Saving eyes from chemical burns is a race against time.
Chemicals keep doing damage as long as they are in contact with the eye.
Damage can be made worse if a victim closes the eye, trapping the substance, or rubs the eye,
That is why it is critical that eyewash stations be located in a location that can be accessed within 10 seconds.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 10 percent of the nearly 30,000 eye injuries in the US are from chemical burns.
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Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.