I had to use an eyewash after the sand blew in my face.
You can purchase a certified eyewash station at www.uline.com/Eyewash-Station.
eyecup
it is acetylsalcylic acid
Eyewash stations should be no more than 10 seconds walk from where chemicals are used and splashed may occur.
Eyewash bottles are suitable for use only between the time you get a corrosive chemical in your eye and when you get to an eyewash fountain. Asbestos is not a corrosive chemical. If it gets into your eye, it will not be more damaging than other forms of dust, so there is no need for such a device, and little value.
To flush dangerous chemicals out from a contaminated eye.
eyewash sign, flammable and others sign
OSHA
Eyewash is used to get debris out of the eye. Like if your eye felt like something got into it and it was hurting then you would need to use eyewash or just rinse your eye with water to remove whatever had gotten into it.
It isn't an element, it is the salt sodium chloride a compound.
There are no chemical elements as such in eyewash. Most eyewashes are a mixture of water and witch hazel. Witch hazel is extracted from the leaves and bark of a species of shrub and contains a mixture of chemical compounds, most of which are made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen ions.