PPE CASE Reports

Personal Protective Equipment Conformity Assessment Studies and Evaluations (PPE CASE) provide the public with findings from post-market personal protective equipment tests, evaluations, and investigations.

Performance of Non-NIOSH-Approved International Respiratory Protective Devices

• P2020-0112 — Filtration Efficiency Performance of Non-NIOSH-Approved International Respiratory Protective Devices: Phase One
• P2020-0113 — Filtration Efficiency Performance of Non-NIOSH-Approved International Respiratory Protective Devices: Phase Two

Performance of Stockpiled Air-Purifying Respirators

• Overall Performance of Nearly 4,000 Respirators Sampled from Ten Stockpile Facilities pdf icon[PDF – 4 MB]
• Facility One of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
• Facility Two of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
• Facility Three of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
• Facility Four of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB]
• Facility Five of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB]
• Facility Six of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB]
• Facility Seven of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB]
• Facility Eight of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB]
• Facility Nine of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 861 KB]
• Facility Ten of Ten: Inhalation and Exhalation Resistance and Filtration Efficiency Performance pdf icon[PDF – 3 MB]

Information for Healthcare Workers

• P2018-0104 — Testing of Stockpiled ANSI/AAMI PB70 Level 3 Surgical Gowns
• P2017-0102 — Testing of Stockpiled ANSI/AAMI PB70 Level 4 Surgical Gownspdf icon [PDF – 260 KB]

Information for Mine Workers

• P2019-0101 — Point-of-Use Assessment for Self-Contained Self-Rescuers Randomly Sampled from Mining Districts: Third Phase
• P2018-0102 — Point-of-Use Assessment for Self-Contained Self-Rescuers Randomly Sampled from Mining Districts: Second Phasepdf icon [PDF – 683 KB]
• P2018-0101 — Point-of-Use Assessment for Self-Contained Self-Rescuers Randomly Sampled from Mining Districts: First Phasepdf icon [PDF – 1 MB]

Information for U.S. Navy Personnel

• P2018-0105 — Point-of-Use Assessment of Emergency Escape Breathing Devices for the U.S. Navy

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Evaluation in Support of the Fire Service, Status Investigation Reports

Evaluations of a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Potential Contribution to a Fatal Event in the Fire Service

• TN-20619 — Kansas City, Missouri Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 44,333 KB]
• TN-20731 — Hamilton, Ohio Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 6,301 KB]
• TN-20842 — Houston, Texas Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 7,096 KB]
• TN-20855 — Valley Springs, South Dakota Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 4,553 KB]
• TN-20922 — Pineville, North Carolina Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 17,545 KB]
• TN-21198 — Wilmington Delaware Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 44,525 KB]
• TN-21618 — San Antonio County Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 12,745 KB]
• TN-22491 — Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Servicespdf icon [PDF – 8,986 KB]
• TN-22547 — Watertown Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 7,775 KB]
• TN-22941 — Clinton Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 14,728 KB]
• TN-22942 — Worcester Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 10,295 KB]
• TN-23126 — Christopher Illinois Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 4,258 KB]
• TN-23616 — Worcester Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 7,880 KB]

Evaluations of a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Involved in a Near Miss in the Fire Service

• TN-20931 — Indianapolis, Indiana Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 4,441 KB]
• TN-21002 — Birmingham, Alabama Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 3,015 KB]
• TN-21014 — Rock Creek, Idaho Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 3,325 KB]
• TN-21374 — Loudoun County, Virginia Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 6,169 KB]
• TN-21971 — East Hartford, Connecticut Fire Department,pdf icon [PDF – 9,166 KB]
• TN-22941 — Clinton Fire Departmentpdf icon [PDF – 14,728 KB]