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DIN Standards Committee Personal Protective Equipment

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About NPS

DIN's Standards Committee Personal Protective Equipment (NPS) was founded in 1970. It develops national, European and international standards in the field of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for

  • head protection,
  • hearing protection,
  • protection against falls from a height including working belts,
  • foot and leg protection and
  • protective clothing including hand and arm protection.

How is NPS composed?

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Reiner Hager

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Burggrafenstraße 6
10787 Berlin

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New projects
Document number Begin Title
ISO 13997 CD AMD 1 2024-11-19 Protective clothing - Mechanical properties - Determination of resistance to cutting by sharp objects - Amendment 1 More  Comment 
ISO/AWI 18639-1 2024-10-22 PPE ensembles for firefighters undertaking specific rescue activities - Part 1: General More  Comment 
ISO/AWI 18639-4 2024-10-22 PPE ensembles for firefighters undertaking specific rescue activities - Part 4: Gloves More  Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
DIN EN ISO 9185 2025-01 Protective clothing - Assessment of resistance of materials to molten metal splash (ISO/DIS 9185:2024); German and English version prEN ISO 9185:2024 More 
DIN EN ISO 22568-1/A1 2024-12 Foot and leg protectors - Requirements and test methods for footwear components - Part 1: Metallic toecaps - Amendment 1 (ISO 22568-1:2019/DAM 1:2024); German and English version EN ISO 22568-1:2019/prA1:2024 More  Read draft and comment
DIN EN 458 2024-12 Hearing protectors - Recommendations for selection, use, care and maintenance - Guidance document; German and English version prEN 458:2024 More  Read draft and comment

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title
DIN EN ISO 13506-2 2024-12 Standard Protective clothing against heat and flame - Part 2: Skin burn injury prediction - Calculation requirements and test cases (ISO 13506-2:2024); German version EN ISO 13506-2:2024 More  Order from DIN Media
DIN EN ISO 13506-1 2024-12 Standard Protective clothing against heat and flame - Part 1: Test method for complete garments - Measurement of transferred energy using an instrumented manikin (ISO 13506-1:2024); German version EN ISO 13506-1:2024 More  Order from DIN Media
ISO 21942 AMD 1 2024-11 Standard Station uniform for firefighters - Amendment 1 More  Order from DIN Media

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Documents withdrawn without replacement
Document number Deadline for comments Title
DIN EN ISO 11611 2024-12-31 Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes (ISO/DIS 11611:2022); German and English version prEN ISO 11611:2022 More  Comment 

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