A great misnomer of the safety industry is when emergency shower and eyewash equipment is referred to as “the safety shower.†People should consider it to be just what it is — emergency equipment.
The emergency shower is the last form of defense that workers have against serious injury or death when established safety procedures and protective equipment have failed to do their intended function or were improperly used or applied. To this end, proper selection, placement and maintenance of emergency eyewash and shower systems is imperative.