Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 42 - Public Health last revised: Nov 19, 2024
§ 84.161 - Man test for gases and vapors; Type B and Type BE respirators; test requirements.

(a) The completely assembled respirator will be worn in a chamber containing 0.1 ±0.025 percent isoamyl acetate vapor, and the intake of the hose, and not more than 25 percent of the hose length will be located in isoamyl acetate-free air.

(b) The man in the isoamyl acetate atmosphere will draw his inspired air through the hose and connections by means of his lungs alone.

authority: 29 U.S.C. 651
source: 60 FR 30355, June 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 84.161