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English translation: individual protection equipment


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04:49 Oct 21, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Etiquetas y la composición del tejido.
Spanish term or phrase: EPI
What does EPI stand for and how can I translate it into English?

This is the sentence:
Por el interior y centrada en la zona trasera, lleva cosida una etiqueta con la identificación del EPI.
El EPI está confeccionado, según documentación técnica presentada por el cliente, en:
-Tejido color azul de composición 65% Modacrilica, 33% Aramida y 2% Fibra antiestática, con un gramaje aproximado de 270 g/m².
Thomas Vandergriff
United States
Local time: 15:03
English translation:individual protection equipment
Explanation:
or personal protective equipment

1.E.P.I. : Equipo de Protección Individual. “..... cualquier dispositivo o medio que vaya a llevar o del que vaya a disponer una persona, con el objetivo de que la proteja contra uno o varios riesgos que puedan amenazar su salud y su seguridad. ...... “
2.Directiva Europea: texto legal que emite la Comisión
www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/policy/army/fm/3-4/Ch1.h...


Before soldiers can protect themselves against NBC hazards, they must first know what individual protective equipment is available and its capabilities.


www.osha.gov/SLTC/personalprotectiveequipment/


OSHA requires the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls are not ...
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peter jackson
Spain
Local time: 21:03
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individual protection equipment


Explanation:
or personal protective equipment

1.E.P.I. : Equipo de Protección Individual. “..... cualquier dispositivo o medio que vaya a llevar o del que vaya a disponer una persona, con el objetivo de que la proteja contra uno o varios riesgos que puedan amenazar su salud y su seguridad. ...... “
2.Directiva Europea: texto legal que emite la Comisión
www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/policy/army/fm/3-4/Ch1.h...


Before soldiers can protect themselves against NBC hazards, they must first know what individual protective equipment is available and its capabilities.


www.osha.gov/SLTC/personalprotectiveequipment/


OSHA requires the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering and administrative controls are not ...


peter jackson
Spain
Local time: 21:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9
Grading comment
Thank you, that helped a lot.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Cutler
2 hrs

agree  Rachel Fell: PPE
2 hrs

agree  Edward Tully: with Rachel!
3 hrs

agree  Silvina P.
5 hrs

agree  Christian Nielsen-Palacios: with Edward!
1 day16 hrs
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