Recent Blog Posts

Locating Emergency Eyewash and Safety Showers

September 30th, 2025

This is an update to a blog that was originally posted on 1/20/15. You can read the original blog here. Question: Where am I required to install emergency eyewash and safety showers? Answer: Both CalOSHA and FedOSHA require eyewash and safety showers in “all work areas where, during routine operations or foreseeable emergencies” an employee’s […]

Eyewash and Safety Shower Fail

March 5th, 2019

Recently while walking near a school campus pool, I observed an eyewash and safety shower installed near the pool chemical storage and injection area. To my surprise, I noticed that the valve actuator was locked to the adjacent fence, preventing the unit from functioning without first unlocking the actuator. I can’t say for certain why […]