1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 381-10:2002 Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws Part 10: Test method for upper body protectors The European Standard EN 381-10:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.340.10 BS EN 381-10:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direc
2、tion of the Health and Environment Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 4 November 2002 BSI 4 November 2002 ISBN 0 580 40683 0 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 3
3、81-10:2002. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PH/3, Protective clothing, to Subcommittee PH/3/5, Clothing for protection against chainsaws, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request
4、to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Elect
5、ronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to u
6、nderstand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comp
7、rises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 17 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN381
8、10 October2002 ICS13.340.10 Englishversion ProtectiveclothingforusersofhandheldchainsawsPart10: Testmethodforupperbodyprotectors Vtementsdeprotectionpourutilisateursdescieschane tenueslamainPartie10:Mthodedessaipourvestes deprotection SchutzkleidungfrdieBenutzervonhandgefhrten KettensgenTeil10:Prfve
9、rfahrenfr Oberkrperschutzmittel ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon1August2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcer
10、nings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthe
11、samestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROP
12、ENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN38110:2002EEN38110:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3
13、 Termsanddefinitions. .5 4 Testmethods 5 4.1 General5 4.2 Numberoftestspecimens 6 4.3 Sizesoftestspecimens . .6 5 Pretreatment. .6 6 Testingfordimensionalchange .6 7 Checkingofprotectivecoverage . 7 8 Testingofresistancetocutting 7 8.1 Purposeoftesting .7 8.2 Testspecimens 7 8.3 Markingofpositionsfo
14、rcutting .8 8.3.1 Testpositiononshoulder. 8 8.3.2 Testpositiononthesleeve. 8 8.3.3 Testpositionsifthereareseamsintheprotectivematerial .8 8.4 Testmounts. .8 8.4.1 Shouldertestmount . .8 8.4.2 Sleevetestmount . .8 8.5 Apparatus .8 8.6 Mountingoftestspecimens .9 8.6.1 Shouldertest . .9 8.6.2 Sleevetes
15、t . .9 8.7 Testprocedure .9 8.7.1 Positionsofcuts . .9 8.7.2 Numberofcuts .10 9 Testingofattachmentofprotectivematerial 10 9.1 General10 9.2 Testspecimens 10 9.3 Apparatus .10 9.4 Testprocedure .10 10 Ergonomictesting .11 10.1 Watervapourresistance .11 10.2 Ergonomicassessment. 11 10.3 Procedures .1
16、1 11 Testreport 12 AnnexZA (informative) ClausesofthisEuropeanStandardaddressingessentialrequirementsorother provisionsofEUDirectives 16 Bibliography 17EN38110:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN38110:2002)hasbeenpreparedbytheTechnicalCommitteeCEN /TC 162,“Protective clothingincludinghandandarmprotec
17、tionandlifejackets“,theSecretariatofwhichisheldbyDIN. ThisEuropeanStandard shallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyApril2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby April2003. Thisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderaman
18、dategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). ForrelationshipwithEUDirective(s),seeinformativeannexZA,whichisanintegralpartofthisdocument. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthef
19、ollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN38110:2002(E) 4 Introduction ThisEuropeanStandardformsparto
