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Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8281, published in 1966, listing the respirators, gas masks and breathing apparatus the U.S. Bureau of Mines had approved as of October 1, 1965. It is the federal list from which companies chose approved dust respirators in the 1960s.
- Author
- R. H. Schutz, B. I. Ferber and E. J. Kloos
- Published by
- U.S. Bureau of Mines
- Agency
- Bureau of Mines
- Date
- 1966
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 25222 · asbestosclaims.law/library/25222
- Rights
- US government work, in the public domain.
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What it shows
The Bureau's dust-respirator tests were based on silica dust, not asbestos, as a J-M safety manager noted in 1970 (see C. L. Sheckler to J. R. M. Hutcheson on Respirators for Asbestos at the Jeffrey Mine (1970)). See Respirator.
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R. H. Schutz, B. I. Ferber and E. J. Kloos. “U.S. Bureau of Mines, Respiratory Protective Devices Approved as of October 1, 1965.” 1966. U.S. Bureau of Mines. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 25222. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/25222.
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