Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
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- Deck General – Safety
- Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
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- Lifeline signals
- Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
Self-contained breathing apparatus: (SCBA): A device providing air or oxygen to the user who wears the entire device; thus the user is completely mobile. However, the device can supply air or oxygen for only a limited amount of time.
Oxygen breathing apparatus (OBA): a type of self-contained breathing apparatus that provides oxygen chemically.
Rescue equipment for a pumproom, or any space that may contain contaminated or oxygen-deficient air, includes a self-contained breathing apparatus, a harness, and a lifeline that is longer than twice the depth of the pumproom. Also. have someone standby outside the space being entered.
- To remember the signals for using a lifeline, recall the word “OATH” that stands for:
- O = OK – l pull.
- A = Advance -feed me slack – 2 pulls .
- T = Take up -retrieve slack – 3 pulls.
- H = Help – 4 pulls .