And that is what a safety shower is for. It is not for putting out clothing fires - stop, drop, and roll for that.
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Allen Niemi, PhD
Director
Occupational Safety and Health Services
Room 322 Lakeshore Center
Michigan Technological University
Phone: 906-487-2118
Fax: 906-487-3048
That is what was reported after it happened. She was taken to a sink and a coworker doused her with water from there. The safety shower was used by emergency responders when they arrived, mostly for decontamination purposes.
John
John Bristol
EH&S Delivery Specialist
The Dow Chemical Company
North Andover, MA 01845
phone: 978.689.1507 | email: jrbristol**At_Symbol_Here**dow.com
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It appears in the recent coverage of this event that the report by California OSHA did not address whether the lab safety shower was used. I understood that a post-doc just poured water from a bucket on her instead of taking her to the safety shower, Was that in fact true? Of course if she was on flames that may have been difficult to do.
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