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• Proposal for Certification Tests and Standards for Closed-Circuit Breathing Apparatus
  8/1/1999 - Information Circulars
  In this report, recommendations are made to (1) replace the present regulations for certification of closed-circuit breathing apparatus with quantitative tests specifying metabolic work rate rather than activity, (2) continuously monitor relevant physio...
• Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Field Evaluation: Fifth-Phase Results
  1/1/1996 - Reports of Investigations
  A joint effort by the Pittsburgh Research Center (PRC) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) 3 was undertaken to determine how well self-contained self-rescuers (SCSR's), deployed in accordance with Federal regulations (30 CFR 75.1714), h...
• Advances in Mine Emergency Communications
  4/1/1994 - Conference papers
  To address communicating while wearing an SCSR, two-way, FM radios were built in and improved mouthpieces were added to the SCSR to improve the ability to communicate. Prototypes we built and tested. Leaky feeder systems are also described.
• Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Field Evaluation: Fourth-Phase Results
  1/1/1994 - Reports of Investigations
  A joint effort by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was undertaken to determine how well self-contained self-rescuers (SCRS's), deployed in accordance with Federal regulations (30 CFR 75.1714), hel...
• An Overview of Research on Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Training
  4/1/1993 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publications
  This paper presents an overview of a series of studies related to self-contained self-rescuer donning proficiency.
• Probability of Making a Successful Mine Escape While Wearing a Self-Contained Self-Rescuer
  12/1/1992 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This Bureau of Mines report examines survival odds for a prototypical escape from a mine, and illustrates how these odds change when SCSR training is improved.
• Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Field Evaluation: Results From 1982-90
  1/1/1992 - Reports of Investigations
  A joint effort by the Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration was undertaken to determine how well self-contained self-rescuers, deployed in accordance with Federal regulations survived the underground environment with regard ...
• Transfer of Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Donning Skills Under Similar Conditions of Practice: The Draeger OXY-SR60B and the CSE SR-100
  1/1/1992 - Reports of Investigations
  The purpose of this U.S. Bureau of Mines study was to assess the ability of trainees to don an unfamiliar self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) after having become familiar with how to put on a different type of apparatus.
• Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Donning Proficiency at Eight Eastern Underground Coal Mines
  1/1/1991 - Reports of Investigations
  This report presents the procedures used and findings from a U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluation of the self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) donning proficiency of 243 miners at eight Eastern underground coal mines.
• Probability of Making a Successful Mine Escape While Wearing a Self-Contained Self-Rescuer - A Computer Simulation
  1/1/1990 - Reports of Investigations
  In an effort to estimate the chances of a miner making a successful escape while wearing a self-contained self rescuer (SCSR), a computer simulation was developed.