Many work sites and facilities have emergency showers and eye/face wash fixtures. However, while the fixtures may be installed at a work site, that doesn’t always mean a facility and its workers are ...

March is Workplace Eye Awareness Month. The guidelines associated with eye safety in the workplace do not just apply to the general public but to eye care clinicians as well.

The photograph below is of a properly functioning eyewash. It has a clear and even flow of water to the eyes. During the summer an eyewash/safety shower crew from EHS examines over 1500 units on ...

Chocolate milk. That's what the water resembled to John Eliszewski as it flowed out of an emergency eyewash station. While assessing eye wash and emergency showers for clients, Eliszewski, a Grainger ...

Personal protective equipment, such as gloves, safety goggles and face shields are the first line of defense against many types of exposures, but accidental exposures can still happen. If a person in ...

All laboratories and chemical storage areas must have ready access to an operating eyewash, with a safety shower generally required as well. Recommended maximum travel time for an affected individual ...

For something as critical as eyewashes and safety showers, OSHA regulations are pretty vague. 1910.151(c) states: “Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, ...

Despite the best efforts of eye protection manufacturers to provide stylish, effective eyewear and safety professionals to ensure employees are protected, workplace eye injuries still occur at a rate ...

Earlier this month MIOSHA released a new Fact Sheet entitled Eyewashes and Safety Showers. Briefly, this Fact Sheet states the general requirement that: “Suitable facilities for quick drenching or ...