The Development of Criteria for Firefighters’ Gloves: Volume II: Glove Criteria and Test Methods

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• Alternative Title:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recent accomplishments
• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Coletta, Gerard C. ; Arons, Irving J. ; Ashley, Louis E. ; Brennan, Arthur P.
• Description:
  Test methods used to develop criteria for fire fighters' (SIC-9224) gloves are described. Glove requirements in relation to protection, fit, design, and visibility are reviewed. Test procedures are provided for assessing resistance to static and dynamic cut, static and dynamic puncture, heat, electricity, water, and flame, and for evaluating dexterity and durability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Fires Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Safety-equipment; Fire-protection-equipment; Materials-testing; Personal-protective-equipment; Analytical-methods
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-134-B, 1976 Feb; :1-64
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB77134B
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract No. CDC-99-74-59
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  184 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00117616
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-275355
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9224 - Fire protection - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7ed47af7093483535c38de7d782f825563fff5cb6cd294a3c688435821a5ad5a12b38c692fcd133d122a810d8a043eb3709da0cfcfd30a35d82a55fcc1261552
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115577/cdc_115577_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.01 MB ]