Emergency equipment
Safety shower
- IMO code
- EES004
- ISO 7010 number
- E012
Where you will meet it
At stations where a chemical splash over the body is possible: the manifold area on chemical tankers, chemical stores, the battery room.
What it means in practice
An emergency shower to rinse the whole body after contact with a corrosive or toxic substance.
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of emergency equipment location markings. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per resolution A.760(18). Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010.
This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.
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Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).