Protective equipment for motorcycle riders with special emphasis on protective footwear - conformity assessment, properties and characterization

Authors

  • Antoneta Tomljenović University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology Department of Materials, Fibres and Textile Testing Zagreb, Coratia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8293-1225
  • Jadranka Akalović University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Study in Varaždin, Varaždin, Croatia
  • Karlo Makšan Paul Green d.o.o., Prelog, Croatia

Keywords:

personal protective equipment, protective footwear for motorcycle riders, conformity assessment, properties, material testing

Abstract

Due to recent changes in legislative and normative regulations related to the area of protective equipment for motorcycle riders and the insufficient representation of themes in domestic professional and scientific literature, the paper presents the distribution of protective equipment for motorcycle riders, materials from which they are made, as well as harmonized Croatian standards related to protective equipment for motorcycle riders in the area of application of European Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on personal protective equipment. Pursuant to the provisions of the mentioned regulation, the procedure of conformity assessment and certification of personal protective equipment is described with regard to the category of risk to be protected against. With special emphasis on protective footwear for motorcycle riders, a shoe model is presented as well as a detailed review of the requirements placed on the end product and its components and the materials from which they are made. The test methods for checking the specific characteristics and conformity assessment of protective footwear for motorcycle riders as defined by the HRN EN 13634 2018 standard were defined and complied with the relevant health and safety requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425.

Published

2017-08-31

How to Cite

[1]
Tomljenović, A., Akalović, J. and Makšan, K. 2017. Protective equipment for motorcycle riders with special emphasis on protective footwear - conformity assessment, properties and characterization. Tekstil. 66, 7-8 (Aug. 2017), 169–187.

Issue

Section

Review article