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DIN Standards Committee Personal Protective Equipment

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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?

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New projects
Document number Begin Title
DIN EN ISO 11611 rev 2026-09-28 Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes More  Comment 
DIN EN ISO 374-4 rev 2026-09-14 Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms - Part 4: Determination of resistance to degradation by chemicals More  Comment 
ISO/CD 374-4 2026-09-08 Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms - Part 4: Determination of resistance to degradation by chemicals More  Comment 

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Current Draft Standards
Document number Edition Title
DIN EN 361 2026-11 Personal fall protection equipment - Full body harnesses; German and English version prEN 361:2026 More 
DIN EN ISO 15384 2026-11 Protective clothing for firefighters - Laboratory test methods and performance requirements for wildland firefighting clothing (ISO/DIS 15384:2026); German and English version prEN ISO 15384:2026 More 
DIN EN 1891 2026-11 Personal protective equipment for the prevention of falls from a height - Low stretch kernmantel ropes; German and English version prEN 1891:2026 More 

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New publications
Document number Edition Procedure Title
DIN EN 458 2026-07 Standard Hearing protectors - Recommendations for selection, use, care and maintenance - Guidance document; German version EN 458:2025 More  Order from DIN Media
DIN EN 397 2026-07 Standard Industrial protective helmets; German version EN 397:2025 + AC:2025 More  Order from DIN Media
DIN EN ISO 22568-2 2026-04 Standard Foot and leg protectors - Requirements and test methods for footwear components - Part 2: Non-metallic toecaps (ISO 22568-2:2019 + Amd 1:2025); German version EN ISO 22568-2:2019 + A1:2025 More  Order from DIN Media

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