Protecting Those Peepers: A Guide to Eye Wash and Emergency Shower Stations
Purchasing the best eye wash and emergency shower equipment based on your needs is half the battle when it comes to protecting workers from severe eye injuries. Maintaining the stations and training employees on proper use is the other half.
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 technical safety specialist, says he periodically comes across companies that have failed to maintain the equipment. For an unsuspecting employee, this could mean the difference between losing his/her sight or experiencing severe burns after chemical exposure.
