Development of Criteria for Industrial and Firefighters’ Head Protective Devices

Details

• Description:
  Results are presented of a research project to develop criteria for a performance standard, a testing standard, and a users' standard for industrial and firefighters' head protective devices. Adequate industrial and firefighter head protection necessitates the use of four distinct levels of protection, the use of protective devices depending on the occupational hazard. A human head injury index, the Head Injury Criterion, is applied as an impact performance evaluation technique, and the test methods, equipment and procedures necessary for accurate measurement are developed. Recommendation is made for further research in developing protective equipment and evaluation techniques. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Fires Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Contract-099-72-0086 Fire-fighting; Fire-prevention NIOSH-Contract Personal-protective-equipment Safety-engineering Safety-research
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-80
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00036276
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-274190
• 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, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-125, 1975 Jan; :1-80
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cdee40d485c315db6bbb9c254fdb06ca7143bffb57072a7da4f4e0ab470aee39c86275299fe1393c18b38ca053f83088bbe3ffc8a67f26b31a7dfd2d0e766747
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209171/cdc_209171_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.19 MB ]