The document outlines BSI's certification and testing services for personal protective equipment (PPE), emphasizing compliance with relevant standards and directives. BSI offers Kitemark certification, CE marking, and a variety of testing services for different categories of PPE, including facial, hearing, respiratory, eye, hand, foot protection, and more. It highlights BSI's role as a Notified Body and its commitment to assisting manufacturers in demonstrating product safety and quality.
The document outlines BSI's certification and testing services for personal protective equipment (PPE), emphasizing compliance with relevant standards and directives. BSI offers Kitemark certification, CE marking, and a variety of testing services for different categories of PPE, including facial, hearing, respiratory, eye, hand, foot protection, and more. It highlights BSI's role as a Notified Body and its commitment to assisting manufacturers in demonstrating product safety and quality.
The document outlines BSI's certification and testing services for personal protective equipment (PPE), emphasizing compliance with relevant standards and directives. BSI offers Kitemark certification, CE marking, and a variety of testing services for different categories of PPE, including facial, hearing, respiratory, eye, hand, foot protection, and more. It highlights BSI's role as a Notified Body and its commitment to assisting manufacturers in demonstrating product safety and quality.
The document outlines BSI's certification and testing services for personal protective equipment (PPE), emphasizing compliance with relevant standards and directives. BSI offers Kitemark certification, CE marking, and a variety of testing services for different categories of PPE, including facial, hearing, respiratory, eye, hand, foot protection, and more. It highlights BSI's role as a Notified Body and its commitment to assisting manufacturers in demonstrating product safety and quality.
BSI certification and testing for personal protective equipment PPE can be defined as “any device to be worn or held by users for protection against one or more health and safety hazards”. To meet legislation requirements, PPE manufacturers must ensure their products conform to the relevant National, European or International Standard or to a Technical Specification.
How BSI can help – With unrivalled experience, accredited certification and testing, and notified body status, BSI is committed to helping manufacturers of PPE meet and demonstrate compliance with the relevant standards legislation and international market specifications.
BSI can offer:
The BSI Kitemark™ BSI has Notified Body Status for 18 major BSI can offer Kitemark certification, the distinctive symbol of quality and trust on many European Directives, including the PPE standards. 93%* of the UK adult population believe a Kitemark product is safer, and Directive. BSI is committed to helping PPE as such the Kitemark helps the consumer and business identify quality products that manufacturers meet and demonstrate meet or even exceed industry standards, therefore giving the supplier a competitive their compliance with the relevant advantage. *GFK NOP Survey legislation.
Classification of PPE Equipment under the CE marking
EU Directive The majority of PPE products sold in the EU must bear the CE mark, the sign of • Simple – Products for use with compliance to the EU Directive. BSI can offer a comprehensive range of testing and minimal hazards. Where the end user certification for CE marking which enables manufacturers to confidently and legally 0086 determines the risk and requires self affix the CE mark. certification by the manufacturer • Intermediate – Products that fall into Product Testing neither of the other two categories. With a worldwide reputation as an independent and impartial testing authority, BSI can A CE type examination must be test a wide range of products to International, National and industry Standards giving our conducted by a Notified Body clients access to global markets. We can also work with clients to create new technical specifications which can be used to test your products. • Complex – Products that protect against mortal danger or that can be seriously harmful to health. A CE Other Services available from BSI type examination must be conducted Pre-Assessment Services. For some products BSI can test to certain parts of a standard which by a Notified Body plus ongoing will give an indication of whether the product is likely to pass the requirements of a standard. surveillance. Gap Analysis. BSI can provide a GAP-ANALYSIS service to show where a client is in relation to where they need to be to meet a certain standard, certification or directive/regulation. BSI certification and testing for personal protective equipment
Facial protection Hearing protection Respiratory products In. BSI can test and certify a wide range Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) of hearing protection including various needs to offer protection against a wide designs of earmuffs and earplugs. BSI has range of hazards, such as smoke and dust Notified Body status under the PPE and inhalation to vapours and oxygen deficiency. Low Voltage Directives which are relevant The protection factors provided by RPE for this type of equipment as well as being are laid out in BS EN529: 2005; Guide to able to provide BSI Kitemark certification. implementing an effective respiratory device Typical testing by BSI includes: physical tests, programme. active attenuation, insertion loss, passive All respiratory equipment must undergo attenuation. type examination using a Notified Body before CE marking can be affixed. Where Eye Protection the respiratory device is incorporated with BSI can certify test many forms of eye headwear, eyewear or hearing protection BSI protection including welding masks and can offer an integrated test and certification visors, protective goggles, and safety package. For products that incorporate glasses. In many instances eye protection is electronic devices, BSI has an electrical integrated into head protection to protect safety laboratory, proving a one stop shop the face from impacts, sparks, molten metal for all needs. The BSI Kitemark certification is also available for respiratory protection The or electrical arcs. BSI Kitemark may be achieved for certain eye protection products. products.
