What is BS EN 407 about?
BS EN 407 is a European standard that aims to improve the quality of personal protective equipment (PPEs). BS EN 407 specifies requirements, test methods, marking and information for protective gloves and other hands protective equipment’s against thermal risks for professional use, consumer, domestic use.
BS EN 407 is also applicable to arm protective equipment. BS EN 407 is only applicable in conjunction with EN ISO 21420:2020.
Note: BS EN 407 does not apply to gloves for fire-fighters or welding that have their own standards.
Who is BS EN 407 for?
BS EN 407 on requirements for protective gloves is useful for:
- Protective gloves manufacturers
- Protective gloves testers
- Safety and health departments
- Safety engineers
Why should you use BS EN 407?
Protective gloves and hand protective equipment is designed to protect the wearers from injuries so that they can perform their jobs safely. A flawed or defective hand protective equipment won’t be able to offer protection from thermal risks to its wearer.
BS EN 407 provides you with the requirements for hand protective equipment which protects the hands or part of the hand against heat and/or fire in one or more of the following forms: flame, contact heat, convective heat, radiant heat, small splashes, or enormous quantities of molten metal.
Conforming to the guidelines of BS EN 407 can help you improve the quality of protective gloves, hence ensuring protection for wearers against thermal hazards.
What is changed since the last update?
BS EN 407:2020 supersedes EN 407:2004 and includes some technical changes:
- New tests were added in 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.8
- Mechanical strength, hand protective equipment added
- New pictogram Figure 7 added
- New Annex A and Annex B have been introduced
