en聽407 standard april 2018 revision (standard heat and fire protection gloves)
standard en聽407 'protective gloves against thermal risks (heat and/or fire)' was published in 2004 and is still used today. it confers presumption of conformity to the essential requirements of council directive 89/686/eec, which regulated the marketing of personal protective equipment (ppe) and was repealed by regulation (eu) 2016/425 on 21聽april聽2018.
ppe: new 2016/425 regulation
in march 2016, the new 2016/425 regulation on personal and protective equipment was voted by the european parliament. this document repeals council directive 89/686/eec.
the social audit and the ctc solution
worldwide, the social audit has become a key tool in 鈥渁ssessing social risks" (protection and respect for workers鈥?rights, codes of conduct, and the management of health and safety risks). ctc offers its customers services based on the sa8000* standard.
biomechanical research and development laboratory of ctc
ctc is putting its expertise in biomechanics at the disposal of its customers through the creation of a new platform devoted to product analysis (shoes, leather goods, gloves, tanned goods, saddlery items), the objective being to measure or compare products under conditions of use. thanks to various tools, ergonomic analyses can also be carried out. stresses at the workstation can be...