AS/NZS 4602 Australian/New Zealand Standard High visibility safety garments

1 SCOPE

This Standard specifies the visual requirements for high visibility safety
garments to be worn by people in situations where they may be exposed to hazard from
moving traffic or from moving plant or equipment in the charge of an on-board controller.
The Standard covers garments suitable for daytime wear, night-time wear where they will
be seen by retroreflected light or for wear under both conditions.
NOTE: This Standard covers only the visual requirements of garments. It does not cover their
physical integrity or fitness for use in adverse physical environments.

2 OBJECTIVE

The objective of this Standard is to provide both manufacturers of
garments and persons responsible for workers and others in the relevant high risk
situations, with minimum requirements for high visibility safety garments.

3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

The following documents are referred to in this Standard:
AS/NZS 1906 Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes
AS/NZS 1906.4 Part 4: High visibility materials for safety garments
AS/NZS 1957 Textiles—Care labelling
AS/NZS 4399 Sun protective clothing—Evaluation and classification