Results of Benchmarking Ergonomics Evaluation of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standard Program

Abstract

No current standard exists for any aspect of Explosive Ordnance Disposal suit performance. The National Institute of Standards and Technology Office of Law Enforcement Standards asked the US Army Natick Soldier Center (NSC) to develop a standard for future EOD suits. As part of the development of the EOD Personal Protective Equipment (EOD PPE) standard, NSC's Ergonomics Team evaluated several ergonomics aspects of current commercial EOD suits. The tested suits are the latest available to agencies for purchase. The suits were tested to determine their baseline or current performance level. This performance level will be used to develop minimum acceptable performance levels and representative test methodologies for future EOD suit development. This report details the ergonomics tasks and tests and their results used in developing benchmarks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA452603

Entities

People

  • Edward R. Hennessy
  • Michael R. Zielinski

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Law Enforcement
  • Munitions
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Protective Equipment
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Weapons Support Equipment

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  • Materials Science
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering