4 GPM at 30PSI and 20 GPM at 30PSI respectively. Additionally, eyewash stations and showers must be installed in well-lit and marked areas with a minimum flow rate of. This has become referred to as the 10 second rule.
It states that all flushing equipment must be located in easy-to-reach areas, with the eyewash station or shower accessible within 10-seconds. This ANSI Standard establishes the universal minimum performance required for all eyewash and drench shower equipment used in plants. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z358.1-2009 is used to help plant managers and safety professionals comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations requiring employers to provide a safe workplace. He was then transported to the medical office where the combination of not being fully cleaned of the chemical and the length of travel time lead to worse burns than there should have been.
Due to the extremely frigid water, his body’s natural reaction was to leap out before being completely rinsed of the harmful irritant. He was rushed to the nearest safety shower and thrust under a deluge of bone-chillingly-cold 40☏ water. The employee was exposed to a caustic chemical that sprayed out of a spigot and came in contact with exposed parts of his neck, hands, and arms. In December 2009, a well-known manufacturing plant experienced a safety incident in which an employee was severely burned.
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