Enhanced visibility - EN 17353:2020
Personal protective equipment
Enhanced visibility protective clothing for medium-risk situations
This standard specifies the requirements for enhanced visibility clothing or equipment to visually alert people of the user's presence. Clothing with enhanced visibility should protect the wearer in medium-risk situations.
The approved fluorescent colours are: yellow, yellow-green, yellow-orange, orange, orange-red, red and pink.
Enhanced visibility clothing and equipment are grouped into three types according to the conditions in which they are likely to be used, and are all designed for motion recognition:
|
Type A |
Type B |
Type AB |
| Equipment using fluorescent materials | Equipment using retroreflective materials | Equipment using fluorescent and retroreflective materials |
| B1 (free-hanging devices) B2 (limbs) B3 (torso, or torso and limbs) |
AB2 (fluo + retro on limbs) AB3 (fluo + retro on torso, or torso and limbs) |
Minimum area requirements:
|
A |
B2 |
B3 |
AB |
|
| Retroreflective material (m²) |
- |
0.018 |
0.08 |
0.08 |
| Fluorescent material |
0.24 |
- |
- |
0.24 |
Please note:
The minimum visible areas must never be hidden by logos, labels etc.
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