highwood28 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 We are in the design phase and out architect brought up the the question or installing a plumbed eye wash station. Is this a code requirement in some locations for a DSP? Just wondering what everyone else has done here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lenerz Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 It is at least recommended if not required by OSHA if you have an electric forklift, https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/pit/forklift/electric.html. I'm not sure what other instances require one, but we have one in our still house and one by our forklift charging area, both with the shower. We placed it in the still house in case of an issue with cleaning chemical or being splashed by hot stillage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Anvil Distilleries Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 When pressed, our engineer said "or you could use a non plumbed unit that hangs on the wall". We are in a different jurisdiction and I am the last to trivialize safety, but your engineer may be recommending the gold standard, not what is acceptable by regulatory bodies. It may be worth your time to make a call to a second party specializing in these matters. Note: We sadly don't have a forklift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captnKB Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 If you plan to work with any sort of caustic or similar type acid, definitely get yourself an eye wash station and a shower. Sooner or later something will go wrong and youll be glad to have that shower in hand to save you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskeytango Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 If you listen to engineers and architects you will have one of everything in your building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelangelo Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 In this case I would listen. If you can’t see because of mishap, what happens to your family? T&S Brass has a great eyewash station that hangs on the wall and doesn’t have to be plumbed. You change the liquid every six months, and it passes all of the OSHA Inspections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highwood28 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thanks Everyone, We are going to go ahead and put this in and stay on the safe side since we are in the design layout phase anyway. We got the DSP yesterday and now it's full speed ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rum Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 It's an old post, but for future reference you can also get a faucet mounted eye wash station to add to an existing sink. This is the one we use: https://www.uline.com/BL_880/Faucet-Mount-Eyewash-Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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