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Is there a legal requirement for the shower to be sited next to the tank where you would be expected to use it if an accident occurred, or is it acceptable to carry the shower to the tank every time a task is to be carried out, views please, the shower does not function in minus temperatures and the anti freeze box to site it outside is a considerable cost, this is why I ask the question, management are reluctant to pay the price for the box.
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There isn't any legislation on this - it's a matter for your first aid risk assessment. At times when a specific task isn't being carried out, is there a risk from random leaks and so on that warrants having a shower by the tank? Can you be confident that the shower will be available and usable when the tasks at the tank are done? The answers to those questions will guide you.
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I meant "first aid needs assessment".
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Latchy, sounds intriguing, did you want to give some more information, i.e. what tank, what is in it, how could it harm?
That said, Kate is right, it is down to risk assessment and the controls need to be suitable and sufficient.
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Little detail, but I would suggest that having a portable shower allows it to be sited upwind of the tank - this will vary each day. Putting in a fixed shower which may, on the day, be downwind of a leak is not a sensible option.
Portable seems most logical.
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