Point-of-use assessment for self-contained self-rescuers randomly sampled from mining districts: second phase - sample period: January 2012 to June 2013

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• Personal Author:
  Monaghan W ; Walbert G
• Description:
  The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), a laboratory in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have undertaken a study to evaluate the long-term field performance and reliability of self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) units deployed in U.S. underground coal mines in accordance with federal regulation 30 CFR § 75.1714. This ongoing project provides performance, reliability, and user maintenance compliance data on field deployed SCSR units. This report presents findings from the second phase SCSR long-term random (LTR2) testing conducted between January 2012 and June 2013. Prior to collection, MSHA provided a copy of their SCSR inventory from which NIOSH compiled a statistically significant random list of 719 SCSR units. From this random list, NIOSH targeted 536 SCSRs for collection. NIOSH returned 379 SCSRs to the laboratory for testing when the collection effort ended for LTR2. NIOSH subsequently tested the 377 SCSR units that passed the manufacturers' recommended visual inspection using an automated breathing and metabolic simulator (ABMS). The tests performed in this study are not approval tests; however, a certified product investigation process (CPIP) may be opened if the products perform poorly during testing at NPPTL, to determine the impact of observed performance degradation or nonconformance of a deployed SCSR. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal Mining Equipment Testing Mine Workers Personal Protective Equipment PPE Protective Equipment SCSR Self Contained Self Rescuers Underground Miners Underground Mining
• Series:
  PPE CASE
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NPPTLRepP20180102
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-28
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058058
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NPPTL Report No. P2018-0102, 2018 Mar; :1-28
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a0624e56e56ef004231519993fbc9d9489ec49be0773341549ef5ee30a407faaf86fef0c6ff424680fc56e98e7bdeeba565c674da06b05d65196692f2fec02f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249207/cdc_249207_DS1.pdf
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