20、faseriesconcernedwithpersonalprotectiveequipmentdesignedtoprotect againsttherisksarisingfromtheuseofhandheldchainsaws. Accidentsoccurduetoanumberofcomplexreasons,butacommonfactorisincorrectuseofthechainsaw.The importanceofcorrecttrainingandproperuseofachainsawinpreventingaccidentscannotbeunderestima
21、ted. Insomecountrieschainsawusersadoptworkingpractices,whichtogetherwithtrainingmakestheuseofchainsaw protectiveupperbodyprotectorsunnecessary.Theseusuallyincludetheinstructiontoholdthechainsawwithboth handsandtousethechainbrakeifitbecomesnecessarytostopcutting.Itisoftenfoundthatforergonomic, reason
22、sitisimpracticaltoprotecttheupperbody. Allpartsoftheupperbodyhavebeenshowntobeatriskwhenusingachainsaw. InthisEuropeanStandard,specificationsfortheprotectivecoverageandperformanceoftheupperbodyprotectors aregiven.Nopersonalprotectiveequipmentcanensurea100%protectionagainstcuttingfromahandheld chains
23、aw. Nevertheless,experiencehasshownthatitispossibletodesignpersonalprotectiveequipment,thatoffersacertain degreeofprotection. Differentfunctionalprinciplesmaybeappliedinordertogiveprotection. Theseinclude: a) chainslipping:oncontactthechaindoesnotcutthematerial b) clogging:fibresaredrawnwiththechain
24、intothedrivesprocketandblockchainmovement c) chainbraking:fibreshaveahighresistancetocuttingandabsorbrotationalenergy,therebyreducingthechain speed. Oftenmorethanoneprincipleisappliedinchainsawprotectiveclothing.Upperbodyprotectorsmeetingthis standardaremeanttobeusedbyusersworkingoffthegroundandwher
25、eriskassessmentshowsthatthereisa significantrisktobecutbythemovingchainontheupperpartofthebodysuchaswhenworkingfromaskyliftand carryingouttreesurgery. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandard,part10,specifiestheproceduresforsamplingandpretreatmentofupperbodyprotectors intendedtoprovideprotectionagainstcuttingbyh
26、andheldchainsaws,themeasurementoftheprotective coverage,theapparatusandtestmethodsforassessingresistancetocutting,andthepracticalperformancetest forevaluatingergonomicpropertiesinrelationtopart11ofthisstandard 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisions
27、fromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelat
28、esteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments).EN38110:2002(E) 5 EN3811:1993, ProtectiveclothingforusersofhandheldchainsawsPart1:Testrigfortestingresistanceto cuttingbyachainsaw. EN3813:1996, ProtectiveclothingforusersofhandheldchainsawsPart3:Testmethodsforfootwear. EN38111:2002,
29、ProtectiveclothingforusersofhandheldchainsawsPart11:Requirementsforupperbody protectors. ENISO3175:1995,Textiles Determinationofdimensionalchangeondrycleaninginperchloroethylene Machinemethod. (ISO3175:1995) ENISO6330:2000, TextilesDomesticwashinganddryingproceduresfortextiletesting(ISO6330:2000) EN
30、ISO139342:1999, TextilesTensilepropertiesoffabricsPart2:Determinationofmaximumforceusingthe grabmethod(ISO139342:1999) EN31092:1993, TextilesDeterminationofphysiologicalpropertiesMeasurementofthermalandwatervapour resistanceundersteadystateconditions(sweatingguardedhotplatetest)(ISO11092:1993) 3 Ter
31、msanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply: 3.1 front(ofanupperbodyprotector) partofagarmentcoveringtheforward50%oftheupperbodycircumference. 3.2 rear(ofanupperbodyprotector) partofagarmentcoveringtherear50%oftheupperbodycircumference. NOTE Dependingup
32、ondesignandconstruction,andduetomanylayersofprotectivematerial,itmaybedifficultto establishthedivisionbetweenthefrontandtherearofanupperbodyprotector.Itisneverthelessofgreatimportanceto establishthisbeforepretreatmentandtesting. 3.3 protectivematerial materialwhichisdesignedtoprotecttheweareragainst
