International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA)

ISEA, the International Safety Equipment Association, is the association for personal protective technologies - equipment and systems that enable people to do work in hazardous environments. Its member companies are world leaders in the design, manufacture, testing and application of protective clothing and equipment used in factories, construction sites, hospitals and clinics, farms, schools, laboratories, emergency response and in the home.

Included in the association are products and technologies for protection of workers; detection, analysis, classification and measurement of hazards;

ISEA is a recognized leader in the development of safety equipment standards, in the US and around the world.

ISEA Standards Collection

The ISEA Publications Collection includes American National Standards relating to protective apparel, headwear and equipment. Some of these standards follow below. This document list is subject to change based on status and publisher changes, and should be used as a guideline only.

Contact IHS for the complete, current contents of the ISEA Publications Collection.

• Air sampling devices - diffusive type for gases and vapors in working environments
• Air-purifying respiratory protective smoke escape devices
• American National Standard – minimum requirements for workplace first aid kits and supplies
• Classification and performance requirements for chemical protective clothing
• Emergency eyewash and shower equipment
• Fixed and portable decontamination shower units
• Gas detector tube units - short-term type for toxic gases and vapors in working environments
• Hand protection selection criteria
• High visibility public safety vests
• High-visibility safety apparel and headwear
• Industrial head protection
• Limited-use and disposable coveralls-size and labeling requirements
• Occupational and educational personal eye and face protection devices

The ISEA Publications Collection includes the following historical standards:

• Hand protection selection criteria
• High-visibility safety apparel and headwear
• Occupational and educational personal eye and face Protection devices