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AS/NZS 4453.3:1997

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Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws Protective legwear (Reconfirmed 2017)

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Published date

05-03-1997

£21.70
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Specifies the requirements for the design and performance of protective trousers and leggings (chaps) for users of hand-held chainsaws.

Committee
SF-004
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 0944 3
Pages
7
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 20/01/2017.This standard has been reconfirmed in Australia in 2017 and remains current in New Zealand. Reconfirmation Notice 20/01/2017
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Current
Supersedes

This Standard specifies the requirements for design and performance of trousers and leggings (chaps) which offer protection against cutting by a hand-held chainsaw and includes the requirements for identification, marking and information to be supplied by the manufacturer.

Originated in New Zealand as NZS 5840:1988.
Jointly revised and redesignated AS/NZS 4453.3:1997.
Incorporating: Amdt 1-1998

AS 1957-1987 Care labelling of clothing, household textiles, furnishings, upholstered furniture, bedding, piece goods and yarns
AS/NZS 4453.2:1997 Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws Test methods for leg protectors
AS 2755.2-1985 Textile fabrics - Burning behaviour Measurement of flame spread properties of vertically oriented specimens
AS 2755.1-1985 Textile fabrics - Burning behaviour Determination of ease of ignition of vertically oriented specimens

AS/NZS 4453.1:1997 Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws Test rig for testing resistance to cutting by a chainsaw
AS 2727-1997 Chainsaws - Guide to safe working practices
AS/NZS 4453.2:1997 Protective clothing for users of hand-held chainsaws Test methods for leg protectors

£21.70
Excluding VAT