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EN 20346

Protective clothing for protection against cold.

What is EN 20346 standard?

These standard details basic and additional (i.e., optional) requirements for general-purpose protective footwear (e.g., mechanical risks, slip resistance, thermal risks, and ergonomic design) and for footwear designed for specific professions and worksite conditions (e.g., footwear for firefighters, electrical insulating footwear, protection against chainsaw injuries, protection against chemicals and molten metal splash, protection for motorcyclists).

EN 20346:2014- PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE): PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR

EN 20346:2014- PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE): PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR
(EN 20346:2014 supersedes NEN-EN-ISO 20346:2004.)

EN 20346 explained

Protective footwear that complies with EN 20346 is fitted with toecaps to ensure protection against impact when tested at an energy level of at least 100 J and against compression when tested at a compression load of at least 10 kN.


Footwear is classified according to the following classes:
• Class I – footwear made from leather and other materials, excluding all-rubber and all-polymeric footwear (P1, P2, and P3)
• Class II – all-rubber (i.e. entirely vulcanised), all-polymeric (manufactured in one piece), and hybrid (P4, P5, and PBH = polymeric footwear with another material that extends the upper) footwear
EN 20346 Table 1

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