NIOSH/NPPTL Public Meeting to Discuss the Approval of Respiratory Devices Used to Protect Workers in Hazardous Environments – SCSR

Date: April 24, 2003
Colorado School of Mines – Golden, Colorado

Schedule of Presentations

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8:30 a.m.

• Introduction/ Administrative Remarks (Timothy Rehak, NIOSH)

8:45 a.m.

• Review of SCSR Problems (Robert Stein, NIOSH)

9:15 a.m.

• Long-Term Field Evaluation (Jeffery Kravitz, MSHA)

9:45 a.m.

• Break

10:00 a.m.

• New Concepts (John Kovac, NIOSH)

10:30 a.m.

• Outside Speakers (Joseph A. Main, United Mine Workers of America)

11:0 a.m.

• Comments

11:30 a.m.

• Adjourn