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  2. MSA Safety - Wikipedia

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    MSA is based in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cranberry. [3] It was founded in 1914 [3] after development of the Edison Safety Mining Lamp by mining engineer John T. Ryan Sr. and George H. Deike with help from Thomas Edison following a terrible mine explosion in West Virginia in 1912. [4]

  3. Safety lamp - Wikipedia

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    A safety lamp is any of several types of lamp that provides illumination in places such as coal mines where the air may carry coal dust or a build-up of flammable gases, which may explode if ignited, possibly by an electric spark. Until the development of effective electric lamps in the early 1900s, miners used flame lamps to provide illumination.

  4. Category:Mine safety - Wikipedia

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    Mining lamp; MSA Safety; N. National Mine Map Repository; Thomas Novak (engineer) O. Office of Mine Safety and Health Research; Oil Mines Regulations-1984; Edward ...

  5. Mining lamp - Wikipedia

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    A mining lamp is a lamp, developed for the rigid necessities of underground mining operations. Most often it is worn on a hard hat in the form of a headlamp. History

  6. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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    An acetylene gas miner's lamp. A carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C 2 H 2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC 2) with water (H 2 O). [1] Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings, as lighthouse beacons, and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles. Portable ...

  7. Self-contained self-rescue device - Wikipedia

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    Test bench for a miner's closed circuit self-rescuers. A self-contained self-rescue device, SCSR, self-contained self-rescuer, or air pack is a type of closed-circuit SCBA [1] with a portable oxygen source for providing breathable air when the surrounding atmosphere lacks oxygen or is contaminated with toxic gases, e.g. carbon monoxide.

  8. Decorating for the holidays could be hazardous to your health ...

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    An additional 20% of the Christmas tree fires were blamed on lamps or bulbs; 11% were ignited by candles. Toy-related hazards and how to avoid them.

  9. Davy lamp - Wikipedia

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    A type of Davy lamp with apertures for gauging flame height. The lamp consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. The screen acts as a flame arrestor; air (and any firedamp present) can pass through the mesh freely enough to support combustion, but the holes are too fine to allow a flame to propagate through them and ignite any firedamp outside the mesh.

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