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Eyewash station requirements for dental offices
These are the OSHA eyewash station requirements for dental offices. The rule is one sentence, 29 CFR 1910.151(c). Answer four questions to see what it asks of your office.
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The rule applies where that exposure may happen
On your answer, 29 CFR 1910.151(c) calls for no drenching or flushing facility today. Answer again when a new chemical comes into the office.
Check your safety data sheets
The office keeps a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical it uses 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1). If any product may expose the eyes or body to injurious corrosive materials, the rule applies. Answer the other questions as if it does.
1910.151(c) applies to your office
Provide suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body within the work area for immediate emergency use 29 CFR 1910.151(c).
What to do
Your facility matches each part of the rule text.
"Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use."
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What are OSHA's eyewash station requirements?
Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, the office provides suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body. They are within the work area and ready for immediate emergency use 29 CFR 1910.151(c).
See every other OSHA requirement in the guide to OSHA requirements for dental offices.
Questions about eyewash stations
Does a dental office need an eyewash station?
Yes, where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials. Then the office provides suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing within the work area 29 CFR 1910.151(c). Keep a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical you use 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1), and check each product against it.
Does OSHA set a flow rate or a weekly test for eyewash stations?
The OSHA rule text is general. It reads: "suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use" 29 CFR 1910.151(c). It names no flow rate, water temperature or test schedule.
Where does the eyewash station go?
The rule places it "within the work area for immediate emergency use" 29 CFR 1910.151(c).
What other first aid rule applies?
With no infirmary, clinic or hospital in near proximity that treats injured employees, a person or persons is adequately trained to render first aid, and adequate first aid supplies are readily available 29 CFR 1910.151(b).