PAGE 553 TECHNICAL INFORMATION LAHTI PRO PROLINE MEGA TRYTON VULCAN OTHER BRANDS FISKARS KLINGSPOR JUCO ERDI BESSEY LYRA GUILBERT EXPRESS ELICO TESA CELLFAST STANLEY DEWALT Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 2016/425 of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC. In accordance with European Union law, EP and EU Council Regulation 2016/425, as well as national legislation on Health and Safety at Work and the Labour Code, it is the duty of every employer to provide employees with personal protective equipment (PPE) that is suitably adapted to protect them from the hazards present in the respective workplaces. Personal protective equipment (PPE) means: - means designed and manufactured to be worn or held by a person for the purpose of protecting against one or more risks to that person’s health or safety. - interchangeable components of measures that are essential to their protective function; - connection systems for equipment which are worn or held by a person, are designed to connect thtatequipment to an external device or to a stable anchorage point, are not intended to be permanently fixed and do not require assembly work prior to use. Prior to marketing of personal protective equipment, its manufacturer needs to demonstrate through conformity assessment that it conforms to the essential requirements of safety and health protection specified in Regulation 2016/425. One way to demonstrate the conformity of a piece of personal protective equipment to essential requirements is to prove that it conforms to requirements of a standard harmonised with the Regulation. As a confirmation of conformity to essential requirements, the manufacturer or importer affixes the CE mark to the piece of equipment and issues a declaration of conformity. PPE CATEGORIES The PPE Directive divides personal protective equipment into three protection categories, depending on the level of risk that an employee may be exposed to during work. Protection category Risk level Description I Low Category I covers only the following minimum hazards: superficial mechanical injury, contact with cleaning agents with weaker action or prolonged contact with water, contact with hot surfaces at a temperature not exceeding 50 °C, visual damage from exposure to sunlight (other than during sun observation), atmospheric agents that are not of an extreme nature. II Medium Category II covers hazards other than those listed in Categories I and III III High Category III covers only hazards which may have very serious consequences, such as death or irreversible damage to health, from hazardous substances and mixtures, oxygen-deficient atmospheres, harmful biological agents, ionising radiation, high-temperature environments with effects comparable to air temperatures of 100 °C or more, low-temperature environments comparable to air temperatures of - 50 °C or lower, falls from heights, electrocution and live work, drowning, cuts caused by portable chainsaws, high-pressure jets, gunshot wounds or stab wounds, harmful noise. Labour Code “An employer may not allow employee to work without measures of personal protection and workwear and footwear, provided for use on the job” (Polish Labour Code art. 2379 §1) “Employer is obliged. provide the employee with the means personal protective equipment that meet the requirements for the conformity assessment procedures set out in separate regulations” (Labour Code Art. 2376 § 3) LEGAL BASIS
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