BS EN 12492:2012
Superseded
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Mountaineering equipment. Helmets for mountaineers. Safety requirements and test methods
Hardcopy , PDF
English
31-05-2012
16-10-2025
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
5 Test methods
6 Marking and labelling
7 Information supplied by the manufacturer
Annex A (informative) - Alternative test method
for artificial ageing
Annex B (informative) - Significant technical changes
between this European Standard and EN 12492:2000
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this
Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
Directive 89/686/EEC Personal Protective Equipment
Bibliography
Defines safety requirements and test methods for safety helmets for use in mountaineering.
| Committee |
PH/6/6
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 4423(1969) (04/2000) Supersedes 96/502173 DC (02/2003)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
30
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
This European Standard specifies safety requirements and test methods for safety helmets for use in mountaineering.
| Standards | Relationship |
| NBN EN 12492 : 2012 | Identical |
| DIN EN 12492:2012-04 | Identical |
| NF EN 12492 : 2012 | Identical |
| NEN EN 12492 : 2012 | Identical |
| NS EN 12492 : 2012 | Identical |
| EN 12492:2012 | Identical |
| I.S. EN 12492:2012 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 12492:2012 | Identical |
| BS 7985:2009 | Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes |
| BS 7985:2013 | Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes. Recommendations and guidance supplementary to BS ISO 22846 |
| 03/101170 DC : DRAFT JAN 2003 | THE SELECTION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN THE WORKPLACE |
| 13/30277332 DC : 0 | BS 7985 - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE USE OF ROPE ACCESS METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES |
| BS 7985:2002 | Code of Practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes |
| BS 8437(2005) : 2005 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SELECTION, USE AND MAINTENANCE OF PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE IN THE WORKPLACE |
| ISO 4892-1:2016 | Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 1: General guidance |
| EN 13089:2011+A1:2015 | Mountaineering equipment - Ice-tools - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 12277:2015 | Mountaineering equipment - Harnesses - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 12492:2012 | Mountaineering equipment - Helmets for mountaineers - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN ISO 4892-1:2016 | Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 1: General guidance (ISO 4892-1:2016) |
| 89/686/EEC : 1989 AMD 5 2012 | COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 21 DECEMBER 1989 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT |
| EN ISO 4892-3:2016 | Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps (ISO 4892-3:2016) |
| EN 569:2007 | Mountaineering equipment - Pitons - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 564:2014 | Mountaineering equipment - Accessory cord - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 892:2012+A1:2016 | Mountaineering equipment - Dynamic mountaineering ropes - Safety requirements and test methods |
| ISO 4892-3:2016 | Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 3: Fluorescent UV lamps |
| EN 958:2017 | Mountaineering equipment - Energy absorbing systems for use in klettersteig (via ferrata) climbing - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 567:2013 | Mountaineering equipment - Rope clamps - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 566:2017 | Mountaineering equipment - Slings - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 565:2017 | Mountaineering equipment - Tape - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 893:2010 | Mountaineering equipment - Crampons - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 12278:2007 | Montaineering equipment - Pulleys - Safety requirements and test methods |
| ISO 4892-2:2013 | Plastics — Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources — Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps |
| EN 960:2006 | Headforms for use in the testing of protective helmets |
| EN 568:2015 | Mountaineering equipment - Ice anchors - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 12275:2013 | Mountaineering equipment - Connectors - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 12276:2013 | Mountaineering equipment - Frictional anchors - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN ISO 4892-2:2013 | Plastics - Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources - Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps (ISO 4892-2:2013) |
| ISO 6487:2015 | Road vehicles — Measurement techniques in impact tests — Instrumentation |
| EN 959:2007 | Mountaineering equipment - Rock anchors - Safety requirements and test methods |
| EN 12270:2013 | Mountaineering equipment - Chocks - Safety requirements and test methods |
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