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tFot?@Ofd)El( W INTCPOFFICE date j une 24, 197 5 TO DR R S BR00K11AN from SAFETY & TRAINING-PLASTICS CO REFERENCE SUBJECT SURVIVAIR RESPIRATORS 4s you knov , the Survivair respirators that fere received were mt of th^ same des^pn as those /e ordered The difference m design m those received is that tr^re is no quu.ck disconnect between the lace piec* coi lane and tie single sxage regulator on the uuxiliar., air tank The =i n] f icance ^f _s that re irill be reouir^d to ve r the auxiliaiy air tank any time the face piece is required As you know, ooi original intent vas to wear the masx between 25 and 100 ppm VCII and the auxiliary air lr combination with the mask from 100 to 3,600 ppm VCM Mr Shore from Survivair was contacted regarding this problem Mr Short advised that ne was unaware of this design change until we notified General Scientific of chis problem on June 20, 1975 Since he was not aware of this change, he was unable to notify us of tha s change He apologized for Survivairs lack of communication fh.i ^ rp^DPot pnr^ 1 ^ vl^+` 1 ~ *N d.o.l'l'Cx'C'"CC uui uiuci cuiu. oui ViVdll b a.pJJxOVclX OO S6X-L "GI1GS6 UUlXTiS was contingent upon NIOSH approval Evidently the fust unit we purchased with a quick disconnect feature was rejected bv NIOSH and Survivair was instructed by NIOSH to remove the quick disconnect The current approval on this unit includes the direct tie-m of the face piece with the regulator I requested Mr Short to see if he could resolve this problem with NIOSH and if he could not, he was to send us data on the parts we would need to adapt the unit with the quick disconnect I assume that our procedure wm be to wear the cuiuexnetior unit at levels above 25 ppm until such time as we can resolve the problem This of course, will nor be consistent with the data given our employees m our training program and~may have to notify them through a general notice GDL mas cc Mr R W Arnold Mr R S Fi am Mr D M Connor Mr F F Hoy Mr P J Eldreth G D Lloyd received JUN 2 6 1975 p J ELDRETH OCC 014509