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Previous by Date: Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Shower/Eyewash Station Audible and Visible Alarms Date: Monday, October 24, 2016 at 8:51:35 PM Author: Jim Kaufman <jim**At_Symbol_Here**LABSAFETYINSTITUTE.ORG> |
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A side note: Though it is not code, we do put alarms on showers as, many years ago, a prankster came through a building and pulled ALL of the showers in the
hallways at the same time. Flooded out many valuable lab items and huge $$$ losses ensued.
Just another reason to consider the alarms.
Mark Banister
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
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On Behalf Of Vivian L. Longacre
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Shower/Eyewash Station Audible and Visible Alarms
Hmmm... just curious, how do you do weekly flushing of eyewashes as per ANSI standard? And the shower flushing and flow testing?
We did not do flush units on a new science building that came online 3 years ago. This is all new to me.
Vivian Longacre
Safety Training Specialist
Environmental Health & Safety
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA
Direct 805.756.6628
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Shower/Eyewash Station Audible and Visible Alarms
DCHASers,
During a recent lab renovation, the contractor presented to us wall mounted shower/eyewash stations that have both an audible alarm and visible strobe when activated.
The unit also has the ability to communicate back tot he BMS system upon activation. While this all sounds fine and dandy, it has raised a few questions on my end.
1. Is this a new standard being used for installations? I definitely see some practical purposes for this in order to alert others that an emergency has occurred,
but I have not come across this before.
2. This raises some design dilemmas on our end.
A. We are installing these as flush mounted systems, so the units strobe and audible alarms would be above the drop ceiling (or we would have to relocate the alarm
indicators).
B. For obvious reasons, the contractor was originally spec-ing out installation on walls without electrical just for cost and ease of plumbing. If alarms are
necessary, power must be ran to the units, thus increasing scope and cost.
In general, I was just curious as to what kind of new installs other universities were currently putting in place.
Regards,
Brandon S. Chance, M.S., CCHO
Associate Director of Environmental Health and Safety
Office of Risk Management
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750231 | Dallas, TX 75275-0231
T) 214.768.2430 | M) 469-978-8664
"… our job in safety is to make the task happen, SAFELY; not to interfere with the work…” Neal Langerman
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