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8/1/1999 - Information CircularsIn 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...
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1/1/1996 - Reports of InvestigationsA 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...
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4/1/1994 - Conference papersTo 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.
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1/1/1994 - Reports of InvestigationsA 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...
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4/1/1993 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsThis paper presents an overview of a series of studies related to self-contained self-rescuer donning proficiency.
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12/1/1992 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis 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.
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsA 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 ...
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsThe 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.
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1/1/1991 - Reports of InvestigationsThis 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.
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1/1/1990 - Reports of InvestigationsIn 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.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program