Designation:F1154−11StandardPracticesforQualitativelyEvaluatingtheComfort,Fit,Function,andDurabilityofProtectiveEnsemblesandEnsembleComponents1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1154;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONWorkersinvolvedintheproduction,use,storage,maintenance,andtransportationofchemicalscanbeexposedtonumeroussubstancescapableofcausingharmuponcontactwiththehumanbody.Thedeleteriouseffectsofthesechemicalscanrangefromacutetrauma,suchasdermatitisorburns,tochronicdegenerativedisease,suchascancerorpulmonaryfibrosis.Sinceengineeringcontrolsmaynoteliminateallpossibleexposures,attentionisoftengiventoreducingthepotentialfordirectskincontactthroughtheuseofprotectiveclothingthatresistsdegradation,penetration,andpermeation.Chemical-protectiveensemblesrangefromoutfitsofgloves,boots,andcoverallstototally-encapsulatingensemblesemployingself-containedorairline-supplied,breathingapparatus.Theensembleofchemical-protectiveclothingincombinationwithgloves,boots,abreathingapparatus,andotherauxiliaryprotectiveequipmentcanprovidemaximumprotectiontowearersinsituationswhennocontactwithhazardouschemicalsispermitted.Chemical-protectiveensemblesareoftenselectedonthebasisofmaterialchemicalresistance,butequallyimportantarethecomfort,fit,functionality,andoverallintegrityoftheensembleallowingthewearertosafelycarryouthisorherassignedtasks.Fewstandards,ifany,applytothedesignandmanufactureofchemical-protectiveensembles.Additionally,protectiveclothingdesignsvarydependingondifferentenduseapplicationsinindustrialsettings,hazardouswastesitecleanup,andemergencyresponse.Asaconsequence,usersarefacedwithavarietyofcommercialproductsandgenerallydependonmanufacturersalesinformationtodecidewhichprotectiveclothingisappropriatefortheirownapplication.Otherprotec...
