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Respirator

Object number2016.104.26 a-c

Manufacturer Mine Safety Appliances Company

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumMetal; Rubber; Plastic; Paper; Adhesive; Ink; Elastic fabric

Credit LineGift of Patricia Donati

DescriptionRespirator with plastic product bag and instruction booklet.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 17 × 7.25 × 3.5 in. (43.2 × 18.4 × 8.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 7.875 × 11.375 × 0.5 in. (20 × 28.9 × 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 6.75 × 4.75 × 0.188 in. (17.1 × 12.1 × 0.5 cm)
Marks(a)
Front of respirator's silicone mask has text "ASSY. NO. / 201-1" and "SILICONE / MSA / M".

Front of metal plate on front of mask has text "Comfo / RESPIRATOR".

Each filter cartridge has printed black text on the pink side label including
"MSA Filter Cartridge / TYPE "H"...";
"PERMISSABLE RESPIRATOR FILTER FOR RADIONUCLIDES AND DUST, FUMES, AND MISTS. / INLCUDING ASBESTOS DUSTS AND MISTS. THIS FILTER REMOVES ONLY DISPERSOIDS FROM / THE AIR. IT GIVES NO PROTECTION AGAINST GASES OR VAPORS. USE ONLY IN ATMOSPHERES / CONTAINING AT LEAST 19.5 PERCENT OXYGEN";
"APPROVAL NO. TC-21C-135 / MSHA / Issued to MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO. / PITTSBURGH, PA., U.S.A. 15230 NIOSH".

Each black filter mounting ring has raised text on side "P/N 487905".

(b)
Green printed text on front "MSA / Comfo II / Respirator / 981 REV / 983358" and along the zipper lock "LIFT MARKER STRIP TO OPEN PRESS ZIPPER TO CLOSE".

Reverse has green printed text including "Name: ______ / Dept: ______ / WARNING: ..."

(c)
Black printed text throughout.

Front has black printed text including "Comfo II / custom and belt-mounted / respirators / instructions and approvals / WARNING / ... / Manufactured by / MSA / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A. 15230".
Historical NotesComfo II respirator made by Mine Safety Appliance Co. Part of a collection of items related to Jennings Daniel Breedon's career as a coal miner and mine inspector throughout Appalachia. Jennings Daniel Breedon was born in Richwood, West Virginia in 1927. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 into 1946. After his military service he started work at the Cherry River Coal Company as a miner from June through September of 1946. He left to attend school, but by the fall of 1947 he was back in the mines, this time at the Imperial Smokeless Coal Company, also in West Virginia. He left because of a lack of work and started work at the Johnstown Coal and Coke Company in their Nettie, West Virginia mine. There he worked his way up to a General Mine Foreman and in 1962 he left to work for the Bureau of Mines as a mine inspector. He started out inspecting mines near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, from 1962 until around 1970. Then he transferred to Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and worked for the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (became Mining Safety and Health Administration) until 1982. Then he was transferred to Kentucky for about six years. Afterwards he returned to the Monroeville area to finish out his career. Jennings Breedon is the donor Patricia Donati's father

Previous owner Jennings Daniel Breedon

Related institution Imperial Smokeless Coal Company

Related institution Cherry River Coal Company

Related institution Johnstown Coal and Coke Company

Related institution United States Bureau of Mines

Related institution Mine Safety and Health Administration

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