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1. Facility Safety Showers & Eyewash
A Safety Overview
By: Bradley Corporation
Commercial Safety and Hand Washing
Solutions

2. What’s Up for Today
During our Eyewash Webinar
we’ll discuss:
• Who’s responsible/who do
we train
• What is required
• Why we have eyewash
• Where do we install
• When do we inspect
• How to check

3. What’s Wrong With this Picture?

4. What are these Eyewashes For?
• PPE is primary, e.g.,
outer-wear, eye & hand
protection)
• Showers/Eyewash are
secondary but
mandatory
• OHS includes
bloodborne hazards
• Provinces interpret &
enforce

5. What Does the Law Say?
• Ontario
http://www.e-
laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/
elaws_statutes_90o01_e.htm#BK42
• Quebec CSST
http://www2.publicationsduquebec.g
ouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.p
hp?type=2&file=/S_2_1/S2_1_A.html
• Alberta
http://humanservices.alberta.ca/docu
ments/WHS-LEG_ohsc_2009.pdf
• BC
http://www2.worksafebc.com/publica
tions/ohsregulation/Part5.asp#Section
Number:5.82
• Saskatchewan
http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/E
nglish/Regulations/Regulations/O1-
1R1.pdf

6. What Does the Law Say?
• New Brunswick
http://www.gnb.ca/0062/pdf-regs/91-
191.pdf
• Manitoba
http://safemanitoba.com/sites/default
/files/uploads/regulations/summary_p
art21_apr_2010.pdf
• PEI
http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original
/wcb_ohs_regs.pdf
• NS
http://www.gov.ns.ca/lae/healthandsa
fety/docs/occupsafetygenregrefguide.
pdf
• NF / Lab
http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/
sr/regulations/rc120005.htm#63_

7. What Does the Law Say?
• No CSA for Safety Showers/Eyewash
• Provincial Officers typically defer to ANSI standard
• Corporate Goals and Best Practices usually defer to
ANSI

8. Minimum Standards
• Performance
• Use
• Installation
• Testing
• Maintenance
• Training

9. Flushing Fluid
• ANSI states ‘Potable’
water, saline or medically
acceptable fluid is a
proper flushing fluid.
• Applies to self-contained
portable devices as well

10. What About the Specifications?
• OHS recommends
plumbed-in models
first
• Site conditions
sometimes dictate
self-contained
devices
• ANSI basically states:
“Do no Harm”

11. The PBEE Strategy Not Acceptable !!
P utting
B ottled
E yewash
E verywhere
• Bottles and other
supplemental solutions
are first-aid only
• OK to get the injured
worker to a 15-minute
flush or medical help.
• … Not as an eyewash
station

12. “We Don’t Have Plumbed Water”
• Self-Contained Units
• Locate nearest point of
need
• Fill/Check per
manufacturer’s
instructions
• Must activate in one-
second
(one-step)
• Same flow and pattern
as plumbed unit

13. Plumbed Showers/Eyewash
• Training procedures
should be outlined
• Proper instructions for
use posted
• Contact lens provisions
• …much more.

14. Additional Instructions from OHS
• Disrobe
• Properly handle
clothing
• Extra clothes kit
• Consider privacy
curtain or enclosure
for mixed-gender
workplaces

15. “I have a worker way over there”
• Reduce first-
response time
• Audible alarm
• Visual alarm
• Both
• Wire into central
location

16. ANSI Checklist
Annual Inspection
• Every Device Location
• Every Hazard Area
• Tools

17. ANSI Checklist – Annual Inspection
Located 10-seconds from
hazard or 55 feet
Weekly activation
Proper spray patterns for
showers and eyewash
Minimum flow rate for
eyewash, face-wash,
showers
Tepid Water 18°C – 35°C
Unobstructed path to
equipment
Well lighted
Proper signage
Uninterruptable
fluid source
… 16 More Check- Points
for Full Compliance

18. What’s Wrong with this Picture?

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21. • Weekly activation
• Record the check
• PM twice a year
• Record the check
• Full Inspection every 12-
mos: top-to-bottom of all
devices.
• From 1 device to 101
devices.
• Safety is not a
department….it’s a way of
life

22. Recap & Contact Info
Key Points
• OHS Sets the path
• Provinces amplify and enforce
• ANSI becomes the roadmap
• MSDS’ establish equipment types/styles
• Yearly Inspections Critical
Contact your Tenaquip Safety
Professional for further information

23. Questions?
How often do I have to
activate
a portable self-
contained eyewash?
What temperature does
the Outdoor Freeze-
Protected combination
unit deliver tepid water?
What is the fee for one
of your Facility Audits?
KEN FURTSCH, QSSP
NORTH AMERICAN SALES MANAGER
BRADLEY CORPORATION
ken.furtsch@bradleycorp.com