Report of Investigations 9333: Evaluation of the Safety of the CSE SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuer

Details

• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9333
• Personal Author:
  Brewer, R. L. ; Doyak, W. J. ; Furno, Aldo L. ; Watson, Richard W.
• Description:
  A belt-wearable self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) manufactured by the CSE Corp. and designated the SR-100 was evaluated for safety in the underground mine environment by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The evaluation consisted of laboratory tests on the chemicals contained in the unit and field trials to simulate the mine environment. This report summarizes the test results and compares the results with those from earlier tests with chemical and compressed oxygen self-rescuers. It was concluded that the new SCSR did not pose any different or more severe hazards than the earlier units. In view of the mine-proven safety record of the SCSR's now in service, no reason could be found to disallow use of the belt-wearable unit. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Emergency Responders Mining Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Underground-mining; Self-contained-self-rescuers; Coal-mining; Mine-rescue; Mine-escapes; Safety-equipment; Safety-research
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9333, 1991 Jan; :1-26
• 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:
  32 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10008483
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-200485
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dacebf5747d11abd90cb3df15d441c1796fa142f9216c2254348893d648e664fd174fd784795205035f51581197da10cc36aa3820fa534661622370c48b5b18b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10475/cdc_10475_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.79 MB ]