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.

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• 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

If you have multiple individuals and departments regularly accessing standards, then an online standards solution from IHS may be more cost effective for you.

IHS Online Standards Solution

The IHS online solution provides company-wide access to the standards you need from a collection of over 1.3 million standards documents. Whether you require documents from a single standards developing organization (SDO), multiple SDOs, segments and packages assembled by IHS content experts, or any combination in between, you can build your own standards library. The online standards management platform - IHS Standards Expert™ - furnishes you with the most comprehensive worldwide collection of industry specifications and standards.  Information is updated daily with easy, intuitive searching, navigation, and monitoring from any desktop.

Custom Online Standards Collection

If you need a collection of individual standards/documents, then the IHS custom standards collection works best for you. This option allows the greatest flexibility allowing you to pick and choose specific documents, whether they come from one or more SDOs. IHS does not require that you purchase a minimum number of documents to use this option. Your custom collection allows for multiple users at multiple locations to access the documents you have chosen.

Individual Purchase

All standards are also available for purchase as individual documents through the IHS Standards Store in PDF or hard copy formats. 

Deposit Accounts

Deposit accounts are a great way for a customer with online access to obtain the individual standards they need. Using a deposit account, an online customer can obtain PDF and hard copy documents outside of their online subscription. For the hard copy customer, this is perfect way to control purchasing and reduce paperwork. Most documents and publications purchased through a deposit account received a 10% discount from the regular price. To create your deposit account, simply download this pdf, fill it out and return it to the address noted on the form. A minimum $500 (US) is required to set up your deposit account.

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