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Protecting the Workforce of the World`s Largest Chemical Producer
Background: The largest chemical producer in the world is comprised of subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries, operating six integrated production sites and 390 other production sites in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Americas and Africa. At approximately 50 acres in size, with 11 main production facilities and around 600 employees, the site in Northern England is one of the ...
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Why do I Need to Activate my Safety Showers and Eye/Face Washes Weekly?
Weekly activation of your emergency safety showers and eye/face wash units is paramount to ensure that all emergency equipment is operating properly. This process is stated as a requirement in European and International standards (EN15154 and ANSI/ISEA Z358.1-2014) Not only will performing this test give you peace of mind that your emergency equipment is in full working order, but it will also ...
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Making the Right Choices - Emergency Safety Showers and Eye/Face Washes
Emergency safety showers and eye/face wash units provide the first line of defence in the event of a chemical splash or spillage. When workers get potentially dangerous substances on their clothing or bodies, they need to be able to wash it off as quickly as possible. Any delay can exacerbate the situation resulting in more serious injury with possible long-term consequences, permanent disability ...
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Wireless Capabilities, Tepid Water Solutions and a Daily Happy Hour, don’t miss a visit to Hughes Safety Showers at A+A 2017
WHAT: Hughes Safety Showers, Europe’s largest manufacturer of emergency safety showers, eye/face wash and decontamination equipment, will be showcasing exciting new product innovations at the A+A 2017 exhibition in Dusseldorf. “We are looking forward to welcoming visitors to our booth” stated Simon Ingham, Head of Sales. “Our newest product features support our ongoing ...
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Top Three Reasons to Regularly Service Emergency Safety Showers and Eye Wash Units
Before the introduction of emergency safety showers and eye washes as standard safety equipment, employees were subject to a high risk of injury. An incident in the 1950s was instrumental in the formation of Hughes Safety Showers. Charlie Gamble accidentally stepped into a sulphur solution and had to rinse in an old cast iron bath of stagnant water. This was the only place he could find relief ...
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Are You Serious About Safety?
Hughes Safety have been at the forefront of emergency safety shower, eye/face wash and decontamination equipment manufacturing for 50 years. From humble beginnings as a family owned, local business, Hughes have grown into an international pioneer and leader in the industry. Our aim is to exceed customer expectations in everything we do, whatever the requirement and wherever the project. When ...
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Hughes Awarded Investors in People Gold Accreditation
Hughes Safety Showers, Europe’s leading manufacturer of emergency safety showers, eye/face wash and decontamination equipment, has been awarded Gold accreditation against the Investors in People Standard, joining the top thirteen per cent of accredited organisations across the UK, demonstrating their commitment to high performance through good people management. Established in 1968, Hughes ...
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Hughes Awarded Investors in People Gold Accreditation
Hughes Safety Showers, Europe’s leading manufacturer of emergency safety showers, eye/face wash and decontamination equipment, has been awarded Gold accreditation against the Investors in People Standard, joining the top thirteen per cent of accredited organisations across the UK, demonstrating their commitment to high performance through good people management. Established in 1968, Hughes ...
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Managing the Risk of Legionella in Emergency Safety Showers and Eye Washes
Legionnaires’ disease is contracted when bacteria in water droplets or aerosols are inhaled into the lungs. Certain conditions allow Legionella bacteria to multiply rapidly and increase the risk of an outbreak, these include temperatures between 20-45 C, stagnated water and areas that produce a lot of water spray. As such, emergency safety showers and eye wash units, which can often remain ...
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The Importance of Tepid Water
The most widely accepted international standard for safety showers and eye/face wash equipment, ANSI Z358.1-2014 specifies a tepid water supply to the shower, vital to ensuring worker safety. What is tepid water? Tepid water is controlled within a fixed temperature range - 16 to 36°C (60 to 100°F). The ANSI standard specifies a tepid water supply for at least 15 minutes when activating ...
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Emergency Tank Showers Specified for Major Water Utility Companies
Personnel within the water utilities industry are often exposed to remote and demanding environments due to the dangerous chemicals, such as sulphites and chloride, used in water treatment. To protect the safety of the workforce International and European standards state that emergency safety equipment should be installed within 10 seconds’ reach and on the same level as a potential hazard. ...
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Combatting Bacteria Growth in Emergency Tank Showers
Emergency safety showers and eye wash stations are essential for sites where workers could come into contact with hazardous chemicals. In some environments providing this life saving equipment can be challenging, for instance a consistent supply of potable water cannot be guaranteed, or a tepid temperature can be difficult to maintain due to extreme ambient temperatures. In these instances, ...
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New York EHS Expert Identifies Microbial Risks Associated with Eyewash Stations
Emergency eyewash stations are required and are an integral component of many health and safety programs at companies and institutions in New York and across the tri-state area. Eye injuries are a significant workplace hazard in some occupations and according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), thousands of people are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries. ...
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Lakeville, Mass. Refrigerated Warehouses Improve Public Safety Practices under EPA Settlement
The owner of four refrigerated storage warehouses in Lakeville, Mass., has agreed to make significant safety upgrades to their facilities, enhancing public health protection in the community, as part of a settlement with EPA for alleged violations of laws meant to prevent accidental releases of hazardous chemicals. The settlement calls for Cold Storage Solutions Inc. of Lakeville and three ...
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Regular Servicing of Emergency Safety Showers at Robinsons Brewery Extends Product Lifetime
Hughes Safety Showers have supplied Stockport based Robinsons Brewery with emergency safety showers and eye/face wash equipment for over thirty years. The brewing industry as a whole has a positive approach to employee safety and Frederick Robinson Limited have often led the way. David Robinson, Frederic Robinson Ltd Director, commented; “We have been using Hughes Safety Showers in the ...
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Hughes Join Forces with E-Commerce Giant
Background: A global e-commerce organisation recently expanded its distribution network in Germany with the introduction of a new logistics centre. The company is responding to growing customer demand, offering an even greater product selection and supporting a growing number of independent merchants. The worldwide organisation chose Hughes to provide emergency safety showers for six of their ...
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Hughes Safety Showers Joins the Justrite Family
Hughes Safety Showers Ltd joins the Justrite Manufacturing Co. family of industrial hazardous safety and environmental spill containment products. Hughes, a leading industrial safety shower and eyewash company, expands the Justrite product range for its customers in workplace safety, which includes laboratory, process or full-scale production environments. “Hughes is a perfect complement ...
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Tailor Your Emergency Safety Equipment to Your Specific Site Needs With Optional Fittings
Hughes Safety Showers offer a wide range of emergency safety showers and eye/face washes to suit every situation. From robust free standing tank showers to unheated tubular showers for laboratories and medical centres, there is a Hughes design for each and every hazardous environment. However, Hughes have gone beyond simply offering a wide range of showers. Available with each range is a wide ...
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Tailored Emergency Safety Showers for Remote ‘Super Giant’ Oilfield
Background The Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan is one of the deepest developed super giant oil fields in the world, with further expansion projects in the pipeline. The aim of the Future Growth Project is to increase the daily production of crude oil to 850,000 barrels per day, a planned growth of 240%. Running simultaneously, the objective of the Well Head Pressure Management Project is to keep ...
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Chemical Hazards in the Waste and Recycling Industry
In the UK alone more than 100 million tonnes of waste are generated every year requiring an enormous workforce to sort and process this waste each day. The recycling and waste management industry is constantly growing and developing due to the need for innovative technologies and processes required to deal with increasingly dangerous waste. Each type of waste needs specific handling procedures ...
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