514 EM 385-1-1 Chapters 30-37

Sections

35-8. General Requirements.

Toilet Facilities

Employers must provide separate toilet rooms for each sex or single-occupancy rooms that can be locked from the inside, with an adequate supply of toilet paper and a holder for each seat.
Toilet rooms with multiple toilets must offer individual compartments with doors and walls for privacy, adequate interior lighting, seat covers, and ensure proper ventilation.
For construction sites, employers are required to provide chemical, re-circulating, or combustion toilets where necessary, ensure separate facilities for each sex, and make arrangements for routine servicing and cleaning.

Hand Washing Facilities

Employers must provide hand washing facilities with potable water, hand soap, and means for hand drying such as disposable paper towels or warm air blowers.
If running water is impractical, hand sanitizers with at least 60% ethyl alcohol may be used along with disposable paper towels.

Washing Facilities

Employers must provide adequate washing facilities near work sites for removing harmful substances, with provisions for showers if required, including one shower per ten employees, soap, and individual clean towels.

Changing Rooms

Employers must provide changing rooms with separate storage for street and protective clothing whenever the wearing of protective clothing is mandated.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

35-6. Employers must provide adequate washing facilities near work sites with provisions for showers if required, including _____.

one shower for each employee

one shower per 5 employees

one shower per ten employees

two showers per ten employees

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EM 385-1-1 Paragraph 35-8. (d.–g.).

35-8. General Requirements. (d.–g.).

d.  Toilet Facilities.  Provide toilet facilities in all places of employment according to the following requirements.  For construction sites, see paragraph 35-8.d(2).  (35-8.d)

(1)  General.  The requirements below do not apply to mobile crews or to normally unattended work locations if employees working at these locations have transportation readily available to nearby facilities which meet the other requirements of paragraph
    35-8.d.

(a)  Provide separate toilet rooms and facilities for each sex (see table 35-1). Separate toilet rooms for each sex need not be provided if toilet rooms can only be occupied by one person at a time, can be locked from the inside, and contain at least one toilet seat. Where such single-occupancy toilet rooms have more than one toilet facility, only one toilet facility in each toilet room may be counted.

(b)  Provide an adequate supply of toilet paper and a toilet paper holder (roller) for each seat.

(c)  When more than one toilet is present in a toilet room, provide each toilet with an individual compartment equipped with a door and separated from other toilets by walls or partitions sufficiently high to ensure privacy.

(d)  Provide adequate interior lighting (see chapter 7).

(e)  Equip each toilet with a toilet seat and toilet seat cover.

(f)  Provide adequate ventilation.  Screen all windows and vents and vent seat boxes to the outside minimum vent size 4 inches (10.2 cm) with vent intake located
        1 inch (2.5 cm) below the seat.

(g)  Extreme Temperatures.  Maintain adequate temperatures within toilet rooms to prevent damage to facilities and components and minimize thermal stressors to personnel (see chapter 6).

(2)  Construction Sites.  Provide toilet facilities on construction sites.  The requirements of paragraph 35-8.d do not apply to mobile crews or to normally unattended work locations if employees working at these locations have transportation immediately available to nearby toilet facilities that meet the other requirements of this paragraph 35-8.d.

(a)  Where sanitary sewers are not available, provide jobsites with chemical toilets, re-circulating toilets, or combustion toilets, unless prohibited by state or local codes.

(b)  Equip each toilet with a toilet seat and toilet seat cover.

(c)  Each toilet facility, except those specifically designed and designated for females, must be equipped with a metal, plastic, or porcelain urinal trough (see table 35-2).

(d)  Provide an adequate supply of toilet paper and a toilet paper holder (roller) for each seat.

(e)  Provide separate toilet rooms and facilities for each sex (see table 35-2). Separate toilet rooms for each sex need not be provided if toilet rooms can only be occupied by one person at a time, can be locked from the inside, and contain at least one toilet seat.

(f)  Construct toilet facilities so that the occupants are protected against weather and falling objects, all cracks are sealed, and the door is tight-fitting, self-closing, and capable of being latched from the inside.

(g)  Provide adequate ventilation.  Screen all windows and vents and vent seat boxes to the outside (minimum vent size 4 inches (10.1 cm)) with vent intake located 1 inch (2.5 cm) below the seat.

(h)  Provide adequate interior lighting (see chapter 7).

(i)  Establish provisions for routinely servicing and cleaning all toilets and disposing of the sewage before placing toilet facilities into operation.  Ensure sewage disposal and the placement location selected are according to applicable federal, state, and local health requirements.

(3)  Provide employees working in temporary field conditions, on mobile crews, or in normally unattended work locations with at least one toilet facility, unless transportation to nearby toilet facilities is readily available.

e.  Hand Washing Facilities.  Provide hand washing facilities at all toilet facilities and as needed to maintain healthful and sanitary conditions.  (35-8.e)

(1)  Provide all hand washing facilities with water from an approved potable water supply. Water must be either hot and cold running water or tepid running water.

(2)  Provide hand soap or similar cleansing agents.

(3)  Provide individual disposable paper towels or warm air blowers designed for hand-drying, convenient to the washing facilities.

(4)  Where it is not practical to provide running water, hand sanitizer and individual disposable paper towels may be used.  Hand sanitizers must contain at least 60% ethyl alcohol as its active ingredient and workers must be instructed on proper use.

f.  Washing Facilities. (35-8.f)

(1)  Provide adequate washing facilities for persons engaged in application of paints, coatings, herbicides, insecticides, or other operations where contaminants may be harmful at or near the work site so that employees are able to remove such substances.

(2)  Whenever showers are required by a particular standard, adhere to the following:

(a)  Provide one shower for every ten employees (or fraction thereof) of each sex, who are required to shower during the same shift.

(b)  Provide body soap or other appropriate cleansing agents.

(d)  Provide employees who use showers individual clean towels.

g.  Changing Rooms.  Whenever employees are required by a particular standard to wear protective clothing, provide changing rooms with separate storage facilities for both street clothes and protective clothing.  (35-8.g)