PPE CASE Reports
Updated October 2, 2020
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
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
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]
Page last reviewed: October 2, 2020
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health