Development of standards for industrial and firefighters head protective devices.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Scalone AA
• Description:
  A series of standards are presented for industrial and firefighters head protective devices. The standards are: (a) a performance standard which lists the attributes and levels of performance for four classes of industrial head protective devices, (b) a testing standard, which describes test methods, procedures, and equipment for each attribute to be tested, and (c) a user standard which describes how industrial and firefighters head protective devices are to be properly selected, used and maintained. Topics include: needs for head protection, including head injury accident frequency, types, and severity; anthropometry of the head; human factors considerations, including helmet weight, size, comfort, fit, thermal characteristics, material skin reactions, aesthetic characteristics, and restriction of sensory processes; headgear requirements; methods of head protection; test requirements, including conditioning, impact, penetration, electrical insulation, flammability, and retention testing.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Asbestos Automobiles Dust Engineering Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Contract-099-72-0086 Criteria Human-factors-engineering Mechanical-properties NIOSH-Contract Performance-levels Personal-protective-equipment Physical-properties Regulations Safety-equipment Safety-helmets

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DLCD - Division of Laboratories and Criteria Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-310
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00023929
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Contract 099-72-0086, 1973 Aug; :1-310
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Performing Organization:
  Dayton T. Brown, Inc., Church Street, Bohemia, Long Island, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c5351bf157c23a213632b95130ae4819dacb09b7b08196f17c4b61ae45ef3b38114b498c28b78bcc3d6db97a1ef759b75aeb1de614c3e20750941803da5eec91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178649/cdc_178649_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.10 MB ]