Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 3366 - Washing Facilities
(a)
Washing facilities for maintaining personal cleanliness shall be provided in
every place of employment. These facilities shall be reasonably accessible to
all employees. (Title 24, Part 5, Section
5-910(a)2(A))
(b) Washing facilities shall be maintained in
good working order and in a sanitary condition. (Title 24, Part 5, Section
5-910(a)2(B))
(c) Lavatories, including those associated
with toilet rooms shall be made available according to the following table:
Type of Employment | Number of Employees | Minimum Number of Lavatories | |||
Nonindustrial-office | 1 to 15 | 1 | |||
buildings, public | 16 to 35 | 2 | |||
buildings, and similar | 36 to 60 | 3 | |||
establishments | 61 to 90 | 4 | |||
91 to 125 | 5 | ||||
over 125 | 1 | additional for each additional 45 employees or fraction thereof. | |||
Industrial-factories | 1 to 100 | 1 | for each 10 | ||
warehouses, loft | employees. | ||||
buildings, and similar establishments | over 100 | 1 | additional for each additional 15 employees or fraction thereof. |
In a multiple-use lavatory, 24 lineal inches of sink or 18 inches of circular basin, when provided with individual faucet, shall be considered equivalent to one lavatory.
EXCEPTION:
(1)
Employees engaged in hand-labor operations at agricultural establishments are
subject to the sanitation provisions of Section
3457.
(d) Each lavatory shall be provided with
running water and suitable cleansing agents. The water shall be available at
temperatures of at least 85° F in those instances where:
(1) Substances regulated as carcinogens in
these orders are used; or
(2) Skin
contact may occur with substances designated skin (S) in section
5155.
NOTE: This section does not prevent local health departments from enforcing more stringent standards contained in the Health and Safety Code for food handlers.
(e) Clean individual hand towels, or sections
thereof, of cloth or paper or warm-air blowers convenient to the lavatories
shall be provided. (Title 24, part 5, section
5-910(a)2(E))
(f) Where showering is required by the
employer or these orders:
(1) Separate shower
rooms shall be provided for each sex. One shower facility with hot and cold
water feeding a common discharge line shall be provided for each ten employees,
or numerical fraction thereof, who are required to shower during the same
shift. When there are less than five employees, the same shower room may be
used by both sexes provided the shower room can be locked from the inside.
(Title 24, part 5, section
5-910(a)2(F))
(2) Body soap or other appropriate cleansing
agents convenient to the shower shall be provided.
(3) Employees who use showers shall be
provided with individual clean towels.
Notes
2. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 4-27-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 17).
3. Amendment filed 1-23-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 4).
4. Amendment filed 10-2-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 40).
5. Amendment filed 1-17-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 3).
6. Repealer of EXCEPTION (2) and renumbering of EXCEPTION (2) to (1) filed 5-9-91; operative 6-8-91 (Register 91, No. 25).
7. Amendment of EXCEPTION and editorial correction of HISTORY 6. filed 12-23-91; operative 1-22-92 (Register 92, No. 12).
8. Editorial correction of printing error restoring inadvertently omitted subsections (f)(1)-(3) (Register 92, No. 26).
9. Editorial correction of printing error in subsection (d) (Register 92, No. 33).
Note: Authority cited and Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
2. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 4-27-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 17).
3. Amendment filed 1-23-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 4).
4. Amendment filed 10-2-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 40).
5. Amendment filed 1-17-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 3).
6. Repealer of EXCEPTION (2) and renumbering of EXCEPTION (2) to (1) filed 5-9-91; operative 6-8-91 (Register 91, No. 25).
7. Amendment of EXCEPTION and editorial correction of History 6. filed 12-23-91; operative 1-22-92 (Register 92, No. 12).
8. Editorial correction of printing error restoring inadvertently omitted subsections (f)(1)-(3) (Register 92, No. 26).
9. Editorial correction of printing error in subsection (d) (Register 92, No. 33).
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