Powered Air-Purfying Respirators
September 2011
NIOSH Docket Number 008A
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is working to develop appropriate standards and test procedures for Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPR) used to protect workers in hazardous environments. The eventual PAPR standard will identify minimum performance requirements. Future manufacturers may exceed these requirements through innovative design and application of new technology to achieve competitive market differentiation. In developing a standard it is important to be both protective and allow for new technology. As such, new standards should allow for (and in some cases require) advanced technologies, but should not eliminate existing technologies that continue to meet the needs and protection required for many users. To this end NIOSH is soliciting information relevant to the development of a new PAPR standard through a Request for Information published in the Congressional Record. Topics identified in this document were discussed at several NIOSH public meetings held over the past several years. Additional items are provided as background information.
Related Docket
Pre-Meeting Information
Notice of public meeting; 73 FR 65860; 11/5/08pdf icon [PDF – 1,950 KB]
Meeting Information
NIOSH/NPPTL public list of attendees; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 12/2/08pdf icon [PDF – 1,400 KB]
Presentation entitled, Concepts for PAPR Gas/Vapor; Certification Evaluation; by King (NPPTL) – 12/2/08pdf icon [PDF – 2,413 KB]
Presentation entitled, Powered Air-Purifying Respirator Overview ; by Szalajda (NPPTL) – 12/2/08pdf icon [PDF – 2,182 KB]
Presentation entitled, Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Work Rate Evolution, by Vojtko (NPPTL) – 12/2/08pdf icon [PDF – 3,895 KB]
Presentation entitled, Evaluation of High-Flow Filter Efficiency Testers for PAPR, by Walbert (NPPTL) – 12/2/08pdf icon [PDF – 2,978 KB]
NIOSH/NPPTL public meeting; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 12/2/08pdf icon [PDF – 104,977 KB]
Background Information
Presentation entitled, End-of Service Life Program for Personal Protective Equipment at NPPTL – A Summary of Past Presentations; 9/21/11pdf icon [PDF – 17,161 KB]
A CMOS MEMS gold plated electrode array for chemical vapor detection; IEEE Sensors 2006; EXCO, Daegu, Korea; 10/22-25/06pdf icon [PDF – 1,512 KB]
Picogram material dosing of microstructures; J App Physics; 106:104913/7; 1/1/09pdf icon [PDF – 1,459 KB]
Robust gold nanoparticles stabilized by trithiol for application in chemiresistive sensors; Nanotechnology; 21:405501 (6pp) ; 9/8/10pdf icon [PDF – 1,078 KB]
Volatile organic compound detection using nanostructured copolymers; Nano Letters; 6(8):1598-1602; 7/1/06pdf icon [PDF – 1,230 KB]
Inkjet printed chemical sensor array based on polythiophene conductive polymers; Sensors Actuators B 123:651-660; 11/1/06pdf icon [PDF – 1,304 KB]
Total inward leakage—an assessment of variation in implementation of anthropometric marking and measurement techniques; presented at AIHCe — 5/17/11pdf icon [PDF – 24,244 KB]
Air purifying cartridge sensor integration approach for active end of service life indication; presented at AIHCe – 5/17/11pdf icon [PDF – 14,319 KB]
Multifunction PAPR; NIOSH Contract 200-2202-00531 ; Final report – 9/4/07pdf icon [PDF – 76,364 KB]
Inward leakage in tight-fitting PAPRs; J Environ Pub Health – 3/16/11pdf icon [PDF – 604 KB]
Human subject testing of leakage in a loose-fitting PAPR; J Occup Environ Hyg – 5/1/08pdf icon [PDF – 802 KB]
Inhalation flow rates during strenuous exercise; J Int Soc Resp Protection – 9/1/05pdf icon [PDF – 900 KB]
Respiratory protective devices – Human factors – Part 1: Metabolic rates and respiratory flow rates; ISO/TS 16976-1 – 1/11/07pdf icon [PDF – 2,237 KB]
Submissions in Order of Receipt
Submission to the docket from Korney (Interactive Safety Products, Inc.) – 11/19/08pdf icon [PDF – 1,285 KB]
Submission to the docket from Sell (Drager Safety, Inc.) – 12/5/08pdf icon [PDF – 324 KB]
Submission to the docket from Savarin (SPERIAN Respiratory Protection USA, LLC) – 12/23/08pdf icon [PDF – 631 KB]
Submission to the docket from Sell (Drager Safety, Inc.) – 1/14/09pdf icon [PDF – 2,520 KB]
Submission to the docket from DeMedeiros (North Safety) – 1/15/09pdf icon [PDF – 1,343 KB]
Submission to the docket from Powe (Safety Equipment Australia PTY LTD) – 1/15/09pdf icon [PDF – 2,453 KB]
Submission to the docket from Weber (3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division) – 1/15/09pdf icon [PDF – 7,666 KB]
Submission to the docket from Swanson (Mine Safety Appliances Company) – 1/30/09pdf icon [PDF – 826 KB]
Submission to the docket from Johnson (Trust. Science. Innovation. Incorporated) – 1/31/09pdf icon [PDF – 693 KB]
Submission to the docket from Staubs (Tyco/Scott Health & Safety) – 1/31/09pdf icon [PDF – 6,460 KB]
Submission to the docket from Bien (LAO Consulting, Inc.) – 1/31/09pdf icon [PDF – 3,867 KB]