AS/NZS 2161.7.

1:1998
BS EN 1082-1:1997

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Occupational protective gloves

Part 7.1: Protection against

cuts and stabs by hand knives—
Chainmail gloves and arm guards
[BS EN title: Protective clothing — Gloves and arm guards protecting
against cuts and stabs by hand knives, Part 1: Chainmail gloves and
arm guards]
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This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee SF/23, Occupational Protective Gloves. It was approved on behalf of the
Council of Standards Australia on 21 August 1998 and on behalf of the Council of
Standards New Zealand on 7 September 1998. It was published on 5 November 1998.

The following interests are represented on Committee SF/23:

Association of Certification Bodies
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Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
Department of Labour, New Zealand
Griffith University
Safety Institute of Australia
Telstra Corporation, Australia
University of Otago, New Zealand
University of Western Sydney
WorkCover, New South Wales
Worksafe, Western Australia

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 97415.

 AS/NZS 2161.7.1:1998

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Occupational protective gloves

Part 7.1: Protection against

cuts and stabs by hand knives—
Chainmail gloves and arm guards

Originated in New Zealand as part of NZSR 9:1965 and NZS 1988:1965.

Final New Zealand edition NZS 5812:1982.
Jointly revised and redesignated in part as AS/NZS 2161.7.1:1998.

Published jointly by:

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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee
SF/23, Occupational Protective Gloves to supersede (in part) NZS 5812:1982.
This Standard is identical with and has been reproduced from, BS EN 1082-1:1997 Protective
clothing — Gloves and arm guards protecting against cuts and stabs by hand knives, Part 1: Chain
mail gloves and arm guards.
As this Standard is reproduced from a European Standard, the following applies:
(a) Its number appears on the cover and title page while the European Standard number appears
only on the cover.
(b) In the source text, ‘this European Standard’ should read ‘this Australian/New Zealand
Standard’.
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(c) A full point substitutes for a comma when referring to a decimal marker.
Guidance for the selection, care and use of occupational protective gloves is not covered by this
Standard but is provided in a separate Standard in the series which is in the course of preparation.
In the course of considering adoption of this Standard, Committee SF/23 agreed that the reader’s
attention should be drawn to the following:
Glove size may not be able to be measured to the accuracies specified in this Standard due to
the nature of chainmail. The specified sizes do not reflect hand sizes of the working
population.
This Australian/New Zealand Standard is identical with BS EN 1082-1:1997 and is reproduced by
permission of CEN rue de Stassart, 36, B-1050 Bruxelles.
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CONTENTS
Page

0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1
4 REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 2
5 TEST APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 3
6 PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 5
7 MARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 7
8 INFORMATION FOR USERS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE . . . . . . . . 7
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9 PICTOGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 7

ANNEXES
A COLOUR CODES OF SELECTED GLOVE SIZES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
B HAND AND ARM SIZES, PROTECTIVE GLOVE AND ARM GUARD SIZES 18
C ADVICE ON THE SELECTION OF PLASTICS FOR USE IN ARM GUARDS 21
D SELECTION AND FITTING OF GLOVES AND ARM GUARDS
TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ZA CLAUSES OF THIS EUROPEAN STANDARD ADDRESSING ESSENTIAL
REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER PROVISIONS OF EU DIRECTIVES . . . . . . 27
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NOTES
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AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND STANDARD
Occupational protective gloves
Part 7.1:
Protection against cuts and stabs by hand knives —
Chainmail gloves and arm guards
0 Introduction
Chain mail gloves and metal or plastic arm guards that
offer some protection against stabs are used in those
aspects of work where a knife is moved towards the
user’s hand and forearm, especially when working with
hand knives in slaughterhouses, in the meat, fish and
shellfish processing industries, in large scale catering
establishments, and in manual boning-out operations to
process meat, game and poultry Protective gloves and
arm guards against stabs may also offer adequate
protection for those working with hand knives in the
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plastics, leather, textile and paper industries, when
laying flooring and similar tasks.
Attention is drawn to legislation and other standards
concerning public health in the food industry and
hygiene in the meat processing industries, that might
apply to the construction, construction materials and
cleaning of protective gloves and arm guards and
associated straps and fasteners.
It should be noted that the tests specified in this
European Standard are designed to be severe, and in
some cases destructive, in order to adequately test the
products. The requirements in this European Standard
based on these tests do not imply that in normal use,
knives will penetrate gloves or arm guards by
significant distances.
It has been assumed in the drafting of this European
Standard that the execution of its provisions is
entrusted to appropriately qualified and experienced
people, for whose guidance it has been prepared. The
apparatus described should only be used by competent
persons and requires safeguards to prevent, as far as is
reasonably practicable, injury to the operator and other
persons.
1 Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements for the
design, penetration resistance, ergonomic
characteristics, straps, weight, material, marking and
instructions for use, of gloves and arm guards. It also
specifies the appropriate test methods.
This European Standard applies to protective chain
mail gloves and to metal and plastics arm guards for
use with hand knives.
2 Normative reference
This European Standard incorporates by dated or
undated reference, provisions from other publications
These normative references are cited at the appropriate
places in the text and the publications are listed here-
after. For dated references, subsequent amendments to
or revisions of any of these publications apply to this
European Standard only when incorporated in it by
amendment or revision. For undated references the
latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
EN 412: 1993 Protective aprons for use with hand
knives
COPYRIGHT
3 Definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the
following definitions apply.
3.1 Anatomical
The defined terms are illustrated in figure 1.
3.1.1 digit
One of the terminal divisions of the hand. These are
numbered from (1) the thumb, to (5) the little finger in
figure 1 and the numbers are used to denote the
appropriate digits in this European Standard.
3.1.2 wrist
This is the radio-carpal joint. To obtain the surface
marking of the wrist level place the hand and forearm,
fully relaxed, on a flat surface with the palm upwards.
A finger tip is pressed firmly in the direction of the
arrow in figure 1, to palpate the styloid process of the
ulna, which is located towards the dorsal surface of the
hand. Mark the transverse level of the palpated ulna
styloid process. A plane 10 mm proximal to this level
is the plane of the wrist. Note that skin creases are not
an adequate guide to the level of the wrist.
3.2 Clothing
The defined terms are illustrated in figure 2.
3.2.1 glove
A hand covering for the whole hand that has protective
material extending to the wrist and covers each digit
separately, see figure 2a.
3.2.2 short cuff glove
A glove with protective material continuous with it of
length (A) in figure 2b proximal to the wrist.
3.2.3 long cuff glove
A glove with a permanently attached stiff but flexible
cuff of length (B) in figure 2c covering the forearm to
a point which is at a distance (C) in figure 2c from the
upper arm surface when the elbow is flexed at 90°.
NOTE. Deprecated: gauntlet: this is an inexact synonym of long cuff
glove.
3.2.4 arm guard
A protective device covering the forearm. It may be
permanently attached to or held in place by a glove
with a special short cuff of length (D) in figure 2c
while both are used. It extends to a point which is at
distance (C) from the upper arm surface when the
elbow is flexed at 90°.
3.2.5 arm guard and glove assembly
An arm guard correctly attached to or correctly worn
with a compatible glove with a total length (B) in
figures 2c and 2d from the wrist.
3.2.6 long arm guard
A protective device that covers the forearm and
extends onto the upper arm. It may be secured to the
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