33、thecuttingeffectofahandheldchainsaw.Thisprotective materialmayincludetheclothofthegarment. 3.4 unitofprotectivematerial cutoutpieceorpanelofprotectivematerialconsistingofallthefabricorotherlayersthatconstitutetheprotective materialthatgointotheconstructionofagarment.Aunithasnoseamsorjoinswithinit.Un
34、itsmaybejoined togethertoprovidethecompleteprotectivecoveragerequired,beforeinsertionandattachmenttogarments,but suchunitsretaintheirindividualityfortestingpurposes. 4Test methods 4.1 General Measuringinstrumentsunlessotherwisespecifiedshallbeaccurateto 2%ofthepass/faillevelofthe characteristicbeing
35、measured. Foreachoftherequiredsequencesofmeasurementsperformedinaccordancewiththisstandardacorresponding estimateoftheuncertaintyofthefinalresultshallbedetermined.Thisuncertainty(Um)shallbegiveninthetest reportintheformUm=X.Itshallbeusedindeterminingwhethera“Pass“performancehasbeenachieved.IfEN38110
36、:2002(E) 6 thefinalresultminusUmisbelowthepasslevelwhentherequirementthatacertainvalueshallbeexceeded,the sampleshallbedeemedtohavefailed. 4.2 Numberoftestspecimens Asetoftestspecimensshallbesuppliedthatissufficienttocompleteallthetests.Notethatiftwotypesofpre treatmentsarespecified,thetestingandthe
37、numbersoftestspecimensiseffectivelydoubledandtwosetsare required.Testspecimenswhichhavebeenusedtoassessdimensionalstabilityandprotectivecoveragemaybe usedforcuttestingifithasnotbeennecessarytocutthemupforthesemeasurements. Thenumberofgarmentsrequiredforcuttestingdependsonthenumberofunitsofprotective
38、materialpresent withinthemandwhetherthereareanyjoinsorseamsbetweendifferentprotectivematerialunitssuchasbetween thebodyandthesleeve.Onlyonetestcutshallbecarriedoutoneachunitofprotectivematerial.Thereforeat leastthreegarmentsarerequiredforcuttestingifthedesignincludesafasteningdownthecentrefrontofthe
39、 garment,butnoseamsbetweentheprotectivematerialonthebodyandinthesleeve.Foradesignincorporating onlyoneunitofprotectivematerial,sixgarmentsarerequiredforcuttesting. 4.3 Sizesoftestspecimens Wheneverpossibletestspecimensshallbeofasizetofituserswithchestgirthsof108to112cm. 5Pretreatment Exceptinthespec
40、ificcasesdetailedbelow,allthetestspecimensshallbewashedanddriedfivetimesbefore testing. TestspecimensshallbewashedaccordingtoENISO6330:2000,procedure2A.Aftereachwashcyclethetest specimenshallbedriedaccordingtoENISO6330:2000,procedureE(temperaturenottoexceed70 C).Ifthe upperbodyprotectorsaremarkedasu
41、nsuitablefortumbledrying,thetestspecimensshallbelinedriedaftereach washcycleaccordingtoENISO6330:2000,procedureA. Exceptionsandadditionstothistreatmentshallbemadeinthefollowingcases: a) Wheretheupperbodyprotectorsaremarkedasunsuitableforwashing,butsuitablefordrycleaning. Insuchcases,thetestspecimens
42、shallbedrycleanedfivetimesbeforetesting.Inprinciplethedrycleaningshall beperformedinaccordancewiththeconditionsdescribedin9.1“Processfornormalmaterials“ofEN ISO3175:1995 i.e. using conditioned test specimens, perchlorethylene with surfactant, addition of emulsified water,cleaningfor15minat(303) C,dr
43、ainingandextracting,rinsingfor5minwithpuresolvent,anddraining andfinalextraction,followedbytumbledryingwithanoutlettemperaturenotexceeding60 C.Norestorative finishingprocedureshallbeapplied. Wherethetestspecimensaremarkedassuitableforbothwashinganddrycleaning. Onesetoftestspecimensshallbewashedanddriedfivetimesandonesetoftestspecimensshallbedrycleaned fivetimes. b) Wherethemanufacturerspecifiesdifferentwashingorcleaningprocedurestheseshallbeusedinpreference tothoseabove. 6 Testingfordimens
