Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
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dear all,
i'd like to ask a general question regarding your industry pratice. On your hazardous toxic/corrsive plants do you have a central alarm (eg in control room or emergancy response room) that is activated if someone goes under a safey shower?
my company policy is to do so - at every site...
i recently found out in some companys this is not normally done.. (so i'd like to validate with others what you do and why).
i'd like to ask a general question regarding your industry pratice. On your hazardous toxic/corrsive plants do you have a central alarm (eg in control room or emergancy response room) that is activated if someone goes under a safey shower?
my company policy is to do so - at every site...
i recently found out in some companys this is not normally done.. (so i'd like to validate with others what you do and why).





RE: Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
I would also recommend that if it is done you allow some means for disabling the alarm. So if there are times when you expect the showers to be used a lot it doesn't become a nuisance.
RE: Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
Oil industry, pipeline receiving terminal - yes
Why? If someone is really in trouble then getting to the shower might be only thing they can manage to do. It happened for real on our site, and no way would the guy have made a radio call for help. The rescuers knew where to find him, and maybe that contributed a little to saving his life.
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RE: Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
According to a review of the information available, neither OSHA nor the ANSI Z358.1 standard governing the design and performance of the showers requires an alarm.
But all manufacturers of safety showers offer a flow switch as an option.
All projects I have been involved with have this signal alarm in the control room.
Also, you should note that the alarm and switch are tested during the periodic testing required for the shower.
-MJC
RE: Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
RE: Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
I understand that a small mom and pop shop would not require an alarm on an eyewash or safety shower. However, I would expect an alarm on any new installation for a fortune 500 ish company.
BTW another issue worth studying is winterization for cold climate sites. You don't want to steam trace the water thus scald the user.
RE: Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?
RE: Do your eye wash/safety showers alarm centrally?