Every year thousands of eye injuries occur in the workplace. Throughout the past few years, stringent regulation and an ever-growing concern for the health and well-being of employees has brought advancements in processes, safety procedures, and first aid protocols to treat the injured.

The following information is aimed at developing a logical thought process that comprehends many of the circumstances and alternatives of your specific eyewash and/or eye/face wash applications.

While much attention has been paid to tempered water not nearly as much has focused on reverse tempering.

Choosing the right combination emergency shower and eye/face wash is a matter of knowing your risks, requirements and budget.

Here are five general things you should consider when specifying and installing emergency showers and eyewashes.

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.