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U.S. STANDARDS RELATED TO HELLY HANSEN WORKWEAR

In the United States, fewer standards exist that specify or classify the performance of protective clothing for most of the products manufactured by Helly Hansen. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the chief U.S. standards development organization for writing full product specifications; however the only applicable standard is ANS1107 for High Visibility Safety Apparel. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has also recently prepared a specification for flame and heat resistant apparel, but primarily prepares test methods that describe how protective apparel is evaluated. The following are four key standards affecting Helly Hansen products:

ANSI/ISEA107 High visibility clothing
The standard addresses clothing intended to provide visibility to wearer in both day-time and nighttime conditions. The standard sets requirements for the minimum area and color performance for fluorescent background materials for daytime visibility. The standard also sets minimum requirements for reflective striping, which provides nighttime visibility when illuminated by vehicle headlights. Three garment classes are established based on the amounts of fluorescent background and reflective striping material. Two levels of photometric performance are based on the brightness and intensity of the reflected light of the reflective striping. The icon below is used to show compliance with the standard. The two numbers to the right of the icon indicate the garment class and photometric level. This standard is similar to EN 471.
ASTM F2303 Flame and heat resistant protective clothing
ASTM F2302 is a new specification designed to set minimum performance criteria for protective clothing where other specialized standards do not apply. The specification requires minimum flame resistance using the ASTM D6413 test method (described below) and heat resistance, as based on an International test method, ISO 17493. The specification requires that clothing materials show no more than a 2 second after flame and 6 inch char length when tested to ASTM D6413. For heat resistance, materials should not ignite, melt, drip, separate, or shrink more than 10% when placed in an oven for 5 minutes at 500 degrees F. Reusable garment materials are tested new and after 10 cycles of laundering.
ASTM D6413 Flame resistance test method
ASTM D6413 is the preferred test method for demonstrating material flame resistance performance for flame-resistant clothing. The test measures the time a material will continue to burn (called "afterflame time") and the damaged length (called "char length") when the cut material edge is vertically exposed to a 1 inch methane flame for 12 seconds. The test method does not set specific acceptance criteria. The general industry practice and use of this test method in other flame-resistant clothing standards are to accept materials that show after-flame times of 2 seconds or less, and char lengths of 6 inches or less, without evidence of melting or dripping by the material under these test conditions.

WARNING: PRODUCTS THAT SHOW ACCEPTABLE FLAME AND/OR HEAT RESISTANCE PER ASTM F2302 ARE NOT INTENDED FOR DIRECT FLAME CONTACT OR FOR PROLONGED HIGH HEAT EXPOSURE. THESE PRODUCTS WILL NOT PROTECT AGAINST ALL FLAME AND HEAT EXPOSURES. CONDUCT A HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY OF THIS PRODUCT FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
Blood Borne Pathogen Protection Clothing
Helly Hansen has undertaken the necessary testing to demonstrate that the materials and seams used in specific styles of workwear provide protection against blood-borne pathogens.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established regulations in Title 29 Code if Federal Regulations Part 1910.1030 for protection of healthcare and public workers against exposure to infectious diseases from blood-borne pathogens (transmitted from blood contact; also known as "liquid-Borne". The two primary blood-borne pathogens of concern today are Hepatitis B and Human Immune Deficiency Virus (which causes AIDS).The OSHA regulations require that employers provide "appropriate" protective clothing and equipment for their workers. Appropriate protective clothing is defined by OSHA as clothing which "prevents blood and other potentially infectious liquids from passing through to the wearer’s skin or underclothing under conditions of use and for the duration of time which the protective clothing is used".

This determination of offering blood-borne pathogen protection is based on independent testing of respective workwear materials and seams to ASTM F 1671, Standard Test Method for Resistance of materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Blood-Borne Pathogens Using Phi-X174 Bacteriophage as a Test System (1997a). In testing specimens of workwear material and seams are individually places in a test cell and exposed to a non-harmful surrogate microorganism. This microorganism simulates Hepatitis B and C Viruses and the human Immunodeficiency Virus (that causes AIDS). A sophisticated assay procedure is used that is able to detect a single penetrating virus, thus establishing the basis for clothing material viral penetration resistance.

While Helly Hansen attests that the materials and seams pass ASTM F1671-1997b, all wearers should conduct assessment of their workplace hazards to determine the appropriate types and levels of personal protective equipment needed. To maintain proper performance, Helly Hansen workwear should be maintained in accordance with the care instructions on the product label and in user instructions. All wearers must read the user instructions prior to use to understand the uses and limitations of the respective workwear selected prior to using the workwear in a hazardous situation. Helly Hanson Workwear will not protect the wearer under all conditions of exposure to blood-borne pathogens or other hazards.

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