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Self contained open circuit compressed air breathing apparatus |
Domain: Health and safety at work => Preventive measures => Personal protective equipment
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| Grammatical category: | Noun phrase |
| Grammar notes: | Uncountable |
| Definition: | SCBA which exhausts the exhaled air to the atmosphere instead of recirculating it. It usually consists of a cylinder of high pressure compressed air supplying air to a regulator that reduced the pressure for delivery to the facepiece. This regulator is either mounted directly to the facepiece or a flexible corrugated hose connects the regulator to the respiratory inlet covering, usually a full-facepiece. |
| Definition source: | NIOSH Guide to Industrial Respiratory Protection |
| European legislation: | Directives 89/656/EEC, 89/686/EEC |
| British legislation: | The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2002 |
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| Variants: | Self contained open circuit compressed air BA |
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