NIOSH Testimony on Updating Approval and Carriage Requirements for Breathing Apparatus and Gas Masks by J. D. Millar, October 26, 1990.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony concerns the view of NIOSH in support of the Coast Guard in promulgating a proposed rule for updating approval and carriage requirements for breathing apparatus and gas masks. NIOSH agrees that only positive pressure self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) should be allowed for fire fighting or in immediately dangerous to life or health atmospheres. NIOSH also supports the suggested update in regulatory language that would require use of Mine Safety and Health Administration/NIOSH approved respirators. Where respirators on marine vessels may be used in confined spaces, NIOSH recommends that the Coast Guard select respirators in accordance with NIOSH recommendations. NIOSH also submits with this testimony a NIOSH Alert regarding the prevention of death from excessive exposure to chlorofluorocarbon-113 (76131). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Firefighters Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Testimony; Millar-J-D; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Personal-protective-equipment; Firemen; Accident-prevention; Safety-equipment; Safety-practices; Toxic-gases
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00197313
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91173708
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1990 Oct:3 pages
• CAS Registry Number:
  CFC 113 (CAS RN 76-13-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, 3 pages, 3 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243035/cdc_243035_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]