Hazards and Safety Standards

ANSI 107

ANSI 107 is used as a guide for the design, performance specifications and use of high-visibility and reflective apparel, like vests, jackets, bib/jumpsuit coveralls, trousers and harnesses. If a garment meets this standard, it can be worn at any point in a 24-hour day and allow its users to be seen by fluorescent and retroreflective materials. Many of our hi vis yellow fabrics—DH, DH Air™, Polartec® FR and UltraSoft®—are certified to ANSI 107. Contact your regional market manager for additional information.

CGSB 155.20

CGSB 155.20 a national standard of Canada states the minimum requirements and test methods for performance of protective workwear worn for protection against unplanned exposure to hydrocarbon flash fire and optionally steam and hot fluids.

EN ISO 11611:2015

ISO 11611:2015 specifies minimum basic safety requirements and test methods for protective clothing including hoods, aprons, sleeves, and gaiters that are designed to protect the wearer’s body including head (hoods) and feet (gaiters) and that are to be worn during welding and allied processes with comparable risks. For the protection of the wearer’s head and feet, this International Standard is only applicable to hoods and gaiters. This International Standard does not cover requirements for feet, hand, face, and/or eye protectors.

CSA Z96

CSA Z96 specifies performance requirements for color, retroreflection, and minimum areas as well as the configuration of materials of high-visibility safety apparel intended to provide the wearer with increased conspicuity under both well-illuminated or low-light/dark work environmental conditions. According to this standard, certified apparel should be capable of signaling the user’s presence visually. This standard is in technical harmony with the US standard, ANSI 107, therefore many Westex fabrics that are ANSI 107 certified are simultaneously CSA Z96 certified.

EN 1149-5

This European standard specifies material and design requirements for electrostatic dissipative protective clothing, including hoods and caps, used as part of a total earthed system, to avoid incendiary discharges where the minimum ignition energy of an explosive atmosphere is no less than 0.016 mJ. Our DH, Synergy Pro and select styles of UltraSoft fabrics meet this standard. Reach out to our international market manager to learn more.

GB 8965.1-2020

This international standard specifies the classifications, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, packaging and storage of flame-resistant protective clothing used in places with open flames, sparks, or with flammable substances and risk of flashfire. Many of our Synergy Pro and Optima DH fabrics distributed in Asia meet this standard. Reach out to our international market manager to learn more.

AS/NZS 4824:2021

This Australian/New Zealand standard is intended to provide manufacturers, purchasers and users with minimum performance requirements for wildland firefighters’ protective clothing designed for use for extended periods during wildland firefighting and associated activities.

Wildland fire fighting involves work primarily in summer temperatures for many hours where the firefighter may develop high levels of metabolic heat. Consequently, the protective clothing should be light, flexible and proportionate to the risks the firefighter may be exposed to while remaining effective without inducing heat stress to the wearer.

Our Synergy Pro fabric complies with this standard. Reach out to our international market manager to learn more.