California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 3 - General Plant Equipment and Special Operations › Article 13 - Agricultural Operations › Section 3457 - Field Sanitation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Scope: This section shall apply to all
						agricultural employers.
(b)
						Definitions.
"Agricultural employer" means any person, corporation,
						  association, or other legal entity that:
A. Owns or operates an agricultural
						establishment;
B. Contracts with
						the owner or operator of an agricultural establishment in advance of production
						for the purchase of a crop and exercises substantial control over production;
						or
C. Recruits and supervises
						employees or is responsible for the management and condition of an agricultural
						establishment.
"Agricultural establishment" is a business operation
						  that uses paid employees in agricultural operations.
"Agricultural operation" means any operation necessary
						  to farming pursuant to Section
						  3437.
"Hand-labor operations" means agricultural activities
						  or agricultural operations performed by hand or with hand tools in the
						  production of food, fiber, or other materials such as seed, seedlings, plants,
						  or parts of plants. "Hand-labor operations" also include other activities or
						  operations performed in conjunction with hand-labor in the field. Some examples
						  of "hand-labor operations" are the hand-manipulation of irrigation pipes and
						  other irrigation equipment by irrigators; the hand-cultivation, hand-weeding,
						  hand-planting and hand-harvesting of vegetables, nuts, fruits, seedlings or
						  other crops, including mushrooms; and the hand packing of produce into
						  containers, whether done on the ground, on a moving machine or in a temporary
						  packing shed located in the field. "Hand-labor" does not include such
						  activities as logging operations, the care or feeding of livestock, or
						  hand-labor operations in permanent structures (e.g., canning facilities or
						  packing houses).
"Handwashing facility" means a facility providing
						  either a basin, container, or outlet with an adequate supply of potable water,
						  soap or other suitable cleansing agent and single-use towels.
"Potable water" means water that meets the primary
						  standards for drinking purposes found in Title 22, California Code of
						  Regulations, Division 4, Chapter 15.
"Single-user toilet facility" means a toilet facility
						  with a locking mechanism, controlled by the user, with one toilet, or one
						  toilet and one urinal.
"Toilet facility" means a fixed or portable facility
						  designed for the purpose of adequate collection and containment of the products
						  of both defecation and urination which is supplied with toilet paper adequate
						  to employee needs. Toilet facility includes biological, chemical, flush and
						  combustion toilets and sanitary privies, in portable or mixed
						  form.