Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1545 - THE PROVISION, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SANITATION AND SHELTER FACILITIES FOR RAIL CARRIER EMPLOYEES › Subpart A - INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL › Section 1545.30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Bunk or Section House" means any building or portion
				  thereof, excepting a family dwelling, in which persons employed by rail
				  carriers are furnished sleeping and/or living accommodations. A room furnished
				  for sleeping may be referred to as a bunk room or dormitory.
"Camp Car" means trailers and on-track vehicles, including
				  outfit, camp, or bunk cars or modular homes mounted on flat cars, used to house
				  or accommodate railroad employees. Wreck trains are not included.
"CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.
"Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"Company" means a rail carrier as defined in Section 18c-1104
				  of the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law [625 ILCS
				  5/18c-1104 ].
"Dressing Room" means a room used by employees either as a
				  dressing room or as a restroom, or for both purposes.
"Drinking Water" means potable water from a supply under the
				  jurisdiction of a health authority or commercially available bottled drinking
				  water. Potable water or commercially available bottled drinking water shall
				  comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations contained in
				  21
				  CFR 165.110 (May 29, 2009).
"Employee" means any person employed by a company to which
				  this Part applies.
"Health Authority" means a public health authority having
				  jurisdiction.
"Lavatory" means a basin or similar vessel used primarily for
				  washing of the hands, arms, face and head.
"Leq (8)" means the equivalent steady sound level that in 8
				  hours would contain the acoustic energy as the time-varying sound level during
				  the same time period.
"Lunch Room" means a sanitary location inside a building or
				  structure where employees are permitted to eat.
"Nonwater Carriage Toilet Facility" means a toilet facility
				  not connected to a sewer, including a toilet facility connected to
				  self-contained sewage tanks.
"Number of Employees" means, unless otherwise specified, the
				  average number of employees employed on any one shift.
"Railroad" means the same as "company" as defined in this
				  Section.
"Sanitary" means lacking any condition in which any
				  significant amount of filth, trash or human waste is present in such a manner
				  that a reasonable person would believe that the condition might constitute a
				  health hazard; or of strong, persistent, chemical or human waste odors
				  sufficient to deter use of the facility, or give rise to a reasonable concern
				  with respect to exposure to hazardous fumes.
"Shelter" means a building or structure designed to protect
				  employees from the environment.
"Signal Headquarters" means a place where signal employees
				  are regularly required to be and remain on duty during their shift.
"Station" means a facility where freight and/or passenger
				  traffic is ordinarily received and delivered and at which a station agent is
				  regularly assigned for duty.
"Terminal" means a facility where engine and train crews in
				  yard and train service and switchmen, switch tenders, maintenance of way
				  employees, signal employees and car clerks are required to report for or be
				  relieved from duty.
"Toilets" means fixtures such as flush, chemical or dry
				  hopper toilets, or privies.
"Toilet Facility" means a fixture maintained within a toilet
				  room for the purpose of defecation or urination, or both.
"Toilet Room" means a room maintained within or on the
				  premises containing toilet facilities for use by employees.
"Toxic Material" means a material in concentration or amount
				  of such toxicity as to constitute a recognized hazard that is causing or is
				  likely to cause death or serious physical harm.
"Urinal" means a toilet facility maintained within a toilet
				  room for the sole purpose of urination.
"Usual place of employment" means the place where an employee
				  works with a reasonable measure of continuity throughout the major part of
				  his/her company service.
"Water Closet" means a toilet facility maintained within a
				  toilet room for the purposes of both defecation and urination and that is
				  flushed with water.
"Yards" means a group of tracks used for the making or
				  breaking up of trains or classification of cars.