Dear Members -
If you were able to attend the webinar March 13th on the
ANSI/ISEA Z-358.1 Eyewash/Shower standard update - thank you
for your interest.å To summarize, at this point the
International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) is looking
to simply reaffirm the standard
with no revisions.å In
order to do this and maintain ANSI co-authoring, they need
stakeholder consensus. APPA Leadership in Educational
Facillities, a stakeholder, is looking for input from others
as to whether or not they should recommend "reaffirmation"
or "revision" for ANSI/ISEA Z-358.1.
Among other things, reaffirmation without revision means
that there will be no updates or consideration given for
consistency with ADA regs, floor drain guidance, performance
based testing, the use of the word "tepid" (which means 104
F to a plumber).
Billie Zidek from APPA has created a webpage with links to
relevant materials - including the recorded webinar from
March 13th as well as the comments that were provided to
ISEA in December 2016 about items that should be considered
in the revision.å Please review the materials at
https://www.appa.org/isea-z-358-1/
Billie would like comments from others who would like to see
the standard updated by March 27th.
To assist you with
the process, we have created a webpage on the
CHAS site with a template letter
to use.å
Please fill in your name and organization as needed and
email to Billie Zidekå
<Billie**At_Symbol_Here**appa.org>.å
She is hoping to hear from as many folks as possible.
Thanks you in advance and please feel free to email me
<sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**appstate.edu>
or Mary Beth Kosa
<mbkoza2**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com>
know if you have any questions about this.
Sammye
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We,
the willing, led by the unknowing, are
doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have
done so much, for so long, with so little, we are
now qualified to do everything with nothing. Teresa
Arnold paraphrased from Konstantin Josef Jire€?ek
(1854 ‰?? 1918)
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Samuella
B. Sigmann, MS, NRCC-CHO
Immediate
Past Chair, ACS
Division of Chemical Health & Safety, 2020
Senior
Lecturer/Safety Committee Chair/Director of
Stockroom
Chemistry
Appalachian
State University
525
Rivers Street
Boone,
NC 28608
Phone:
828 262 2755
Fax:
828 262 6558
Email:
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