"Protective clothing — Performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying pesticides and for re-entry workers"

This document establishes minimum performance, classification, and marking requirements for protective clothing worn by operators handling pesticide products as well as re-entry workers. For the purpose of this document, the term pesticide applies to insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other substances applied in liquid form that are intended to prevent, destroy, repel, or reduce any pest or weeds in agricultural settings, green spaces, roadsides, etc. It does not include biocidal products used for agricultural and non-agricultural settings.

Pesticide handling includes mixing and loading, application, and other activities such as cleaning contaminated equipment and containers. Concentrated pesticides are typically handled during mixing and loading. Protective clothing covered by this document includes, but is not limited to, shirts, jackets, trousers, coveralls, aprons, protective sleeves, caps/hats and other headwear (excluding hard hats made of rigid materials, e.g. hats worn by construction workers), and accessories used under knapsack/backpack sprayers.

This document does not address items used for the protection of the respiratory tract, hands, and feet. This document does not address protection against fumigants.

"Personal eye protective equipment – Eye and Face Protection -- Vocabulary"

Defines and explains the principal terms used in the field of personal eye and face protection.

"Personal eye-protectors -- Specifications"

Deals with general considerations, such as: designation, classification, requirements applicable to all types, some particular requirements, sampling, identification. The transmittance requirements and methods of test for particular uses are given in the International Standards listed in clause 3. Gives functional requirements for the various types used mainly in industry. Applies to all types used against various hazards which are likely to damage the eye or impair vision, with the exception of nuclear radiation, X-rays, laser beams and low-temperature infrared radiation.

"Personal eye-protectors -- Ultra-violet filters -- Utilisation and transmittance requirements"

Gives the numbering of and transmittance requirements for filters. It defines guidance and their selection and use. Optical test methods form the subject of ISO 4854. Non-optical test methods form the subject of ISO 4855. The symbol for filters includes a code number and the shade number corresponding to the filter. The determination of transmittance is described in clause 5 of ISO 4854.

"Personal eye-protectors -- Optical test methods"

Specifies the optical test methods the requirements for which are given in ISO 4849 to ISO 4853. The other test methods are given in ISO 4855. The following tests are described: test for refractive, astigmatic and prismatic powers, diffusion test, test for quality of material and surface, determination of transmittance. Annex A describes testing of unmounted oculars. Annexes B and C describe two other optional methods for prismatic power measurement.