Standard Safety Showers: Mondi Štětí A.S
Standard Safety Showers: Mondi Štětí A.S
Standard Safety Showers: Mondi Štětí A.S
STANDARD
Part 13.01.09
SAFETY SHOWERS
Mondi Štětí a.s. STANDARD 13.01.09 Page: 1/5
STANDARD
Part 13.01.09
SAFETY SHOWER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1 General ............................................................................................................... 3
2 Location of the safety showers ........................................................................ 3
3 The arrangement of the safety showers .......................................................... 3
4 Operating of the safety shower ........................................................................ 4
5 The maintenance of the safety showers .......................................................... 4
6 The mobile safety showers ............................................................................... 4
7 Safety shower arrangement ............................................................................. 4
1 General
Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive
materials, safety showers including eyewash for quick drenching or flushing of the
eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.
The access to the safety showers must be kept free all the time.
The material of the showers must be resistant to the environmental corrosion attack.
Only certified safety showers complying the requirements of standards EN 15154
Part 3 and 4 can be installed.
The water should be of potable quality. The temperature of the water should be
maintained between 15oC and 37oC.
Adequate water pressure as well as flow of potable water for showers must be
provided to secure continuous flow to the shower until intended shutting of the
showers.
The safety showers outdoors must be electrically traced to avoid freezing. Also the
feed piping shall be electrically traced.
The safety showers must be activated by one action. Besides hand operating (rod,
hand lever of the valve) the showers must be equipped also with operating by leg -
treading mechanism.
For secure operation of the safety showers it is necessary to activate the safety
showers once per three months and drain the shower piping.
saf