2023 United Brands Catalogue | Page 196

HIGH VISIBILITY

SAFETY

CLOTHES

CLASSIFICATION GUIDE EN ISO 20471
CLASS 1
This gives the lowest level of protection . The total fluorescent area must be at least 0.14m 2 and the reflective area 0.10m 2 . May only be used if there is little contact with a few vehicles and / or slow moving traffic .
CLASS 2
Gives a much better protection than class 1 , especially in daytime , twilight and fog . The total fluorescent area must be at least 0.50m 2 and the reflective area 0.13m 2 . Class 2 is used in harbours , on railways , building sites , parking places , crosscountry searches , load bearing vehicles and other places where class 3 is not required .
CLASS 3
This gives the highest level of protection . The total fluorescent area must be at least 0.80m 2 and the reflective area 0.20m 2 . To be used in the proximity of fast moving traffic .
EN ISO 20471
EN ISO 20471 is the latest update of the norm , since this came , garments can no longer be certified according to EN 471 . Therefore all new products are certified under the new norm . ProJob working to gradually update all High Visibility garments in the collection according to the new standard .