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OMG, Robin…you wouldn't believe how relieved I am to hear you say that. I have cancelled all of our chem labs until I return from SF and can investigate the
situation further and I know the faculty and administration is not going to be happy because we have already had a bunch of days off from weather issues.
Thank you so much for replying. See you Sunday.
Monique Wilhelm
Laboratory Manager/Adjunct Lecturer/Chem Club Co-Advisor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI 48502
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On Behalf Of Robin M. Izzo
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:21 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] ? Re Eyewash Water
Monique,
Funny you should ask, because we are going through a similar problem (although ours has alkaline water with particulates and is from galvanic corrosion).
Our answer was NO, we should not hold classes or conduct research with hazardous materials under those conditions. We had the group running the project purchase
large, portable eyewash stations that have and will remain in place until we are satisfied that the problem is resolved.
I don't know if it is a legal requirement, as it was not specifically addressed in the ANSI or OSHA standards, but we felt it was a serious safety issue.
See you in SF.
Robin
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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU]
On Behalf Of James Duncan
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 9:37 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] ? Re Eyewash Water
Monique,
I would submit that you might want to ask the university legal and the university OSHA equivalent those questions.
Good luck.
Jim
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Wilhelm, Monique <mwilhelm**At_Symbol_Here**umflint.edu> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I know I will be seeing a lot of you on Sunday. In the meantime, I have a question that I hope someone is available to answer:
If the water system in a chemistry lab is reliant on you having to flush the water every day to have the water be clean in said eye wash, can you still say that the eye wash is meeting standards? What if you expect that water to be that way (acidic with particulates) for at least several months while you are having work done on the supply pipes? If the eye wash is not meeting standards, can you legally hold a chemistry class in there that works with corrosives? Or, do you have to close down the lab until portable eye wash solution can be provided?
I really appreciate any advice you can give me about this.
Thank you,
Monique
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