Labs and shops stay ready
when something splashes.
Eyewash stations are a campus operations problem
Eyewash and shower stations live in rooms that change every period. Totes land in the path. Dust covers disappear. Activation handles get painted over or blocked by a new cabinet. Flush logs skip a week during exams and nobody notices until a safety walk. The people teaching in the room are not always the people who own plumbing, and the people who own plumbing are not in the lab on Tuesday morning.
SchoolCheck gives staff a weekly check: the station is accessible and ready for emergency use. The monthly inspection is where path, activation hardware, covers and nozzles, the flush log or tag, and the required activation or flush procedure get documented. Combination eyewash/shower units use the same type so a campus is not splitting science and CTE into two systems.
This is documentation of operational readiness, not a substitute for plumbing design, water-quality testing, or a lab safety audit. When a station fails, the finding can go to facilities for a blocked drain and to the science chair for the cart in the path — attached to the same asset.
- Paths blocked by carts, totes, or new casework
- Activation hardware that is hard to see or reach
- Missing dust covers or dirty, damaged nozzles
- Flush logs or inspection tags that are not current
- Activation or flush procedures that no longer pass
Fast rounds, documented depth
Eyewash station check
Weekly · one question
“Eye wash/shower station is accessible and ready for emergency use”
Default is one check per week — fast enough to catch a blocked path between monthly inspections, without turning every lab period into a plumbing test.
Eyewash station inspection
Monthly · guided template
A guided inspection of access, activation, cleanliness, the flush log, and whether the required activation or flush procedure passes.
- 1. Path to the station is unobstructed
- 2. Activation hardware is visible and reachable
- 3. Protective covers and nozzles are clean and intact
- 4. Inspection tag or flush log is current
- 5. Required activation or flush procedure passes
The round is not the record
- Findings stay attachedA failed check or inspection item can open a finding with an owner, so a missing pad or a propped door does not disappear into a shared inbox.
- Photos and commentsAttach a photo of the empty bracket or the blocked path, then keep the thread on the record until someone closes the loop.
- Audit-ready historyEvery completion keeps who, when, where, and the template version used. Export that history when leadership, insurers, or auditors ask.