When we think of workers being exposed to harmful chemicals, a pharmaceutical facility, laboratory, or fuel storage facility probably springs to mind. However, chemical-based risks can be present in other industries too, and the food & drink production sector is a great example here. Wearable PPE is essential here, but emergency safety shower units are also important should the wearable PPE fail to protect the workers from harmful chemicals. Here are three examples of a food/drink production risk that requires emergency safety shower units.
Emergency Safety Showers Protect Food Production Workers From Harmful Cleaning Chemicals
Food/Drink production sites, by their very nature, need to be a clean and sterile environment. This necessitates the use of disinfectants, detergents, and other powerful cleaning chemicals. Unfortunately, the chemicals used to protect the produce from contamination are often harmful to workers should they become directly exposed to them. Should this happen, it is prudent that workers have ready access to decontamination PPE such as an emergency safety shower and eye wash station, which can lessen the severity of the worker's injuries and even save them from death.
Emergency Safety Showers Protect Brewery Workers From Chemical Agents
The brewing and distilling industries use a lot of chemicals as part of the alcohol production process. While these are essential to their output, they also present a major hazard should a worker become exposed to them—if this does happen, it must be thoroughly washed from the worker immediately. An emergency safety shower unit should be within 20m or 10 seconds reach of the hazard. As such, emergency safety showers are a facility that alcohol production businesses simply cannot neglect to install.
Protecting Food & Drink Production Workers Against Refrigerants
Refrigerants are another chemical that, while essential to most food/drink production processes, pose a major threat to any worker who has the misfortune to come into direct contact with them. Once again, an emergency safety shower unit must be within 20m or 10 seconds of reach of this hazard, giving ready, unhindered access to workers should they become exposed to refrigerant chemicals.
If you operate or manage a food/drink production facility and would like to know more about emergency safety shower solutions, call us on 0402 32116 (Arklow) or 021 484 1370 (Cork). You can also email us at sales@mahealy.ie. For a long time ,Gaslines Ltd. has been a trusted supplier of emergency safety shower units and eye wash stations to the Irish food industry, and we are happy to share our experience with you.
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