AXION® is an eye/face wash that covers not only the eyes but the entire face unlike most other products that just flush the eyes. Secondly, the AXION inverted water streams protect sensitive eye ducts and glands. Additional features: • Smooth laminar flow provide comfortable water pressure • ANSI Z358.1 compliance for velocity, stream height, and gallons per minute • […]
KEEPING AN EYE ON CUSTODIAL WORKER SAFETY Contributed by BSN Staff Wednesday, March 2, 2016 CHARLOTTE, NC — Because March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month, the National Service Alliance, a leading group purchasing organization for the professional cleaning industry, is releasing the following suggestions for contract cleaners and custodial workers to help them protect their […]
DOWNLOAD THIS FLYER The ANSI Z358.1 Standard (American National Standard) mandates that proper eyewash activation – which describes a unit going from “off” to “on”- shall take one second or less. This requirement has held true since the inception of the ANSI Standard in 1981 and throughout all revisions including 1990, 1998, 2004, 2009 and 2014. Despite […]
Haws Model 9400 AXION® Steam Water Heater uses existing plant steam to create a hot water supply to provide emergency showers and eyewashes with constant tepid water with flows up to 25 GPM per the ANSI Z358.1 Standard. The AXION Steam Water Heater operates on a typical plant steam pressure. The plant steam and water never mix. The steam and water […]
Article Source: The Business Journals OSHA Info Sheet The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently updated a resource to help employers understand how important it is to flush emergency eyewashes to prevent organisms from growing in the stagnant water. Eyewash stations are critical emergency safety equipment intended to lessen the severity of eye injuries from […]
BACKGROUND Assuring chemical products are disposed of safely, with human health and environment in mind, should be high priority for any chemical manufacturer. As one of the leading producers of olefin and polyolefin, a U.S. plant makes conducting business in a safe, injury free, and environmentally responsible manner more than just a way of doing business, but also […]
Avoid the dangerous trap in emergency equipment maintenance. By Casey Hayes Whether it’s the back of your own hand or the drive you take to work five days a week, we become exceptionally familiar with certain things. And even though both of these examples are something you see regularly, you’re likely missing the changes that […]
Paragraph (c) of OSHA’s Occupational Safety & Health Standards – 29 CFR 1910.151 (Medical services and first aid.) requires “where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area of immediate emergency use”. […]
Ensuring that emergency safety equipment complies not only with the ANSI Z358.1 standard, but also with the accessible buildings provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires a different approach to site selection and installation. There are no conflicts between the ADA code and the ANSI standard, so complete compliance is easily attainable. Read […]
The ANSI Z358.1 Standard (American National Standard) mandates that proper eyewash activation – which describes a unit going from “off” to “on”- shall take one second or less. This requirement has held true since the inception of the ANSI Standard in 1981 and throughout all revisions including 1990, 1998, 2004, 2009 and 2014. Despite this, the myth […]
