BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN13287:2004Personalprotectiveequipment—Footwear—TestmethodforslipresistanceTheEuropeanStandardEN13287:2004hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS13.340.50 LicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunNov0501:32:02GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN13287:2004ThisBritishStandard,waspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon10May2004©BSI10May2004ISBN0580437485NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN13287:2004.ItsupersedesDDENV13287:2000whichiswithdrawn.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedtoTechnicalCommitteePH/1,Safety,protectiveandoccupationalfootwear,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthiscommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to17andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunNov0501:32:02GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN13287March2004ICS13.340.50SupersedesENV13287:2002EnglishversionPersonalprotectiveequipment-Footwear-TestmethodforslipresistanceEquipementdeprotectionindividuelle-Chaussures-Méthoded'essaipourdéterminerlarésistanceauglissementPersönlicheSchutzausrüstung-Schuhe-PrüfverfahrenzurBestimmungderRutschhemmungThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon2February2004.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2004CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN13287:2004:ELicensedCopy:InstituteOfTechnologyTallaght,InstituteofTechnology,SunNov0501:32:02GMT+00:002006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN13287:2004(E)2ContentspageForeword.............................................................................................................................................................31Scope.....................................................................................................................................................42Normativereferences...........................................................................................................................43Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................44Principle.................................................................................................................................................55Reagents................................................................................................................................................56Apparatus..............................................................................................................................................57Sampling................................................................................................................................................68Testconditions.....................................................................................................................................69Preparationofthesole...............................................