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ISEA seeks consensus reviewers for revised hand protection selection criteria standard.
02/01/2010
The voluntary consensus standard, ANSI/ISEA 105 American National Standard for Hand Protection Selection Criteria is scheduled to be revised by the end of the year. As part of the development process, standards drafted by ISEA product groups become American National Standards through a consensus process that involves reviewers outside the association. These reviewers submit comments and vote on approval of the standard; they are the final authority in determining whether a standard is submitted to ANSI for acceptance as an American National Standard.
ISEA maintains a list of reviewers, balanced by interest category, for each standard. A reviewer may fall into one of four categories:
· Producer - A manufacturer of the product covered by the standard or components thereof
· User - An organization that uses, specifies or purchases the product covered by the standard
· Government - An agency or department that has a regulatory or other interest in the product (government agencies that use the product fall under the User category)
· General Interest - An organization that has a special interest in this standard due to safety, technical or other requirements or an individual expert with knowledge in the area(s) covered by the standard, but who neither produces nor uses products covered by the standard.
The ANSI/ISEA 105 standard addresses the classification and testing of hand protection for specific performance properties related to mechanical protection (cut-resistance, puncture resistance and abrasion resistance), chemical protection (permeation resistance, degradation) and other performance characteristics such as ignition resistance and vibration reductions. Gloves are classified to a performance level ranging from 0 to 6 based upon their performance when evaluated against defined industry test methods. Such ratings can assist users to select appropriate gloves for known specific hazards in the workplace.
Consensus review of the proposed update is expected to begin in June. If you are interested in serving on a consensus panel for this document, contact Cristine Fargo at ISEA for details.