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Language:enStatus: Obsolete
Term: personal protective equipment
Synonym1: PPE
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Definition: any device or appliance designed to be worn or held by an individual for protection against one or more health and safety hazards whilst performing live working

Note 1 to entry: This entry was numbered 651-07-01 in IEC 60050-651:1999. It has been modified for greater clarity on the role of PPE.


Publication date:2014-04
SourcePPE Directive – 89/686/EEC of December 21st 1989, modified – The definition has been modified for application to live working.
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