Protective clothing (HS: 61, 62, 63; ICS: 13.340.10)

SI 1258 part 4 - Protective clothing: High-visibility clothing - Test methods and requirements (40 page(s), in English; 7 page(s), in Hebrew)

Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1258 part 4, dealing with high-visibility clothing. This draft standard revision is an implementation of both the European Standard EN ISO 20471: March 2013 + A1: November 2016 and the American Standard ANSI/ISEA 107 - 2015, and allows compliance with either.

The major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follows:

1.    Modifications introduced to the adopted European standard:

o     Requires that the sleeves of type 3 clothing should be long;

o     Facilitates the requirement for the material's strength;

o     Deletes the requirement for retroflective level 2;

o     Sterns the materials ageing test and requires that the background materials must be checked at the end of all cleaning cycles, as specified by the manufacturer;

o     Adds an informative annex dealing with the connecting between the standard and the applying European Directive;

o     Adopts the 2015 amendment to the European standard.

2.    Modifications introduced to the adopted American standard:

o     Merges the American Standard ANSI 207 dealing with public safety vests (PSV) into one American Standard, ANSI 107;

o     Adds to the standards scope another type of clothing, type O, intended to be used off roads;

o     Adds adaptations for clothing intended to be worn by short people;

o     Adds new accessories, such as: gloves, hand and leg strings, head gear, etc. The new revised standard will enter into force 6 months after publication in Israel Official Gazette.