IS 15298 : Part 1 : 2024/ISO 20344 : 2021 Personal Protective Equipment - Part 1 Test Methods for Footwear
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Part 1) (Third Revision) which is identical to ISO 20344 : 2021 'Personal protective equipment - Test methods for footwear' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards after the draft finalized by the Footwear Sectional Committee had been approved by the Chemical Division Council
This document specifies methods for testing footwear designed as personal protective equipment.
This Indian Standard is published in several parts. The other parts in this series are:
Part 2 Safety Footwear
Part 3 Protective footwear
Part 4 Occupational footwear
Part 5 Additional requirements and test methods
Part 6 Additional specifications for safety footwear
Part 7 Additional specifications for protective footwear
Part 8 Additional specification for occupational footwear
This standard was first published in 2002 which was identical to ISO 8782-1 : 1998 .The standard was revised in 2011 by adopting ISO 20344 : 2004 which was revision of ISO 8782-1.The standard was subsequently revised in 2015 to adopt the latest version of ISO 20344.
This third revision has been undertaken to adopt the latest version of ISO 20344 : 2021 along with amendment no. 1, published in 2024. During this revision, following changes have been made:
a) For each test same organization (1 principle 2 test equipment's 3 sampling and conditioning 4 test method 5 test report);
b) Systematic inclusion of a clause test report in all the test methods;
c) Changes in Table 1, minimum number of samples and test pieces;
d) Several tests are not described anymore in this standard but in the corresponding standard, reference is made to specific standards (ISO 22649, ISO 11640, ISO 17707, etc…);
e) All reference standards are dated in clause 2;
f) New standards are taken into account (ISO 17075-1 and ISO 17075-2, ISO 22568-1 to ISO 22568-4);
g) Conditioning changed from 48 h to 24 h in 4.2;
h) Slip resistance, new test condition in 5.14;
j) Non-metallic perforation resistant insert, reference to the new ISO 22568-4 in 5.10;
k) New drawing for impact test in 5.4;
m) New detection of water resistance in 5.18.4;
n) New detection of water resistance in 5.19.4;
p) Clarification in the position and the dimension of the ankle protection in 5.21.2;
q) New tests for scuff caps, in 5.24;
r) New tests for seam strength in 5.25;
s) Determination of the area for non-water vapour permeable material in 6.2.3;
t) New measurement of cleats height in the waist area in 8.2.4;
u) New Annex A with new drawings of footwear degradations; and
v) New Annex B added with new system of sizing.
Subsequently, ISO has published an amendment no. 1 to this standard, which has been adopted with the revised version. In this amendment, following changes have been made:
a) Clause 4.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.4.3, 5.5.3.3, 5.7.4, 5.10.4.1, 5.10.5, 5.11.3, 5.12.3, 5.15.4, 5.18.1, 5.18.4.2, 5.18.5, 5.19.4.2.7, 5.19.5, 5.20.1.4.3, 5.21.3, 5.22.3, 5.22.4.2, 6.2.3.1, 6.2.3.2, 6.5.2.2.1.2, 6.5.3, 6.6.4, 6.10.3, 6.12.4.3, 6.12.5, 7.3.2.3, 7.3.4.1.1, 7.3.4.3, 8.4.3, 8.9.1.1 and 8.9.4 have been modified;
b) Figure 1 has been changed;
c) Table 1 and Table 2 have been modified; and
d) Bibliography has been updated.
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions and terminologies are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker in the International Standard, while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.