Not all drench shower and eyewash products are created equally. Some are differentiated, with features that may make the most sense for your application.

Here’s one possible alternative to help larger facilities comply with ANSI requirements for the temperature of flushing fluid for emergency showers and eyewashes.

The 2004 Z358.1 revision provided clear tepid water temperature range… now what?

In today’s litigious society, you’ve got to stay on top of your game to avoid becoming entangled in proceedings aimed at assigning responsibility for physical harm associated with workplace injuries.

Emergency response assets, including drench showers and eyewashes, must not only be made available, but these facilities require cooling of the water that flows through them to avoid inflicting potentially worse injuries on users.

While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines do not provide accessible dimension requirements specifically for emergency drench showers or eyewashes, it is important for specifiers to recognize that failure to comply with general ADA accessibility guidelines when designing an emergency eyewash and drench shower system can have serious consequences.

One of the reasons I rarely play golf is that, frankly, I’m not very good at it. Those who play regularly improve their skills, and those who don’t…don’t.

To the credit of industry, there are literally hundreds of thousands of emergency drench shower and eyewash installations throughout the U.S. During the past 40 years or so, senior business managers have increasingly embraced the principles of safeguarding their workforce and providing the utmost in first aid for those who fall victim to on-the-job injury. While an argument could be made that at least some of the rise in awareness is due to regulatory pressure, the undeniable fact is that today’s sensitivity is morally correct and simply good business.