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OSHA Warns Employers Of Potential Eyewash Station Water Contamination


August 4, 2015 at 03:31 PM
OSHA is lodging concern about the safety of water used in emergency eyewash stations, noting the possibility of numerous infections that can result from using contaminated water and raising the possibility that the issue will be increasingly scrutinized by compliance officers, and specifically citing voluntary industry standards as the most effective means of reducing the hazards.

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