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ISEA/ANSI Z89.1 - American National Standard Requirements for Protective Headwear for Industrial Workers
Foreword
This standard is a revision of American National Standard Requirements for Protective Headwear for Industrial Workers, ANSI 289.1-1981. After a careful review, Accredited Standards Committee on Industrial Helmets, 289, decided that the interests of the industrial safety community would be best served by revising ANSI 289.1-1981 to allow innovation, particularly in retention systems.
It is intended that this standard be applied in industrial environments where the primary hazard is from small falling objects striking the top of the head. Protective caps and hats provide protection for the top of the head against small falling objects striking the top of the shell, and against light bumps. They are effective against small tools, small pieces of wood, bolts and nuts, rivets, sparks from overhead work, and similar hazards. Protective caps and hats only reduce the amount of force from an impact blow and do not provide complete head protection from severe impact blows. Protection from side or real impact is less than top impact. Good safety practices must be used when working in areas that present these hazards.
The Z89 Committee decided to continue the 850-pound average force transmission limitation as the measure of energy management for a head protection device. While this limitation is based partly on biomechanical factors, it, along with the energy levels of 40 foot-pounds in the impact resistance test, represents the committee's best judgment as to acceptable minimum performance, considering the state of the art combined with the weight, size, comfort, user acceptance, and cost of such devices.
This standard was processed and approved- for submittal to ANSI by Accredited Standards
- Committee on Industrial Helmets, Z89. Committee approval of the standard does
- not necessarily imply that all committee members voted for its approval. At the time it
- approved this standard, the 289 Committee had the following members:
- Organization Represented Name of Representative
- Aerospace Industries Association
- Alliance of American Insurers
- American Federation of Labor -
- Congress of Industrial Organizations
- American Gas Association
- American Insurance Association
- American iron and Steel Institute
- American Occupational Medical Association
- American Society for Testing Materials
- Associated General Contractors of America
- Association of American Railroads
- Canadian Standards Association
- Duke University
- Edison Electric Institute
- Exchange Carriers Standards Association
- General Services Administration
- Industrial Safety Equipment Association
- Institute for Product Safety
- Lukens Steel Company
- National Bureau of Standards
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
- National Safety Council
- Safety Helmet Council of America
- Siebe Norton, Inc
- Snell Memorial Foundation
- Society of the Plastics Industry
- The Telephone Group
- 3M Company
- United Mine Workers of America.
- U.S. Department of the Army.
- U.S. Department of Labor,
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- U.S. Department of the Navy
- United States Steel Corporation.
Scope This standard describes types and classes; materials; physical and performance requirements; and tests for helmets for the protection of industrial workers. These include recommended safety requirements for authorities considering the establishment of regulations or codes concerning the use of protective helmets.
Purpose This standard establishes specifications for helmets to protect the heads of industrial workers from impact and penetration by falling objects and from high-voltage electric shock and burn.
Compliance Any statement(s) of compliance with this standard shall mean that the product meets all its requirements in their entirety. It is specifically intended that partial utilization of this standard is prohibited.
Variations from the requirements of this standard may be granted by the authority having jurisdiction only when it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the administrative agency that equivalent protection is afforded.