Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 17a - Living Quarters of Agricultural Workers and Migratory Farm Workers › Section 22-17a-1 - 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
			 of the public health code.
(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 the source of the 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 a 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 1961 Supp. § 19-13; Reg. 19-13-B53.)