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670 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher for Cleanup Operations
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670 8-hour HAZWOPER Refresher for Cleanup Operations

Sanitary Facilities

The written program must include a policy that ensures that potable water and appropriate toilets, washing, and showering facilities are available at the site.

  • Drinking water: Employees must have an adequate supply of drinking water at the site.
Man in a dark shirt and a orange safety vest uses water in a jug to wash his hands.
The employer must supply water to workers.
  • Water must be supplied by the employer from clearly labeled closed portable containers with taps. The containers cannot be used for any other purpose. If you provide disposable cups, employees must take them from a sanitary container and dispose of them in a separate container.
  • Non-potable-water outlets: Non-potable-water outlets must clearly state that the water is not to be used for drinking, washing, or cooking.
  • Toilet facilities: Toilet facilities must be available for employees at the site. Sites that don't have sanitary sewers must have chemical, recirculating, combustion, or flush toilets. Doors to toilets must have locks that can be controlled from the inside.
  • Washing facilities: Handwashing facilities must be available to employees in work areas that expose them to contaminants that could harm them.
  • Shower facilities: Shower facilities and change rooms must be available at the site if employees do cleanup work for at least six months and they may be exposed to hazardous substances. Showers and change rooms must be located in areas with exposures below permissible exposure limits and published exposure levels. Employees must shower at the end of their work shifts or before they leave the site.

New Techonology Plan

"New technology" in HAZWOPER refers to products and equipment introduced by manufacturers to protect workers who do hazardous-waste cleanup operations. Your written program should direct employees to evaluate such products when they replace existing products or purchase new ones.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-10. What must be available if employees doing cleanup work on a hazardous waste site for at least six months and may be exposed to hazardous substances?

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