« Category II protective garment against occupational disease risk » (capped knee).

These garments enable to limit the risks of capped knees, red patches or callosities. Indeed, thanks to kneepads, the pressures exerted on knees are divided when kneeling down on uneven and sometimes damp zones.
*Hygrovet is the name registered by the I.N.R.S. which signed a technological partnership chart with KIPLAY. The Hygrovet label on the protective plate and on the garment certifies compliance with I.N.R.S. specifications.

« Category I protective garment for common works in the building and public works sector » The protective garments for common works in the in the building and public works sector must comply with the technical regulations approved by the executive board of the O.G.B.T.P.
These regulations apply to garments aiming at protecting users against mechanical attacks with superficial effects, excluding any other risk.

The protective garments benefiting from the O.B.S. label belong to the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) category mentioned in article R 233-154 of the Labour Legislation, called « category I .»

« Protective garments against bad weather »

This standard concerns the protective garments against rain, wind and cold temperatures over -5°C.

X : waterproofness (0 to 3)
Y : evaporative resistance (0 to 3), i.e. the garment’s breathability level.

If the garment has a thermal lining, a second pictogram is added :

X : evaporative resistance
Y : thermal resistance.

« High visibility garments» Standard EN 471 specifies the characteristics that are indispensable to garments aiming at visually signalling the user’s presence so as to detect him and to see him clearly in dangerous situations, in any luminosity conditions, night and day.
Models and categories :
There are three categories of high visibility garments. Each one must have minimal surfaces of materials constituting the garment in accordance with the table below.
The garments must be composed of the required surfaces of fluorescent base material and retro-reflecting material.

« Protective garments against electrostatic charges »

This standard specifies the electrostatic requirements and the test methods for the protective garments dispersing static electricity in order to avoid sparks that may cause fire.

« Protective garments for industry workers exposed to heat (except garments for firemen and welders) »
A : limited resistance to flames.
B : resistance to convective heat (1 to 5)
C : resistance to radiant heat (1 to 4)
D : resistance to molten aluminium splashing (1 to 3)
E : resistance to molten metal splashing (1 to 3)
This category II protective garment aims at protecting industry workers against short-time contacts with a flame and against at least one kind of heat, among the following:
- convective heatve
- radiant heat
- significant molten metal splashing
- association of these risks of heat

«Protective clothing against liquid chemicals - Performance requirements for chemical protective clothing offering limited protective performance against liquid chemicals.» This document specifies the minimum requirements for limited use and re-useable limited performance chemical protective clothing. Limited performance chemical protective clothing is intended for use in cases of a potential exposure to a light spray, liquid aerosols or low pressure, low volume splashes, against which a complete liquid permeation barrier (at the molecular level) is not required. This document covers both chemical protective suits (Type 6) and partial body protection (Type PB [6]).