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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:07:01 -0800
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From: william parks <misterbill21225**At_Symbol_Here**YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Safety showers and eyewashes
In-Reply-To: <20100110141446.494257u98z6huzag**At_Symbol_Here**web.mail.umich.edu>
Good morning,
In each section of the new standard, under Maintenance and Training, the un
its are to be inspected annually - read "shall" - to ensure adequate flow,
connections, etc. The units are also required - read "shall" - to be checke
d weekly for normal operation.
Would there be a point to require checking and not documenting?
We used pre-printed cards when the inspections were only required monthly,
now we use a spreadsheet. The document has to be presented when asked, or a
determination of "Not Done" is entered in the inspection sheet. Lab/Pilot
Plant Managers and Supervisors get these results.
Bill Parks
CHST, CHMP, CEHT(pending), LSP, RPIH
630/380-4032
**Providing sound contract Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Hygie
ne, and Environmental services and solutions for over 25 years**
--- On Sun, 1/10/10, Jack Novodoff 1 wrote:
> From: Jack Novodoff 1
> Subject: [DCHAS-L] Safety showers and eyewashes
> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
> Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 1:14 PM
> I am doing some safety inspections
> for a start up private laboratory.=A0 There is no
> documentation on the individual safety eywash/showers
> indicating when they were last inspected.=A0 The building
> facilitty manager insists he has the documantation on his
> computer but has steadfastly refused to share this
> information when a safety inspection is performed.=A0 Is
> there any documentation that requires emergency
> eyewash/shower stations to have tags indicating their last
> inspection?=A0 Any information would be helpful.=A0 I
> suspect that the inspections occur on a random basis, if at
> all.=A0 Thanks
>
> Jack Novodoff, PhD
>
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