Safety & Health Advisory: Reporting Adverse Conditions Involving Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus - Thermal Degradation and Failure of Facepiece Lens

Details

• Personal Author:
  Attwood, Wesley R. ; Kiederer, Meghan ; Montague, Patrick R. ; Peterson, James ; Tarley, Jay L. ; DeCrane, Sean ; Oren, J.
• Description:
  This Safety and Health Advisory educates fire departments on an issue with self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) facepiece lenses that are certified to the 2007 or earlier edition of NFPA 1981. It also informs fire departments on how to report adverse SCBA conditions.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Self contained breathing apparatus; SCBA; Personal protective equipment; PPE; Fire fighters; Thermal effects
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; West Virginia ; Philadelphia Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071023
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2025-116, 2025 May; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• 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:cad53b337ac8828e660e17b6066ab9ae27a70882bbb1a14039816951540e984c908d2dc7027f2a02fa1ac78c4d216e1c88d3fac1036b67525afc8a3ab2536518
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/257799/cdc_257799_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 497.33 KB ]