Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 13-B › Chapter II - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › SANITATION FOR AGRICULTURAL AND MIGRATORY FARM WORKERS › Section 19-13-B53 - Water supplies and privies for field workers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Water shall be readily available to both shed and field workers in covered
				  containers with sanitary drinking fountains or with individual paper cups, in
				  accordance with section
				  19-13-B35.
(b) Water for drinking and handwashing shall
				  be obtained from a public water supply or from a properly protected and located
				  ground water supply approved by the local director of health.
(c) No common drinking cup shall be
				  permitted.
(d) Handwashing
				  facilities shall be available for shed and field workers.
(e) Water containers shall be cleaned daily.
				  At the start of the season and at other times when necessary, water barrels or
				  other water containers shall be disinfected with steam or chlorine. The plug
				  for filling the hole shall be kept tightly in place except during the time for
				  filling. (It is desirable to chain the plug to the barrel to avoid losing
				  it.)
(f) A sanitary method of
				  filling water barrels shall be provided. Overhead hoses shall be short enough
				  so that they will swing clear of ground surface. Flange guards should be
				  provided for the hose so that it will not enter more than four inches into
				  water barrels.
(g) Portable or
				  permanent privies shall be provided in adequate numbers and shall be readily
				  accessible to all workers.
(h)
				  Separate privies shall be provided for men and women and shall be so arranged
				  as to secure privacy for both sexes and shall be clearly marked "Men" and
				  "Women" at the entrance to each. These words shall be printed or painted on
				  signs not less than six by eighteen inches.
(i) Privies shall be provided with inside
				  hook and eye latches and toilet tissue.
(j) Privies shall be located at least one
				  hundred feet from kitchen and dining rooms, living quarters or source of water
				  supply.
(k) Privies shall be of fly
				  and vermin-proof construction and shall consist of a pit at least three feet
				  deep and constructed so as to exclude surface water. Cracks shall be battened
				  and openings shall be screened with sixteen mesh wire screening. The door shall
				  be well fitted to exclude flies and shall close automatically by means of a
				  spring or spring hinges. Seat covers shall be hinged and shall be so
				  constructed that they drop automatically into place when the seat is not
				  occupied.
(l) Privies shall be
				  adequately lighted and ventilated.
(m) No privy pit shall be filled with excreta
				  to nearer than one foot from the surface of the ground. When this occurs,
				  privies shall be moved or vaults cleaned out. The hole shall be filled up when
				  privies are moved. Material removed from the privy or vaults or containers
				  shall be disposed of by burial in such a manner as not to create a
				  nuisance.
(n) Privies shall be
				  maintained in clean condition and such maintenance shall include daily washing
				  of seats with a disinfectant solution. (Use of earth, ashes or lime in the pits
				  will help to keep down odors.)
(See 1963 Supp. §
											22-17a;
					 Reg. 22-17a-1.)