---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 84.99"
title: "42"
number: "84.99"
heading: "Man tests; testing conditions; general requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/84.99"
---

# §84.99. Man tests; testing conditions; general requirements.

- (a) The man tests described in Tables 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this subpart represent the workload performed in the mining, mineral, or allied industries by a person wearing the apparatus tested.
- (b) The apparatus tested will be worn by Institute personnel trained in the use of self-contained breathing apparatus, and the wearer will, before participating in these tests, pass a physical examination conducted by a qualified physician.
- (c) All man tests will be conducted by the Institute.
- (d) The apparatus will be examined before each man test to ensure that it is in proper working order.
- (e) Breathing resistance will be measured within the facepiece or mouthpiece and the wearer's pulse and respiration rate will be recorded during each 2 minute sample period prescribed in tests 1, 2, 3, and 4.
- (f) Man tests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 will be conducted in duplicate.
- (g) If man tests are not completed through no fault of the apparatus, the test will be repeated.

## 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.