Contacts may hold chemicals against the eye and cause further damage.
Eye wash bottle instructions.
Cover the eye wash spouts with caps to keep them clean.
Hold your eyelids open while the water flows over the eyeballs.
O any individual working in the area is comfortable with their use.
A drench hose is a supplemental device consisting of a flexible hose connected to a flushing fluid that s used to irrigate and flush eyes face and body areas.
Don t try to dislodge objects from your eye.
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A bracket holds the bottles securely in place yet the bottles are easily released when pulled out.
Caps should be easy to remove in an emergency.
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Wash both eyes even if you think you only contaminated one.
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Remove contact lenses during the flushing.
Eyewash station single 16 oz.
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Wash both eyes even if you think you only contaminated one.
You can also use portable eyewash bottles until you get to the plumbed eyewash.
Workers using eyewash stations after exposure to a hazardous chemical or material may have eye injuries that make the eye more susceptible to infection.
Eye washes and emergency showers are inspected monthly by eh s to ensure they work.
Remove contact lenses during the flushing.
In work areas where dangerous chemicals are present emergency eyewash stations are necessary first aid equipment.
Don t rub your eyes.
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Includes station and empty eye wash bottles.
Eye face wash equipment or combination shower and eyewash or eye face wash equipment are provided in the work place and are accessible and operable.
Personal eye wash units can support plumbed or gravity fed eye wash units but cannot be a substitute.
O all shut off valves between the sanitary water supply and the eyewash and or safety shower are secured in the open position.
Plumbed and self contained options are available.
Look for a current date on the equipment s inspection tag.
We recommend filling with sterile eyewash solution catalog number 24879 9032.
Consider wearing glasses instead of contact lenses when working with corrosive chemicals.
Our easily recognized eye wash stations come complete with eye wash bottles mirror and instructions for use and service.
Call eh s at 858.
According to the canadian centre for occupational health and safety ccohs after a chemical exposure occurs the first 10 to 15 seconds are critical if a person doesn t receive first aid right away injuries can quickly result.