Transcript During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs

1926.25 Housekeeping
 During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form
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and scrap lumber with protruding nails, and all other debris,
shall be kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in
and around buildings or other structures.
Combustible scrap and debris shall be removed at regular
intervals during the course of construction. Safe means shall be
provided to facilitate such removal.
Containers shall be provided for the collection and separation of
waste, trash, oily and used rags, and other refuse.
Containers used for garbage and other oily, flammable, or
hazardous wastes, such as caustics, acids, harmful dusts, etc.
shall be equipped with covers.
Garbage and other waste shall be disposed of at frequent and
regular intervals.
Illumination
1926.26 and 1926.56
Foot Candles
Area
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General construction area
lighting.
General construction areas,
concrete placement, excavation
and waste areas, access ways,
active storage areas, loading
platforms, refueling, and field
maintenance areas.
Indoors: warehouses, corridors,
hallways, and exitways.
Tunnels, shafts, and general
underground work
areas:(Exception: minimum of 10
foot-candles is required at
tunnel and shaft heading during
drilling, mucking, and scaling.
Bureau of Mines approved cap
lights shall be acceptable for use
in the tunnel heading)
General construction plant and
shops (e.g., batch plants,
screening plants, mechanical and
electrical equipment rooms,
carpenter shops, rigging lofts
and active store rooms, mess
halls, and indoor toilets and
workrooms.
First aid stations, infirmaries, and
offices.
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 Construction areas, aisles, stairs,
ramps, runways, corridors,
offices, shops, and storage areas
where work is in progress shall
be lighted with either natural or
artificial illumination.
 For areas or operations not
covered in the table, refer to the
American National Standard
A11.1-1965, R1970, Practice for
Industrial Lighting, for
recommended values of
illumination.
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1926.27 Sanitation
 Health and sanitation requirements for drinking water
are contained in Subpart D.
 Sanitation issues covered by OSHA include:
 Toilets
 Drinking water
 Food handling
 Eating and drinking
1926.51 (a) Potable water
 An adequate supply of potable water shall be provided in all places of
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employment.
Portable containers used to dispense drinking water shall be capable of
being tightly closed, and equipped with a tap.
Water shall not be dipped from containers.
Any container used to distribute drinking water shall be clearly marked
as to the nature of its contents and not used for any other purpose.
The common drinking cup is prohibited.
Where single service cups (to be used but once) are supplied, both a
sanitary container for the unused cups and a receptacle for disposing of
the used cups shall be provided.
Potable water means water that meets the standards for drinking
purposes of the State or local authority having jurisdiction, or water
that meets the quality standards prescribed by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (40
CFR part 141).
1926.51 (b) Nonpotable water
 Outlets for nonpotable water, such as water for
industrial or firefighting purposes only, shall be
identified by signage to indicate clearly that the water is
unsafe and is not to be used for drinking, washing, or
cooking purposes.
 There shall be no cross-connection, open or potential,
between a system furnishing potable water and a system
furnishing nonpotable water.
1926.51(c) Toilets at construction
jobsites.
 The number of toilets provided shall meet the OSHA standards based
upon the number of employees at the site.
 Under temporary field conditions, provisions shall be made to assure
not less than one toilet facility is available.
 Job sites, not provided with a sanitary sewer, shall be provided with one
of the following toilet facilities unless prohibited by local codes:
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Privies (where their use will not contaminate ground or surface water);
Chemical toilets;
Recirculating toilets;
Combustion toilets.
 The requirements of the OSHA standards do not apply to mobile crews
having transportation readily available to nearby toilet facilities.
1926.51(d) Food handling
 All employees' food service facilities and operations
shall meet the applicable laws, ordinances, and
regulations.
 All employee food service facilities and operations
shall be carried out in accordance with sound hygienic
principles.
 In all places of employment where all or part of the
food service is provided, the food dispensed shall be
wholesome, free from spoilage, and shall be processed,
prepared, handled, and stored in such a manner as to
be protected against contamination.
1926.51(e) Temporary sleeping
quarters.
 When temporary sleeping quarters are provided, they
shall be heated, ventilated, and lighted.
1926.51(f) Washing facilities
 The employer shall provide adequate washing facilities
for employees engaged in the application of paints,
coating, herbicides, or insecticides, or in other
operations where contaminants may be harmful to the
employees.
 Such facilities shall be in near proximity to the
worksite and shall be so equipped as to enable
employees to remove such substances.
1926.51(f) General Requirements
 Washing facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.
 Lavatories shall be made available in all places of employment.
 Each lavatory shall be provided with hot and cold running water, or tepid
running water.
 Hand soap or similar cleansing agents shall be provided.
 Individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, air blowers or
clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling, convenient to the
lavatories, shall be provided.
 Whenever showers are required by a particular OSHA standard, the showers
shall meet the OSHA standards.
 One shower shall be provided for each 10 employees of each sex, or numerical
fraction thereof, who are required to shower during the same shift.
 Body soap or other appropriate cleansing agents convenient to the showers
shall be provided as specified
 Showers shall be provided with hot and cold water feeding a common discharge
line.
 Employees who use showers shall be provided with individual clean towels.
1926.51(g) Eating and drinking
areas.
 No employee shall be allowed to consume food or
beverages in a toilet room nor in any area exposed to a
toxic material.
 Every enclosed workplace shall be so constructed,
equipped, and maintained, so far as reasonably
practicable, as to prevent the entrance or harborage of
rodents, insects, and other vermin.
 A continuing and effective extermination program
shall be instituted where their presence is detected.
1926.51(i) Change rooms.
 Whenever employees are required by a particular
standard to wear protective clothing because of the
possibility of contamination with toxic materials,
change rooms equipped with storage facilities for
street clothes and separate storage facilities for the
protective clothing shall be provided.