Reviewers Needed for Proposed Revision to Hand Protection Selection Standard
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/Manufacturer; User; Government; and General Interest/Technical Expert.
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 (cfargo@safetyequipment.org) at ISEA for details.
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