Department of Personal Protective Equipment - Laboratory of Protective Gloves and Footwear

Description

Profile of activities of the Laboratory

Scientific and research  activities relate  to:
 


  • Development of methods and stands for testing protective gloves and footwear according to the European standards.
     
  • Determination of the requirements related to the protective and usage parameters of gloves and footwear conforming to the REGULATION (EU) 2016/425 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC and designated for use in conditions of harmful and hazardous agents.
     
  • Improvement of the comfort of use of protective gloves and footwear.
     
  • Development of new models of  protective gloves and footwear that improve safety and ergonomics of their use.
     
  • Testing of the effects that occur while using gloves and footwear.
     

Consulting and advisory activities include:

  • The selection of protective gloves and footwear appropriate to the hazards appearing at work stations
     
  • The choice of the scope of tests for products EC-type examination
     
  • Methods of products marking
     

The laboratory also performs tests required to EC-type examintion of protective gloves and footwear

 

The full scope of accreditation of the CIOP-PIB Testing Laboratories Team No. AB 038


Laboratory Manager

Emilia Irzmańska  Ph.D. (Eng.), D.Sc)
phone: (+48 42) 648 02 46,
e-mail: emirzciop.lodz.pl

Employees

Laboratory of Hand and Foot Protection
Manager Phone number
Emilia Irzmańska, Ph.D. (Eng.), D.Sc. (42) 648-02-46emirz@ciop.lodz.pl
Phone number
Elżbieta Grzegorczyk (42) 648-02-45elgrz@ciop.lodz.pl
Klaudia Halicka (42) 648-02-43klaha@ciop.lodz.pl
Paulina Kropidłowska, MSc (Eng.) (42) 678-19-63 w. 50pakro@ciop.lodz.pl
Tadeusz Muszyński (42) 648-02-45tamus@ciop.lodz.pl
Olga Olejnik (42) 648-02-43olgol@ciop.lodz.pl
Arkadiusz Szmytke (42) 648-02-45arszm@ciop.lodz.pl

Projects

Publication

Last modification date: 10.04.2026

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