Safety Alert
SCBA Facepiece Safety Notice
SCBA Facepiece Safety Notice
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 99-35
- Emergency ResponsePersonal Protective Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Breathing apparatusValve
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Summary
This alert identifies a design defect in the MSA Ultra Elite SCBA facepiece. A protruding button used to open the exhalation valve for cleaning can accidentally touch the wearer’s chin and open the valve, allowing outside air into the facepiece with possible injury or death.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Breathing apparatus; SCBA; self-contained breathing apparatus.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Summary
Safety information concerning SCBA facepiece equipment.
IADC Alert 99-35. Themes: emergency response, personal protective equipment.