PPE CASE TN-20842: Evaluation of a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Potential Contribution to a Fatal Event in the Fire Service: Houston, Texas Fire Department Request for Scott® Safety Air-Pak® 4.5, 4500 PSI Unit with NIOSH Approval Number TC-13F-212CBRN

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  As part of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP), the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) agreed to examine and evaluate a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) unit identified as Scott(R) Safety model Air-Pak(R) 4.5, 4500 psi, 30-minute,SCBA. This SCBA status investigation was assigned NIOSH Task Number 20842. The NIOSH Division of Safety Research (NIOSH/DSR) and the Houston Fire Department were advised that NIOSH/NPPTL would provide a written report of the inspections and any applicable test results. The SCBA unit was shipped to the NIOSH facility in Morgantown, West Virginia on May 13, 2016. The unit was taken to the lower floor of the lab, room 1513, for secured storage. The SCBA unit was then removed from storage for inspection on May 13, 2016 and was placed back into secured storage until the testing began on August 5, 2016. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Laboratories Mortality Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Personal protective equipment; PPE; Equipment testing; Protective equipment; Self contained breathing apparatus; SCBA; Fire fighters; Fire fighting equipment; Fatalities; Emergency responders; First responders; Laboratory testing
• Source:
  Morgantown, WV: 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. TN-20842, 2016 Aug; :1-33
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  PPE CASE Notes
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; West Virginia
• 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:
  33 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058069
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8106a4a2488795e896da59d45b64479336a65e93cfd42f29c0a4b6831b1ee4e60efeaf6c603886c4c2ea4d759ed8ff65a1b490efb415054f5b295c0c23e47622
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/138270/cdc_138270_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.93 MB ]