PPE po Hand and foot protection Glove Protection Protective Footwear BSI can certify and test a wide range of Some types of footwear are deemed a PPE gloves and hand protection which protect Complex category. Therefore in addition against hazards including chemicals, heat to satisfying the initial requirements of and fire, cold temperatures and electric the Directive, the manufacturer must also current. We are also able to test multi demonstrate annually to a Notified Body hazard resistant gloves such as those used such as BSI that the product continues by fire fighters characterised by additional to comply with the requirements of the protection against upper hand impact, high standard it was initially tested against. visibility strips, and watertight anti-slip BSI can test and certify footwear including capacity. safety footwear, occupations footwear, for footwear for fire fighters. We can also provide BSI Kitemark certification for these products.
The BSI Kitemark™ certification journey
1 Client application 2 Contract review 3 Quote acceptance 4 Initial assessment 5 Manufacturer/designer/ • BSI review Kitemark Manufacturer/supplier/ FPC or quality service provider submits application designer/service provider management application with basic • Requests additional accepts quotation. system assessed details (inc. range of information by BSI products/ services • Prepares quote covered) BSI certification and testing for personal protective equipment
Impact protection Sports Helmets Helmets BSI works with manufacturers of both a BSI can certify and test a range of head wide range of sports goods, covering sports protection products from a basic impact including cycling, rugby, cricket, motorsports helmet for cyclists to sophisticated and equestrianism. Our reputation for helmets with integrated respiratory and excellence in standards is such that the communications equipment. BSI is also the British Equestrian Federation and The Pony UK test authority for Standards Australia Club will only allow riders to take part in Quality Assessment Systems for vehicle user an equestrian event if they are wearing a helmets and visors to AS 1698 and AS 1609 BSI Kitemark Helmet. Helmet tests include: respectively. BSI Kitemark certification is Impact absorption, retention strength available for vehicle user helmets. and effectiveness, penetration resistance, lateral crush (equestrian), flammability Body Armour (motorsport). BSI Impact Protection Laboratory tests a wide range of protective products for the body. Products we certify include: knee and elbow pads (for motorcycling), knee and elbow pads (for sport), gaiters and protective footwear, rugby clothing, cricket boxes and football Shin pads. (Other types of BSI impact protection that BSI can test include playground surfacing). ortfolio Protective workwear High Visibility Clothing Protective clothing The standard for high visibility is BS EN BSI can test to a number of standards 471:2003+A1:2007. The tests for garments designed to assess the wide range of and materials within the standard include products offering suit protection. These range material tests which examine: colour – from those that protect against extremes of chromaticity and luminance, colour fastness temperature or chemical exposure to splash and physical tests, dimensional stability and proof aprons. BSI Kitemark certification is breathability/waterproof. Protective clothing also available for this range of products designed to provide protection against risks, for instance flame retardant high Fall Arrest Equipment visibility warning clothing, must be certified BSI can help you certify to a range of separately for each hazard. BSI can also standards to cover the different types of offer BSI Kitemark certification for this range equipment used. This includes descender of products. devices, full body harnesses, work positioning belts in addition to other products listed in our standards sheet. We can also provide BSI Kitemark certification for these products.
• Initial type testing BSI considers all BSI independently review Certificate is issued completed by BSI or evidence and assesses recommendation and if decision is positive. evidence of testing against product manual/ evidence and make a Annual surveillance submitted standard and makes decision Incl. FPC/QMS and • Inspection of service recommendation audit testing/inspection. delivery A partnership through compliance With a wealth of experience in the testing and certification field, BSI is ideally equipped to work with you from the design stage through to the testing and compliance process, helping you to get your products on the marketplace. Whatever level of service is required, from certification to custom product testing or project management for specialist out-sourced testing, BSI is here to help every step of the way. Call +44 845 076 5606 today or visit our website bsigroup.com/fire
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