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Posted By Christopher Lloyd
Hello All.
I have been hunting for some information and was hoping that someone within the wide IOSH community would be able to help.
Are there any Regulatory requirements on the minimum water temperature for out door safety showers? Currently we ensure that they remain active with running water, but there is no heating of the water.
The concern is that if there is an incident and someone needs to use them the water will be cold, and they would not be able to remain under the water flow.
I am aware of the concerns with heating water ie bacteria and Legionella.
Can anyone offer some advice?
Merry Christmas.
Chris
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Posted By Richard Mathews
I have recently come across a similar problem with an emergency eye wash station, someone got a chemical splashed in his eye and when he used the emergency eye wash station he said it was so cold that he could not keep his eyes in the water stream.
The question was asked whether it could be linked to both the hot and cold water supplies, but of course this is not possible for obvious reasons.
We still haven’t found a solution but eye wash station is only there for emergencies and very cold water is better than nothing, at least they get some water in there which will at least dilute the chemical.
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Posted By Mike Fletcher
Chris
The chances are that any hot water supply would be a fair distance from the shower and would require you to run it for a minute or so to get warm water: by which time the poor individual is suffering from severe chemical burns.
My point being don't worry about the tempreture; the most important thing is access.
Mike
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