Foreword

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ISO 20347 was prepared by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 161, Foot and leg protectors, in collaboration with Technical Committee ISO/TC 94, Personal safety — Protective clothing and equipment, Subcommittee SC 3, Foot protection, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 20347:2004), which has been technically revised. It also incorporates the Amendment ISO 20347:2004/Amd.1:2007 and the Technical Corrigenda ISO 20347:2004/Cor.1:2005 and ISO 20347:2004/Cor.2:2006.

The differences between the first edition and this second edition are as follows.

— Slip resistance has been moved from Annex A into the main body of the text (5.3.4).
— The requirements for seat region (5.2.3) have been made more specific.
— Innocuousness (5.3.5) has been added.
— The requirement for chromium VI content has been exactly specified.
— The requirement for abrasion resistance of seat region lining has been included.
— The requirements for penetration resistance have been aligned with EN 12568.
— A new kind of footwear “Hybrid Footwear” has been included (Annex A).

BS EN ISO 20347:2012

Personal protective equipment. Occupational footwear

Published:

29 Feb 2012

Withdrawn:

6 May 2022