4. EN 388:2016

EN 388:2016

1). The protective gloves according to this standard shall first meet all the applicable requirements of EN 420.

2) All specimens shall be taken from the palm of different gloves for classification purposes. For arm protectors, specimens shall be taken from the area for which protection is claimed.

A protective glove against mechanical risks shall have performance level of 1 or above for at least one of the properties (abrasion, blade cut, tear and puncture) or at least level A of the EN ISO 13997:1999 TDM cut resistance test; classified according to the minimum requiremen for each level shown in Tables 1 and 2.

NOTE 1  Gloves meeting the requirements for ristance to puncture may not be suitable for protection against sharply pointed objects such as hypodermic needles.

NOTE 2  There is no correlation between the levels of performance obtained with the 6.2 and 6.3 test methods.

NOTE 3  Uncertainty of measurement, see Annex B.

3) Impact protection

Each area where impact protection is claimed shall be tested. Due to the test method (test specimens dimensions), protection against impacts on fingers cannot be tested.

A protective glove against mechanical risks may be designed and constructed to provide specific impact attenuation (for example, impact protection of knuckles, back of the hand, palm,). These gloves shall comply with the following requirement. When the tests were carried out according to 6.6, performance shall conform to Level 1 of EN 13594:2015.

4). Example of marking:

Explanation of the examples marking: