From: Debbie M. Decker <dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Safety Showers, Drains and ADA Compliance
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 16:05:21 +0000
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Try this:  http://bit.ly/2E9O1Mh

 

My facility manager and I developed a rig that people use to test eyewashes and showers in my buildings.  Even with floor drains and plumbed eyewashes, folks tend to use the rig. There’s an image of the rig in my newsletter here:  https://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk196/files/files/page/chemistry-safety-vol2-issue1.pdf

 

HTH,

Debbie

 

Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow

Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

Councilor and Programming Co-Chair

University of California, Davis

(530)754-7964

(530)304-6728

dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu

 

Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction

that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,

can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."

 

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU] On Behalf Of Ernest Lippert
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 7:00 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Safety Showers, Drains and ADA Compliance

 

Sheri,

You are testing the showers the hard way. Put the big drum on a wheeled cart. A length of suitably large diameter plastic pipe in the drum is positioned near to the shower head to contain the splashing and over-spray. It is a good idea to cut some slots or holes near the bottom of the pipe so the water can run out the bottom into the drum rather than overflowing. Be sure to have a ladder in position to access the shutoff valve in the ceiling in case the automatic shut-off fails.

Ernie Lippert

 

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