ANSI/ISEA 105-2016
ANSI/ ISEA 105-2016 – AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR HAND PROTECTION
This standard addresses the classification and testing of hand protection for specific performance properties related to chemical and industrial applications. Hand protection includes gloves, mittens, partial gloves, or other items covering the hand or a portion of the hand that are intended to provide protection against or resistance to a specific hazard. This standard provides performance ranges for related to mechanical protection (cut-resistance, puncture resistance and abrasion resistance), chemical protection (permeation resistance, degradation) and other performance characteristics such as ignition resistance and vibration reductions based on standardized test methods.
Hand protection classifications are subdivided into three main groups:
- Mechanical Protection (cut, abrasion, puncture)
- Chemical Protection
- Other (heat, flame, vibration protection, dexterity, impact protection = ANSI/ISEA 138:2019)
1 – Mechanical protection
Levels of performance:
Cut resistance: levels A1 – A9
Puncture resistance: levels 1 – 5 (Hypodermic Needle puncture)
Abrasion resistance: levels 1 – 6
1/ A1 is the lowest level; 5, 6 and A9 are the highest levels
2 – Chemical Protection
Standard Breakthrough time: levels 1 – 6
1 is the lowest level; 6 is the highest level
3 – Others
Flame and heat resistance
Levels of performance
Flame resistance levels 1 – 4
Heat degradation resistance levels 1 – 4
Conductive heat resistance levels 1 – 5
1 is the lowest level; 4 and 5 are the highest levels
Vibration Reduction
Criteria: TRM <1.0 and TRH < 0.6 levels pass/ fail
Dexterity
Levels of performance: 1 – 5
1 is the lowest level; 5 is the highest level
Impact Resistance (see ANSI/ISEA 138:2019)
Only concerned the knuckle area levels pass/ fail