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Document ID (ISN)107710
CIS number 08-177
ISSN - Serial title 0014-6269 - Face au risque
Year 2007
Convention or series no.
Title PPEs against chemical hazards
Original title Les EPI contre le risque chimique [in French]
Bibliographic information May 2007, No.433, p.49-52. Illus.
Abstract Contents of this information note on personal protective equipment (PPE) against chemical hazards: materials (latex rubber, nitrile rubber, neoprene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl alcohol); clothing; safety shoes; gloves; masks and spectacles; respirators. In boxes: references to French legislation; classification of clothing and shoes according to French and European standards.
Descriptors (primary) France; chemical hazards; personal protective equipment
Descriptors (secondary) protective gloves; safety guides; description of equipment; polyvinyl alcohol; responsibilities of employers; polyvinyl chloride; nitrile rubber; neoprene; natural rubber; latex; selection of equipment; safety spectacles; respirators; safety shoes; comment on standard; protective clothing
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Personal protection
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Personal protection