Risk categories PPE

Category I

This category includes only the following minimal risks:

1. superficial mechanical injury;
2. contact with pretty harmless cleaners or prolonged contact with water;
3. contact with hot surfaces of no more than 50 ºC;
4. damage to the eyes due to exposure to sunlight (unlike during observation of the sun);
5. weather conditions which are not of extreme nature.

Category II

This category includes all risks other than those listed in the categories I and III.

Category III

This category includes only those risks that can have very serious consequences, such as death or irreversible damage to health, and relating to the following:

1. substances and mixtures which are dangerous to health;
2. breathing air with too little oxygen;
3. harmful biological agents;
4. ionising radiation;
5. hot environment with effects which are comparable to those of an air temperature of at least 100 ° C;
6. cold environment with effects which are comparable to those of an air temperature of -50 ° C or less;
7. fall down from a great height;
8. electric shock, and work under pressure;
9. drowning;
10. cuts from chain saws;
11. high pressure jets;
12. gunshot wounds or stabbing;
13. harmful noise.