Short duration self-rescue breathing apparatus.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Buban EE ; Gray RE
• Description:
  A self-contained breathing apparatus has been developed to provide complete respiratory protection for a miner in an irrespirable atmosphere. The apparatus has the desired features of comfort, reliability, maintainability, and quick-donning capability. The unit is a small, lightweight, one-time-use device that can be readily worn on a miner's belt and is designed to have a shelf life of 5 years and a carrying life of 3 years. It is deployed to the use position in a period of 15 to 30 seconds. The apparatus has a 10-minute service life under escape conditions and a 30-minute service life when the wearer is at rest. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-120
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001443
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB240471
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/240-471; :1-120
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Performing Organization:
  Mine Safety Appliances Company
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/240-471
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/244753/cdc_244753_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]