The new EN14052 standard requires the helmet to withstand forces over 3 times the crown impact level of those in the old EN397 standard and for the first time provide protection from side impacts to the same level as forces experienced on the crown impact test of EN397!!! It is the biggest step forward in head protection since the old British Standards came into force in the 1970’s which later formed into the EN397 standard. Whilst some helmets have been made much lighter with material effectively being taken out of areas away from the over-emphasised crown impact test area of EN397 so they are cheaper to manufacture, there is a resultant reduction in peripheral safety performance of such ‘lightweight’ EN397 helmets.
EN14052 effectively deals with this issue as it is such a severe standard and far better suited to protecting against the real hazards of working on today’s sites as opposed to the old standard more suited to sites typical of the 1970’s.
Modern sites are typically far more frenetic, with more equipment and machinery operating, with the peripheral dangers of swinging objects from cranes and the like, as well as in general being much higher rise meaning greater velocity and load masses of falling objects.
EN14052 Vs EN397
The EVO8™ Safety Helmet is tested from more than double the height of helmets that meet EN397. EN14052 also requires that the same helmet is tested twice, once on the crown and once on either, the left or right side, front or back. Together with the testing height of up to 2.5 metres, passing EN14052 means the Mk8 Evolution™ can take 3 times the impact of any other EN397 helmet on the market. However, the EVO8™ doesn’t just meet the new EN14052 standard, it exceeds it. No other safety helmet offers this level of protection. JSP has designed this product to save lives. If you are serious about safety, you will wear the JSP EVO8™.
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