Acceptance-Testing Procedures for Air-Line Supplied-Air Suits

摘要

Procedures and requirements have been established to permit the Department of Energy contractors to submit needed air-line supplied-air suits for testing and evaluation. The testing is to be conducted by the Personnel Protection Studies Section, Industrial Hygiene Group, of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The adequacy of performance, recommendations for improvement and/or operational restrictions of the devices are to be made by the Department of Energy Contractors' Respirator Advisory Committee. The responsibility of acceptance or nonacceptance of these devices will be with the Department of Safety, Office of Operational Safety. The test equipment, test methods, design, and performance criteria for air-line supplied-air suits are prescribed. (ERA citation 09:046755)