Understanding the breathing gas capacities (ratings) of escape respirators for mineworker use

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• Personal Author:
  Ann, Roland B. ; Metzler, Richard W. ; Rehak, Thomas ; Szalajda, Jonathan V. ; Ann, Roland B. ; Metzler, Richard W. ; Rehak, Thomas ; Szalajda, Jonathan V.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Description:
  The following information will help workers understand the meaning of breathing gas capacity of a jointly approved National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) closed-circuit escape respirator (CCER). Understanding the uses and limitations of the CCER is important in planning for an escape during a mine emergency.
  
  NIOSHTIC No 20042525
  
  
• Content Notes:
  by R. Metzler, T. Rehak, J. Szalajda, R. Berry Ann.
  
  May 2013.
  
  Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (710 KB, 4 p.).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; NIOSH Numbered Publications  
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013148
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet) ; Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  print ; [4] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042525
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:56d7b325bdf38f0a7220fab4b1d00149b6883d94ed8000f9d65872ad1fc3fab696993ec84d2ce6d2be73203ddabdaee0757aeb653b8960c273db1f26d70e60ec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13606/cdc_13606_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.61 MB ]