Update #1 was published as notification that this is now a National Standard of Canada.The latest edition of
CSA Z94.1 - Industrial Protective Headwear - Performance, Selection, Care and Use joins our suite of Personal Protective Equipment standards and applies to protective headwear for industrial, construction, mining, utility, and forestry workers. It defines the areas of the head that are to be protected and basic performance requirements.
According to
OHS Regulations - Section 12.4, only when there is a foreseeable danger to a worker’s head at a work site is industrial headwear required. Employers can help to reduce the risk of head injuries sustained in the workplace by conducting a hazard assessment. Based on the results of the hazard assessment you will then be able to decide if the worksite would require workers to use industrial protective headwear.
Highlights of Z94.1:
- Applies to protective headwear for industrial, construction, mining, utility, and forestry workers
- Defines the areas of the head that are to be protected and includes basic performance requirements for dielectric strength, impact attenuation, penetration resistance, passive retention (stability), and shell flammability and liner ignition resistance
- Includes requirements for and provides guidance on the selection, care, and use of protective headwear
Preface
This is the fifth edition of CSA Z94.1, Industrial protective headwear - Performance, selection, care, and use. It supersedes the previous editions published in 1992, 1977, and 1966 under the title Industrial Protective Headwear. It also supersedes the Preliminary Standard published in 1965 and replaces the protective headwear requirements specified in CSA Z94-1948, Code for Head and Eye Protection.
Scope
1.1
This Standard applies to protective headwear for industrial, construction, mining, utility, and forestry workers. It defines the areas of the head that are to be protected and includes basic performance requirements for dielectric strength, impact attenuation, penetration resistance, passive retention (stability), and shell flammability and liner ignition resistance.
1.2
This Standard includes requirements for and provides guidance on the selection, care, and use of protective headwear.
1.3
The tests specified in this Standard set minimum performance requirements for protective headwear but do not cover other design factors such as comfort, service life, or appearance.
Note:
Compliance with the requirements of this Standard does not imply equality of performance among different types of protective headwear, nor should it be interpreted to mean that a headwear product is capable of affording greater protection than is specified in this Standard.
1.4
This Standard does not apply to bump caps, firefighting helmets, rescue helmets, crash helmets, sports and recreation helmets, and riot control helmets.
1.5
In CSA Standards, shall is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; should is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; may is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the standard; and can is used to express possibility or capability.
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