What is PD CEN/TR 16148-A Guide for CEN helmet standards committees about?
PD CEN/TR 16148 is a technical report on head and neck impact, burn and noise injury criteria that provides guidance for CEN helmet standards committees to ensure protection for workers against workplace hazards.
PD CEN/TR 16148 is designed to provide information to convenors that will help in choosing test limits in relation to a particular injury type and severity. It is worth noting that accident investigators use a scale known as the Abbreviated Injury Scale, AIS (AAAM).
PD CEN/TR 16148 was developed so that injury severity could be recorded in databases regardless of the body region and type of injury thus avoiding lengthy medical terms that were unfamiliar and difficult to interpret.
PD CEN/TR 16148 begins by reviewing the AIS scale and its application to head and neck injuries and burn injuries. Thereafter, each measurement type is reviewed and the severity of injury for given values is identified where possible.
A section on burn injuries and fatigue related to heat exposure has been included to assist with Standards for equipment to protect firefighters.
PD CEN/TR 16148 describes the skin structure and the category and consequence of burn injuries.
Who is PD CEN/TR 16148-A Guide for CEN helmet standards committees for?
PD CEN/TR 16148 on a guide for CEN helmet standards committees is useful for:
- CEN helmet standards committees
- Convenors
- Accident investigators
- Safety certification organizations
- Health and safety departments
Why should you use PD CEN/TR 16148-A Guide for CEN helmet standards committees?
Members of helmet Standards committees frequently need to define limits for test procedures. Such limits relate to testing values that indicate the potential for injury and yet it is often difficult for members to know the type and severity of injury that is represented by a given test value.
Over the years, criteria have been developed for different body regions and usually, these have been derived from a combination of accident and casualty data, and tests on cadavers, cadaver body parts, animals, and human volunteers. However, such criteria are often used by the automotive industry as pass/fail values without a clear understanding of human tolerance to injurious forces. This sometimes leads to the mistaken belief that any value below the stated limit implies uninjured and all values above imply a serious or fatal injury.
PD CEN/TR 16148 provides you with guidance on abbreviated injury scale AIS, peak linear acceleration, head injury criterion HIC, rotational motion, skull-crushing and penetration force, neck injury, noise, heat: burns and fatigue, biomechanics of head injury from impact, noise, and heat, etc.
The guidance provided by PD CEN/TR 16148 assists you to determine the type and severity of injury that is represented by a given test value, provides you with a clear understanding of human tolerance to injurious forces, and helps you to understand the human response to a given dose or injurious parameter.
With obedience and compliance to PD CEN/TR 16148, you can enhance the health of the workers by preventing injuries and hence improving quality of life.
