Firefighter body dimensions for updating safety specifications for fire apparatus and firefighter protective equipment (dataset).

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Up-to-date anthropometric information (body dimensions) of the U.S. firefighter population is needed for updating ergonomic and safety specifications for fire apparatus. Seventy-one measurements relevant to the design of seats, seat belts, cabs, turnout gear, gloves, and head-and-face gear are presented in this webpage. Forty of the 71 measurements were collected with the participants in fitted shorts in both standing and seated postures. Twenty-one of the 71 measurements were collected while the participants were wearing their personal turnout gear, including personal selection of tools stored in their pockets, in both standing and seated postures. Ten of the 71 measurements were hand- and head/face-related dimensions extracted from hand and head/face scans. The data obtained in this study provide the first available U.S. national firefighter anthropometric information which will benefit the design of future fire apparatus and protective equipment to better protect firefighters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Fire-fighters; Anthropometry; Fire-fighting-equipment; Personal-protective-equipment
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHRD-1007-2015-0
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Dataset
• Genre:
  Research Dataset
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046884
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Research Dataset RD-1007-2015-0, 2015 Oct; :dataset
• Contact Point Address:
  Hongwei Hsiao, Ph.D., Chief, Protective Technology Branch, NIOSH, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Rd., Morgantown, WV 26505. Telephone: (304) 285-5910
• Email:
  hxh4@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Firefighter body dimensions for updating safety specifications for fire apparatus and firefighter protective equipment
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248281/cdc_248281_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]