Evaluation of the Safety of One-Hour Chemical Self Rescuers

Details

• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 123-80
• Personal Author:
  Doyak, W. J. ; Furno, Aldo L. ; Watson, Richard W.
• Description:
  In January 1980, the Bureau of Mines initiated an experimental program to examine the fire and explosion hazards of 1-hour self-contained rescuers (SSRS). This action was prompted by a growing concern on the part of government and industrial safety officials over the potential hazards of these devices when deployed on a large scale in underground coal mines. Prior evaluation of the safety of these devices had been at best sporadic and usually limited to experimental models. The recent availability of preproduction models of a 1-hour SSR fabricated by the Mine Safety Appliance Company and a production model manufactured by Dragerwerk AG Lubeck of the Federal Republic of Germany allowed for a more comprehensive and meaningful evaluation of their safety in underground coal mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Underground-mining; Self-contained-self-rescuers; Coal-mining; Mine-rescue; Mine-escapes; Safety-equipment; Safety-research
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 123-80, 1980 Jul; :1-184
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  201 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10000566
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d733dd013a2ce1d5a86c2f38548ce2f4f9b72bc32585bc4a47cec6968ba30030daaf023501cdea2c5b95f2daf35ea405e6758a23ca123da2dda69708ddb5c887
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21905/cdc_21905_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 60.31 MB ]