2. Getting involved
3. Standards Committees

NA 075

DIN Standards Committee Personal Protective Equipment

About NPS

DIN's Standards Committee Personal Protective Equipment (NPS) was founded in 1970. It develops national, European and international standards in the field of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for

• head protection,
• hearing protection,
• protection against falls from a height including working belts,
• foot and leg protection and
• protective clothing including hand and arm protection.

How is NPS composed?

New projects

Document number	Begin	Title
DIN 19433	2023-10-06	Personal Protective Equipment - Sandals for wet areas – Requirements and test methods More	Comment
DIN EN 458 rev	2023-07-19	Hearing protectors - Recommendations for selection, use, care and maintenance - Guidance document More	Comment
DIN EN ISO 27065 rev	2023-07-06	Protective clothing - Performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying pesticides and for re-entry workers More	Comment

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Current Draft Standards

Document number	Edition	Title
DIN EN 17353/A1	2024-01	Protective clothing - Enhanced visibility equipment for medium risk situations - Test methods and requirements; German and English version EN 17353:2020/prA1:2024 More	Read draft and comment

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New publications

Document number	Edition	Procedure	Title
DIN EN ISO 13997	2023-12	Standard	Protective clothing - Mechanical properties - Determination of resistance to cutting by sharp objects (ISO 13997:2023); German version EN ISO 13997:2023 More	Order from Beuth Verlag
DIN EN ISO 11610	2023-10	Standard	Protective clothing - Vocabulary (ISO 11610:2023); German version EN ISO 11610:2023 More	Order from Beuth Verlag
DIN EN 17558	2023-08	Standard	Ergonomics - Ergonomics of PPE ensembles; German version EN 17558:2023 More	Order from Beuth Verlag

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