Technical Assistance Report No. TA-80-119: Self-Contained Self-Rescuer

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• Personal Author:
  Petsonk EL
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The physiologic effects of using a NIOSH approved one hour self rescuer (SCSR) respiratory protective device on mine workers was evaluated. Forty two subjects either crawled or walked out of a mine shaft while wearing the SCSR. Of these subjects, 10 later performed exercises on a treadmill while wearing the SCSR and their physiological responses were monitored. During the field tests, 16 subjects reported some discomfort from the self rescuer itself, including dry mouth, uncomfortable shoulder straps, discomfort from the mouthpiece, and lens fogging. The laboratory treadmill study showed no evidence of reduction in physiological performance associated with the use of the SCSR. A suggested health screening program for subsequent trials that emphasizes the health screening of test subjects is presented.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Hazards-Unconfirmed NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Personal-protective-equipment Respiratory-protective-equipment Safety-equipment TA-80-119
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  West Virginia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00123604
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-141937
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 80-119, 1981 Jan; :1-23
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173168/cdc_173168_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]