Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part III - Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services › Subpart C - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 82 - SEASONAL FARM LABOR CAMPS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 82.9 - Toilet facilities

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Toilet
					 facilities adequate for the capacity of the camp shall be provided. Central
					 toilet and handwashing facilities separate for each sex shall be provided on
					 the premises of seasonal farm labor camps, except where the camp is composed
					 entirely of family-type apartments, each with its own toilet facilities. In
					 central toilet facilities, the water closets shall be separated by
					 partitions.
(b) Where toilet
					 facilities are shared, the number of water closets or privy seats provided for
					 each sex shall be based on the maximum number of persons of that sex which the
					 camp is designed to house at any one time, according to the following chart:
Number of Occupants of One
								  Sex
Required Facilities
1 - 5
1 water closet, privy seat or
								  chemical toilet seat
6 - 30
2 water closets, privy seats or
								  chemical toilet seats
31 - 45
3 water closets, privy seats or
								  chemical toilet seats
46 - 60
4 water closets, privy seats or
								  chemical toilet seats, and the like
except that in camps with less than six occupants
						irrespective of sex, one water closet, privy or chemical toilet will suffice if
						in a single occupancy toilet room that can be locked from the inside.
(c) Urinals may be provided on the
					 basis of one unit or 2 linear feet of urinal trough for each 18 men or fraction
					 thereof. The required number of water closets, chemical toilets or privy seats
					 for men may be reduced by up to 1/3, by installing urinals in this ratio. The
					 floor from the wall and for a distance not less than 15 inches measured from
					 the outward edge of the urinals shall be constructed of materials impervious to
					 moisture. Urinals shall be provided with an adequate water flush.
(d) Toilet facilities, including rooms and
					 fixtures, shall be of a sanitary design and readily cleanable.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (b), in
					 shared toilet rooms in other than single family dwelling units, separate toilet
					 rooms shall be provided for each sex. These rooms shall be distinctly marked
					 "for men" and "for women" by signs printed in English and in the native
					 languages of the persons occupying the camp, or marked with easily understood
					 pictures or symbols. If the facilities for each sex are in the same building,
					 they shall be separated by solid walls or partitions extending from the floor
					 to the roof or ceiling.
(f) Toilet
					 facilities shall be located within 200 feet of the door of each sleeping room.
					 A privy may not be closer than 100 feet to a sleeping room, dining room, lunch
					 area or kitchen.
(g) Toilet rooms
					 shall have a window not less than 6 square feet in area opening directly to the
					 outside area or shall be otherwise satisfactorily ventilated in a manner
					 approved by the Department. Outside openings shall be screened with 16 mesh
					 material. Each privy building may be ventilated by an opening or openings,
					 properly screened, of at least 2 square feet.
(h) A fixture, water closet, chemical toilet
					 or urinal may not be located in a room used for other than toilet purposes.
					 Every water closet installed after January 3, 1981, shall be located in a
					 separate compartment in a toilet room.
(i) Each privy, water closet or chemical
					 toilet shall be well lighted (20 foot candles) at all hours of the night, and
					 the day when necessary. Chemical toilets may be lighted using exterior lighting
					 which admits adequate light both day and night. Approaches to privies, water
					 closets or chemical toilets shall be free from obstruction.
(j) An adequate supply of toilet paper shall
					 be provided in each privy, water closet or chemical toilet
					 compartment.
(k) Toilet facilities
					 shall be kept in a sanitary condition. They shall be cleaned at least daily.
(l) Privies may not be constructed
					 in the camp area after January 3, 1981, unless approval is obtained from the
					 Department.
(m) Toilet facilities
					 shall be kept operational and in good repair.
(n) On the premises where seasonal farm
					 workers are employed or permitted to work, the employer shall provide within a
					 reasonable distance of the working area sufficient, suitable and separate
					 toilet facilities. To determine the number of toilet facilities needed and the
					 distance to them, the Department will use the following standards:
(1) For one to ten workers, male or female,
					 one toilet facility within 1,000 feet of the work area or a written agreement
					 in the native language of the workers that transportation to a toilet facility
					 shall be provided at least once during any continuous 4 hours of
					 work.
(2) For work crews of 11 to
					 15, males or females, one toilet facility within 500 feet of the work area or a
					 written agreement in the native language of the workers that transportation to
					 a toilet facility shall be provided at least once during any continuous 4 hours
					 of work.
(3) For work crews of 16
					 or more, one toilet facility per every 15 males or fraction thereof and one
					 toilet facility for every 15 females or fraction thereof; these toilet
					 facilities shall be within 500 feet of the work area or as approved by the
					 Department or a written agreement in the native language of the workers shall
					 state that transportation to a toilet facility shall be provided at least once
					 during any continuous 4 hours of work.