As a pioneer company in user safety, we have developed personal protective equipment certified by specific technical standards for the different risks that may take palce in the work environment. In this complete infographic, you will learn about the risks covered by us and their respective technical standards. Check out!

Risk protection: meet the standards covered by JGB equipment Radiant Heat Exposure to the light source. For example, heat treatment, pouring of a pan, filling of molds, exposure to incandescent materials and work in front of ovens.

Radiant Heat

Exposure to the light source. For example, heat treatment, pouring of a pan, filling of molds, exposure to incandescent materials and work in front of ovens.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. EN 407 – Thermal Risks for Gloves

B. ISO 11612 – Thermal Risks

Electric Arc

NR 10 Passage of electric current through ionized air. Unlike electric shock, it has an explosive nature and destructive power, being able to release thermal energy from very high temperatures.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. IES 61482-2 – Electric Arc Protection Clothing.

B. IEC 61482-1-1 A – Flame Resistant Materials for Workers’ Thermal Protective Clothing.

C. IEC 61482-1-1 –  Protective clothing against thermal hazards from electric arc.

D. ASTM F 1506 – Standard performance specification for flame resistant and electrically arc protective clothing.

E. ASTM F 1959 – Standard Test Method to determine the Arch classification of Materials for Clothing.

F. ASTM F 2621 – Standard practice for determining the response and integrity characteristics of finished products with arc rating in an arc flash display.

G. ASTM F 1930 – Test Method for Protective Clothing Against Heat and Flame. Prediction for complete clothing and burn wounds using an instrumented mannequin.

H. NFPA 2112 – Standard on Flame Resistant Clothing to protect against short-term thermal exposures caused by fire.

Convective Heat

Movement between particles capable of transferring energy from one place to another. For example: heat from a kitchen oven, where the heat is carried by the air.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. ISO 11612 – Thermal Risks for Clothing

B. EN 407 – Thermal Risks for Gloves

Contact Heat

Heat transfer between two bodies when contact occurs.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. ISO 11612 – Thermal Risks

B. EN 407 – Thermal Risks for Gloves

Chemical Hazards

Exposure of professionals who handle products of chemical origin, or those who are exposed in some way to aggressive chemical agents.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. EN 374 – Chemical Risks for Gloves
B. ISO 16602 – Chemical Hazard Clothing

Melting Metal Splatters

They occur at very high temperatures, so the professional can suffer severe burns if they come into contact with the skin.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. ISO 11612 – Thermal Risks for Clothing
B. EN 407 – Thermal Risks for Gloves

Weld

Manufacturing process aimed at coating and maintenance and joining of fused materials, with the possibility of applying pressure or heat.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. ISO 11611 – Welding Hazards and Similar Processes for Clothing

B. EN 12477 – Welding Hazards and Similar Processes for Gloves

Mechanical Risk

It may be a risk of abrasion, cutting or perforation. For example: abrasions and injuries, small spots, spots and depressions resulting from trauma due to linear abrasion.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. BS EN 388 – Mechanical Hazards

B. ISO 11611 – Welding Hazards and Similar Processes for Clothing

Pressurized Steam

Maintenance on pressurized lines where there is a risk of leakage or escape of vapors heated to more than 300ºC.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. ISO 11612 – Thermal Risks

B. ISO 1161 – Welding Risks and Similar Processes

C. BS EN 3546 – Risks of moisture from operations using water

D. ISO 16602 – Clothing against Chemical Hazards.

Facial Protection

Protection against multidirectional particles, molten metal splashes, convective and radiant heat.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. ANSI.Z.87.1 – Eye and Face Protection

B. ASTM F2178 – Electric Arc Hazards

Sudden Fire

Risk of a person being completely engulfed in flames from an explosion.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. ISO 13506 – Test Method for Protective Clothing Against Heat and Flame. Prediction for complete clothing and burn wounds using an instrumented mannequin.

B. ISO 15025 – Protective clothing against heat and flame – Test method for limited flame. C. ASTM F 1930 – Test Method in Protective Clothing against heat and flame.

D. ASTM 6413 – Standard Test Method for Textile Flame Resistance (Vertical Test).

E. NFPA 2112 – Standard on Flame Resistant Clothing for Protection against Short Term Thermal Exposures from Fire.

Weather risks

Action of meteorological agents. For example: rain, with additional protection against electric arc and sudden fire.

Our equipment for this risk follows the following technical standards:

A. EN 343 – Rainfall Precipitation

B. BS 3546 – Operations using water

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