Hi Brian, Thanks for the reply. You say that there may be a problem with spills but it's only water, nothing else is allowed. You put water on your sponges and in a lot of companies people keep a small bottle of water on their bench to refresh this sponge. KennyB At 06:56 PM 2/25/00 +0200, Brian Ellis wrote: >Ken > >I guess the problem is with spills. IMHO, it would be better to have a drinking >fountain in the workshop, a couple of metres from any workbench. > >If you wish to be rigid, how do you stop the operators from yawning, coughing or >sneezing, all of which can spray body liquors in an aerosol over several metres, even >if they manage to put a hand in front of the face or even with a paper/cotton mask? > >Brian > >Kenny Bloomquist wrote: > >> As long as Steve has brought up the touchy subject of safety glasses I >> thought I'd throw in the touchy question of drinking water on the line. >> >> We work to J-STD-001 and flow that down to our subcontractors. We have a >> subcontractor that has always allowed their operators to have a jug of >> water at their bench. The containers they use are ESD safe and have a straw >> out the top so they don't have to touch the top of the container where they >> drink (unlike a sports bottle with a pop up top) . >> >> Two questions, what is the problem with this approach and when the spec >> refers to "drinking" does it mean water and why? (woops I guess that's >> three questions) >> ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################