# Self-Contained Breating Apparatus (SCBA) — Respirator assigned protection factors — federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA, with maximum use concentrations

For Self-Contained Breating Apparatus (SCBA), facepiece is Half mask; operating mode is Demand mode; assigned protection factor is 10; jurisdiction is Title 8, Section 5144, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Respirator type:** Self-Contained Breating Apparatus (SCBA) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Facepiece:** Half mask _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Operating mode:** Demand mode _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Assigned protection factor:** 10 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Jurisdiction:** Title 8, Section 5144 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Loose- | | Quarter | | Full | | fitting | Type of respirator 1,2 | mask | Half mask | facepiece | Helmet/hood | facepiece | 1. Air-Purifying Respirator | 5 | 3 10 | 50 | ...... | ...... | 2. Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) | | 50 | 1,000 | 4 25/1,000 | 25 | 3. Supplied-Air Respirator (SAR) or Airline | | | | | | Respirator | | | | | | Demand mode | ...... | 10 | 50 | ...... | ...... | Continuous flow mode | ...... | 50 | 1,000 | 4 25/1,000 | 25 | Pressure-demand or other positive-pressure | ...... | 50 | 1000 | ...... | ...... | mode | | | | | | 4. Self-Contained Breating Apparatus (SCBA) | | | | | | Demand mode | ...... | 10 | 50 | 50 | ...... |

## Source

- https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5144.html

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2028-08-09.
Part of [Respirator assigned protection factors — federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA, with maximum use concentrations](https://referencesource.org/respirator-assigned-protection-factors/).