DIY guideBuilding safety checks
Flush the eyewash and safety shower weekly
Each week, run every eyewash and safety shower for the time your safety plan sets, check the water comes out clear and steady from every head, and log it.
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Make sure nothing blocks the way to it or the space around it, and its sign can be seen from the room.
Its water valve stays open, always.Set a bucket under the eyewash, and a bucket or a catch funnel under the shower, unless it has a floor drain.
Mop up any spill right after: a wet floor is a slip.Push the eyewash paddle. The caps should pop off and water rise from both heads in two even streams.
Let it run for the time your safety plan sets, until the water runs clear and lukewarm.
Pull the shower's handle and let it run the same way, a full, steady spray, then push it back up.
Put the dust caps back, wipe up, and log it on the tag or the sheet by the station.
No water, a weak or uneven flow, dirty water, missing caps or a leak: tag it out of use, tell the building manager and ask Handyman for a plumber.
What you need
- A bucket
- A mop
- The station's tag or log sheet
Call a pro if
- No water, or a weak or uneven flow
- The water stays dirty
- Caps are missing or a head is broken
- It leaks
Handyman says: Weak or dirty? I'll find a plumber.
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