ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I RISK CATEGORIES OF PPE This Annex lays down the categories of risk against which PPE is intended to protect users. Category I Category I includes exclusively the following minimal risks: (a) superficial mechanical injury; (b) contact with cleaning materials of weak action or prolonged contact with water; (c) contact with hot surfaces not exceeding 50 °C; (d) damage to the eyes due to exposure to sunlight (other than during observation of the sun); (e) atmospheric conditions that are not of an extreme nature. Category II Category II includes risks other than those listed in Categories I and III; Category III Category III includes exclusively the risks that may cause very serious consequences such as death or irreversible damage to health relating to the following: (a) substances and mixtures which are hazardous to health; (b) atmospheres with oxygen deficiency; (c) harmful biological agents; (d) ionising radiation; (e) high-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of at least 100 °C; (f) low-temperature environments the effects of which are comparable to those of an air temperature of – 50 °C or less; (g) falling from a height; (h) electric shock and live working; (i) drowning; (j) cuts by hand-held chainsaws; (k) high-pressure jets; (l) bullet wounds or knife stabs; (m) harmful noise.