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ASK CASEY: What’s the Proper Pressure For a Safety Shower?

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The Only Eyewash Video You Will Ever Need!

As you can tell we are pretty excited to introduce our brand, spanking new AXION® Videos.  And medical experts agree, AXION® MSR is a victim’s best choice for comfort, reliability and safety. Learn more in our new AXION MSR videos.

Hydration | Safety

Then vs. Now Throwback Thursday: New 2015 Product Catalog

As an introduction to our new Product Catalog, let’s throwback to product catalog covers and advertisements from back in the day and see how much things have changed and how Haws has innovated! Please contact your local rep to obtain a copy of the new 2015 Haws Product Catalog. Contact your local rep to obtain a copy […]

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Advanced Safety Features of the Haws® Tankless Water Heater

By Casey Hayes, Director of Haws Integrated™ Tankless water heaters, also known as instantaneous water heaters, are designed to deliver a constant supply of hot water as needed without the use of a storage tank. When a water source is activated, cold water travels through a pipe, into the unit, and an electric element heats the water. […]

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Are You A Safety Professional? We’d Love to Hear From You!

We are conducting a research project to evaluate health and safety professionals’ definition and expectation for acceptable emergency eyewashes and showers. We are interested in your opinion and would appreciate if you had 5-7 minutes to answer questions enclosed in the survey link below. As a thank you, we will send you a $10 e-gift card […]

ANSI Z358.1 | Safety

Case Study: Hospital Safety Upgrades Match Commitment to Health Enhancement

For more than a century, Monongahela Valley Hospital (MVH) has served Pennsylvania’s mid-Monongahela Valley with an emphasis on quality care and compassionate caring. The 226-bed, full-service health care facility maintains a staff of more than 1,000, making it the largest employer in the valley. The hospital remains steadfast in its commitment to meeting the needs of not only […]

News and Events | Safety

How to Practice Safety this Thanksgiving Holiday

With the excitement of family and friends coming over to celebrate Thanksgiving, it can be easy to forget to perform tasks that help keep the household safe and sound. Additionally, there is a lot more food that is being prepared than for your average daily meal. By following these helpful steps, you can ensure there […]

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How To Keep Your Laboratory Injury Free

There is no such thing as being too safe when experimenting in the laboratory. Follow these 6 easy steps to practice safe housekeeping in the laboratory. 1. Determine potential hazards. Be prepared for hazards that may likely happen by starting to review what has recently changed in the laboratory.  If a change releases a trigger, […]

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Case Study: Aquatics Center for the City of St. Albert

Eye safety can be overlooked in environments that do not often deal with hazardous materials. In the circumstance of an aquatics club, some employees are exposed to pool cleaning chemicals that are dangerous to the eyes if exposed.  Looking to transition away from personal eyewash bottles, the Aquatics Department for the City of St. Albert in Alberta, […]

ANSI Z358.1 | Safety

Safety Tip: The Importance of Tempered Water for Victim Comfort

In the morning before hopping into the shower, you may overestimate how low your body temperature is and turn the shower dial to the hottest that it will reach. You then step your entire body into the water and react to the scalding hot water by stepping away from the water, and turning the dial […]

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Safety Tip: How to Create a Culture of Safety Leadership

To sustain an injury-free workplace is a goal that safety managers actively work to reach. A safe environment to work in can be attributed to having a safety leader with valuable  leadership characteristics. For safety to be properly executed in the work environment, there must be a leader who has engaging power with his or her […]

ANSI Z358.1 | Safety

Safety Tip: Product Suitability

Is your facility in need for new emergency equipment? Before investing the time and money in buying new equipment, it is critical that the correct product is sought after. Perhaps you work at a chemical plant and the risk of hazardous chemicals to be splashed in the facial area is high. The best solution in this case is an […]