Report of Investigations 9401: Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Field Evaluation: Results from 1982-90

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• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9401
• Personal Author:
  Kyriazi, Nicholas ; Shubilla, John P.
• Description:
  A joint effort by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was undertaken to determine how well self-contained self-rescuers (SCSR's), deployed in accordance with Federal regulations (30 CFR 75.1714), survived the underground environment with regard to both impact damage and aging. This report presents findings regarding laboratory-tested SCSR's from 1982 through 1990. The SCSR's were tested on human subjects and on a breathing and metabolic simulator. These results indicate that most of the apparatus, if they pass their inspection criteria, perform as expected except for units with manufacturing defects or design deficiencies. However, when the apparatus are carried in and out of the mine daily and stored at the working section, they may suffer abuse. Physical signs of abuse, unless extremely obvious, are frequently not detected by the miners or mine operators. This poses a potential danger to a user in an emergency. Recommendations include improved training in inspection procedures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Laboratories Mining Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Mine-workers; Self-contained-breathing-apparatus; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Personal-protective-equipment; Protective-equipment; Underground-miners; Underground-mining; Laboratory-testing
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9401, 1992 Jan; :1-18
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10011184
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-186485
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:14fc1463802cc854d1ef6b992fb5112d9fb89387bf6cb79fefb3466512425666dc9b70560c5897d2d6a622b3e026cdf9ede55b8c1846bbd468ac6ca1de35495c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10242/cdc_10242_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.38 MB ]