---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 84.88"
title: "42"
number: "84.88"
heading: "Breathing bag test."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/84.88"
---

# §84.88. Breathing bag test.

- (a) Breathing bags will be tested in an air atmosphere saturated with gasoline vapor at room temperature (24-30 °C./75-85 °F.) for a continuous period of twice the rated time of the apparatus (except for apparatus for escape only where the test period shall be the rated time of the apparatus).
- (b) The bag will be operated during this test by a breathing machine with 24 respirations per minute and a minute-volume of 40 liters.
- (c) A breathing machine cam with a work rate of 622 kp.-m./min. will be used. The dimensions of a suitable breathing machine cam are available from the Institute upon request.
- (d) The air within the bag(s) shall not contain more than 100 parts per million of gasoline vapor at the end of the test.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 3, 5, 7, 811, 842(h), 844.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 30355, June 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted.