Shipping eye drops to a job site

You can ship Quell to a job site only if the site has a real street address that accepts deliveries and someone there to take them. Many construction, drilling, pipeline and remote field sites don’t. When in doubt, ship to your home, the company’s office, or wherever you’re staying, put your full name on the order, and pick it up promptly so the bottle stays within its storage range.

Can you ship packages to a construction site?

Sometimes. A large commercial project with a site office trailer, a posted street number and a superintendent who signs for deliveries can work fine. A road project with a mile marker, a new subdivision with no house numbers yet, or a well pad reached by a lease road usually can’t. Checkout needs a deliverable US street address, and a driver needs a place to leave the box where the right person will find it.

Before you order, ask the site supervisor or office manager three questions:

• Does the site have a street address that delivery drivers can find with a map app?
• Who receives packages, and where are they kept until the person they’re for picks them up?
• Are personal deliveries allowed? Some contractors and owners don’t permit them on active sites for security or liability reasons.

If any answer is no or “not sure,” choose another address. A package that can’t be delivered usually goes back to the sender, and that can leave you without drops for longer than if you’d sent it home.

Better addresses for field and remote work

• Home: the simplest choice if you’re back every week or two. Order early enough that the box is waiting when you get there.
• The company’s main office or yard: many crews pass through the shop before heading out. The office staff can hold the package.
• Your lodging: a hotel, extended-stay, rental or work camp that accepts guest packages. Ask the front desk first and include the dates you’ll be there.
• A family member or neighbor near the job, if they can pass it along.

Quell ships only within the United States, so offshore platforms, international projects and foreign addresses aren’t options. If you’re working outside the country, buying eye drops before a trip abroad explains how to plan ahead.

How to label a job site delivery

If the site does accept packages, make the label do the work. Job sites have dozens of workers, several subcontractors and boxes of fittings, fasteners and safety gear arriving from morning to quitting time. A small box with a vague name on it gets lost in that mix.

• Name: your full first and last name as it appears on the crew roster, not a nickname.
• Apartment or suite line: your company name plus the project or trailer, for example “Smith Electric, Main Site Trailer.”
• Street, city, state and ZIP: the address the general contractor gives for deliveries, not the project’s marketing name.
• Phone: your own mobile number, so a driver with a question reaches you rather than a general line.

Getting the shipping address right has more on each line of the form, and the work address guide covers regular offices with mailrooms.

Heat, cold and the site trailer

A job site is hard on a small bottle. Quell’s label says: Store between 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F). Boxes often wait on a trailer step, in a conex box or in the back of a pickup, none of which is climate controlled. A summer afternoon in a metal storage container or a January night in an unheated trailer can push well past that range.

• Watch the tracking link and collect the box the day it’s marked delivered.
• Don’t leave it in a truck cab while you work a full shift.
• Once opened, keep the bottle in an inside pocket or a lunch cooler that isn’t packed with ice.
• If a bottle has been somewhere very hot or cold, let it reach room temperature and look at it first. The label says: If this product changes color. A normal bottle matches the label’s description: Product appears as a milky brown solution.

No delivery date is promised

The site doesn’t promise a delivery date for any order, and job sites change. Crews move to the next phase, a site closes for weather, or a rotation ends before a box shows up. Order with plenty of time before you run out, and if your schedule is uncertain, pick an address that won’t change, like home. A bottle at .33 fl oz (10 mL) lasts a while at the labeled dose, but it’s easier to keep a spare than to chase a package across three counties. What happens after you order walks through the steps from payment to the shipping email.

Using drops on the job

Dust, wind, welding glare and long stretches of focused work all affect how eyes feel on site. The label’s directions are: Apply 1 drop 3 times per day in each eye. Wash grit off your hands first, step out of the wind, and follow the handling rule: Do not touch tip of bottle to any surface to avoid contamination. Never put a drop in while operating equipment or driving.

Something in the eye, like a metal chip, sawdust or a chemical splash, is a job for your site’s first aid procedures and medical care, not a lubricating drop. If irritation continues, follow the label: Stop use and ask a doctor if you feel eye pain or changes in your vision, if irritation or redness continues, or if the condition worsens or persists for 72 hours.

Shipping cost and quantities for a crew

Shipping is $10.00 per order and free on 3 or more bottles. If several people on a crew use Quell, each person can order their own to their own address, or one person can order for a household. Every bottle should stay with one person; a dropper tip that has been near one person’s eye shouldn’t go near another’s.