About This Archive  |	DCHAS-L 2011 Index   |	DCHAS-L Yearly Index
Search All Posts:   Advanced Search     Disclaimer

Check out Safety Emporium for your N95, N99, and face shield needs.

Previous by Date: Subject: Pull-Down Eyewash Units Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:54:37 -0400 Author: Margaret Rakas

Next by Date: Subject: Re: Pull-Down Eyewash Units Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:33:07 -0400 Author: Ken Simolo

Shiela,
 
While "common sense" is often anything less than common, this seem s to have been a reasonable solution.
 
For example: under ADA, something as simple as some 4x4 wood block s with drilled holes to safely raise a computer work station can be "reason able accommodation" for a disabled wheelchair user who can otherwise do the job just fine.
 
Please note, however, that certain chemicals (organophosphate pesticide s and similar compounds) can leach into leather and can be nearly impossibl e to decontaminate, such that if they are potent enough, the leather it self provides a reservoir for skin penetration and toxicity. I'd suggest th at certain metals, POCs, and some organic solvents might have similar p roperties.
 
As an anecdote, an older rancher who had a pair of snakeskin cowboy boots was life-threateningly-poisoned with a potent OP pesticide.  He was wearing pair of snakeskin boots at the time and wouldn't give them up, n o matter what we said.  When he was finally well and ready to be dis charged from the hospital, he put those boots back on and made it as far as the front door, when he again became life-threateningly poisoned.  ; After that, we made sure those boots were incinerated as hazardous wa ste and the rancher went on to do well afterwards.
 
Kudos. Shiela
 
Alan
Alan H. Hall, M.D.
Medical Toxicologist