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

摘要

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.