Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

BSI is committed to helping PPE manufacturers meet and demonstrate their compliance with the relevant legislation.

With over forty years of unrivalled experience in the testing and certification of PPE products. BSI are a notified body for many EU directives and with UKAS accreditation.

Impact Protection Helmets

BSI's impact protection laboratory test crash helmets, visors, riding helmets, sports helmets & impact absorbing body protection.

Respiratory Products

BSI Respiratory equipment (RPE) test for protection against, smoke, dust to vapours and oxygen deficiency.

Hearing protection

BSI has a notified body status and can test earmuffs, earplugs, earmuffs with electrical audio input, level dependant earmuffs.

Eye protection

Testing for personal eye protection equipment, welding filters, mesh face screens, sunglasses & swimming goggles

Glove and Footwear

BSI test protective gloves for firefighters, chemicals & micro organisms, footwear for firefighters, safety & occupational footwear.

Protective clothing

BSI testing against combined risks, flame retardant and high visibility warning clothing. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) protection clothes.

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PPE Advice

Kitemark and CE marking for PPE products.

Tel: +44 (0)845 080 9000

View our guides:

- BSI PPE brochure
- Standards in PPE
- Standards in fire
protection

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