Required or not eye wash stations 2022 frc

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Are they required or not because I have not been able to find it on the safety manual

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Eye wash stations for what? Where? Some more information would be very helpful.

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I’m referring to during the FRC competition and in the team workshop. I’d like to know if I’d need to include it on my safety manual and what information I need if so.

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I see nothing in the safety manual with regards to eye washes.

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If your shop is covered by OSHA then I think you want one… They make eyewash bottles if you want to add some capability cheaply. They also make wall mount ones with an integral water reservoir. Chips, flood coolant, cutting lube, and battery acid are your main eye hazards.

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OSHA doesn’t apply to educational settings generally speaking. Be glad. Rather or not OSHA would require one depends on the job hazard assessment (JHA). As others have said they are not required by rule. We have one of the portable ones. In 10+ years we had not used it. I still think it is a good idea. I rather have an eye wash than a fire extinguisher.

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I feel this still hasn’t been answered…what does an eye wash station do that would be helpful in the context of an FRC event? I’m not saying there’s no use case, but if there is, it’s not one I’m familiar with.

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Aside from being ‘by the book’, you definitely wanted to have some eye wash station in your shop regardless of whether you want to be compliant or not.

Let’s make sure safety isn’t just a lip service or just something that need to be crossed-off and but rather a necessity for the well being of everyone involved.

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I disagree. You don’t know my facilities, or my shop. This is the safety theater so many people get upset about, and the very reason some didnt like the safety award. Blanket requirements or generalizations are rarely accurate.

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Eyewash units are most useful for chemical in your eyes. They are pretty good with small objects in the eyes (chips and sawdust).
If you are doing chemical work (anodizing being one example) then you definitely want one located no more than a short run from Chem central.
Outside of Chem, a bathroom sink works pretty well on particles.
There’s nothing that -everyone- uses in FRC that really requires it. Our batteries just aren’t splashable without explosives or heavy equipment to squash one…
YMMV.

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