional radiology

    Laboratories

    Head

    Headwear & Caps

    PPE for protection against e.g. development of brain tumours

    Medical X-ray work places and facilities

    Healthcare

    Veterinary care

    Dental care

    Urology

    Surgery

    Interventional radiology

    Partial body

    PPE for thyroid protection

    PPE for gonads protection

    Operating in X-ray facilities

    Operating in the area of medical radio diagnosis

    Healthcare

    Veterinary care

    Whole body

    Protective clothing against ionizing radiation

    Operating in the area of medical radio diagnosis

    Work with radioactive products

    Energy production

    Radioactive waste plant

    II.   CHEMICAL RISKS (including nanomaterial)

    Risks

    Body part affected

    Type of PPE

    Examples of activities where the use of the corresponding type of PPE may be necessary (*)

    Industry and Sectors

    CHEMICAL — AEROSOLS

    Solid (dusts, fumes, smokes, fibres,

    and nano-material)

    Respiratory system

    Respiratory protective devices against particles

    Demolition

    Blasting works

    Sanding and Polishing of surfaces

    Work in presence of asbestos

    Use of materials consisting of/containing nanoparticles

    Welding

    Chimney sweeper

    Work on the lining of furnaces and ladles where there may be dust

    Work in the vicinity of blast furnace taps where there may be heavy metal fumes

    Work in the vicinity of the blast furnace charge

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Mining works

    Iron and Steel industries

    Metal and Wood industries

    Automotive industry

    Stone carving

    Pharmaceuticals industry

    Healthcare services

    Preparation of cytostatics

    Hands

    Chemical Protective gloves

    and barrier cream as an additional/accessory protection

    Work in presence of asbestos

    Use of materials consisting of/containing nanoparticles

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Industrial facilities maintenance

    Whole body

    Protective clothing against solid particles

    Demolition

    Work in presence of asbestos

    Use of materials consisting of/containing nanoparticles

    Chimney sweeper

    Preparation of plant protection products

    Building construction

    Civil engineering construction

    Shipbuilding

    Industrial facilities maintenance

    Agriculture

    Eyes

    Spectacles/goggles and face shields

    Woodworking

    Road work

    Mining industry

    Metal and wood industry

    Civil engineering construction

    Liquid

    (mists and fogs)

    Respiratory system

    Respiratory protective devices against particles

    Surface treatment (e.g. varnishing/painting, abrasive blasting)

    Surface cleaning

    Metal Industry

    Manufacturing Industry

    Automotive sector

    Hands

    Chemical protective gloves

    Surface treatment

    Surface cleaning

    Work with liquid sprays

    Works with acids and caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrosive cleaning substances

    Metal Industry

    Manufacturing industry

    Automotive sector

    Whole body

    Chemical protective clothing

    Surface treatment

    Surface cleaning

    Metal Industry

    Manufacturing industry

    Automotive sector

    CHEMICAL — LIQUIDS

    Immersion

    Splashes, sprays and jets

    Hands

    Chemical protective gloves,

    Work with liquid sprays

    Works with acids and caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrosive cleaning products

    Processing of coating materials

    Tanning

    Work in hairdressers and beauty salons

    Textile and clothing industry

    Cleaning industry

    Automobile industry

    Beauty and hairdressing sectors

    Forearms

    Chemical protective sleeves

    Works with acids and caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrosive cleaning products

    Cleaning

    Chemical industry

    Cleaning industry

    Automobile industry

    Foot

    Chemical protective boots

    Work with liquid sprays

    Works with acids and caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrosive cleaning products

    Textile and clothing industry

    Cleaning industry

    Automobile industry

    Whole body

    Chemical protectiveclothing

    Work with liquid sprays

    Works with acids and caustic solutions, disinfectants and corrosive cleaning products

    Cleaning

    Chemical industry

    Cleaning industry

    Automobile industry

    Agriculture

    CHEMICAL — GASES AND VAPOURS

    Gases and vapours

    Respiratory system

    Respiratory protective devices against gases

    Surface treatment (e.g. varnishing/painting, abrasive blasting)

    Surface cleaning

    Work in fermentation and distilling rooms

    Work inside tanks and digesters

    Work in containers, restricted areas and gas-fired industrial furnaces where there may be gas or insufficient oxygen

    Chimney sweeper

    Disinfectants and corrosive cleaning substances

    Work in the vicinity of gas converters and blast furnace gas pipes

    Metal Industry

    Automotive sector

    Manufacturing industry

    Cleaning industry

    Alcoholic drinks production

    Wastewater treatment plants

    Waste treatment plant

    Chemical Industry

    Petrochemical industry

    Hands

    Chemical protective gloves

    Surface treatment

    Surface cleaning

    Work in fermentation and distilling rooms

    Work inside tanks and digesters

    Work in containers, restricted areas and gas-fired industrial furnaces where there may be gas or insufficient oxygen

    Metal Industry

    Automotive sector

    Manufacturing industry

    Alcoholic drinks production

    Wastewater treatment plants

    Waste treatment plant

    Chemical Industry

    Petrochemical industry

    Whole body

    Chemical protective clothing

    Surface treatment

    Surface cleaning

    Work in fermentation and distilling rooms

    Work inside tanks and digesters

    Work in containers, restricted areas and gas-fired industrial furnaces where there may be gas or insufficient oxygen

    Metal Industry

    Automotive sector

    Manufacturing industry

    Alcoholic drinks production

    Wastewater treatment plants

    Waste treatment plant

    Chemical Industry