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Protect your workforce and maintain safety standards, a selection of our emergency safety showers are available to hire for your short term project requirements or during annual maintenance and downtime.
Protect your workforce and maintain safety standards, a selection of our emergency safety showers are available to hire for your short term project requirements or during annual maintenance and downtime.
Protect your investment in safety. Regular testing and routine servicing will ensure that your emergency safety showers and eye/face wash units continue to operate effectively during their lifetime.
Protect your investment in safety. Regular testing and routine servicing will ensure that your emergency safety showers and eye/face wash units continue to operate effectively during their lifetime.
Whether you want to browse our catalogue, view our latest articles and case studies, read our practical EN and ANSI standards summary or search for product datasheets, you'll find everything you need here.
Whether you want to browse our catalogue, view our latest articles and case studies, read our practical EN and ANSI standards summary or search for product datasheets, you'll find everything you need here.
Established in 1968, Hughes have built a reputation for innovative engineering design, stringent quality standards and compliance with European and International standards.
You’re in safe hands with Hughes Safety Showers.
Established in 1968, Hughes have built a reputation for innovative engineering design, stringent quality standards and compliance with European and International standards.
You’re in safe hands with Hughes Safety Showers.
With offices and manufacturing facilities in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany and the Middle East, plus a network of authorised distributors worldwide, whether you're selecting and installing equipment on the advice of a contractor or making your own choices, you will always have direct access to Hughes.
With offices and manufacturing facilities in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany and the Middle East, plus a network of authorised distributors worldwide, whether you're selecting and installing equipment on the advice of a contractor or making your own choices, you will always have direct access to Hughes.
Ensuring you have the right emergency safety equipment can be challenging, especially if your site does not have easy access to a clean potable water supply. Water pressure can also be an issue for a lot of sites.
For a lot of locations, portable emergency safety showers and face/eyewash stations are essential. If installation measures for a plumbed in unit cannot be met, portable equipment can provide immediate access, guaranteeing worker safety.
The European standards, BS EN15154 and the international standard for safety showers and eye/face wash equipment, ANSI Z358.1-2014 specify that water delvered by an emergency safety shower must be tepid and is vital to ensuring worker safety.
Safety showers provide immediate relief for employees splashed with hazardous chemicals. However, a safety shower that operates outside of the tepid water range can cause more harm to a victim
It’s important to know how seasonal weather changes affect your safety equipment, especially if placed outdoors.
With some sites closed due to regional and national lockdown, it’s more crucial than ever that you inspect and maintain your emergency safety showers to ensure they are ready for winter.
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Their Sheffield facility has different process lines with varying mixtures of acids and caustics, bulk storage areas and effluent treatment. To ensure workers who could be exposed to any of these hazardous substances have access to quality and functional safety showers and eye/face wash equiment, they decided they needed to replace their old safety shower models.
A fact that was made clear at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic was that supplies of disinfectants, PPE and alcohol gel were too low to meet the demands of both front-line workers and the general public. Health-care workers in particular struggled with shortages, and alcohol hand gel was out of stock in stores everywhere.
Unexpectedly, micro-breweries and distilleries stepped in to meet the increased need. These manufacturers quickly altered their processes to make way for the production of thousands upon thousands of bottles of hand sanitiser.
Hughes Safety Showers, based in Stockport, Manchester has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to keeping its workers and workplaces healthy and safe during the 2019 calendar year.
The food & drink industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK, contributing more than £28bn to the economy every year. This industry and its employees face increased demand from a constantly growing population. As pressure to escalate production increases, the industry cannot afford to neglect the safety of its workers.
