Evaluation of the safety of one-hour compressed oxygen self-rescuers. Results of destructive testing. Report of investigations/1984

At the request of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) the Bureau of Mines evaluated the potential hazards of three compressed-oxygen self-contained self-rescuers (SCSR's) designed for use in underground coal mines. The evaluation followed the lines used in a similar investigation of chemical self-rescuers and involved laboratory experiments as well as field trials designed to simulate a mining environment.