The International Safety Equipment Association, together with industry stakeholders, has developed ANSI/ISEA 100-2024, a voluntary industry consensus standard that establishes the minimum performance, testing and labeling criteria for industrial bump caps and bump cap inserts used in the workplace. ANSI/ISEA 100-2024 classifies industrial bump caps into two performance levels: Level 1 and Level 2. Both levels are intended to reduce the force of impact resulting from a worker-generated impact to the head. Level 1 bump caps are tested for penetration at the apex and a force transmission equivalent to 7.5 J at a single point on the front and a single point on the back of the crown. Level 2 bump caps are tested for penetration at the apex and a force transmission equivalent to 12.5 J at two points on the front and two points on the back of the crown.
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