ANSI Z4.1:2016 pdf download.In Places of Employment:Minimum Requirements.
ANSI Z4.1 applies to minimum requirements for sanitation in all places of employment except where domestic, mining or common carrier transportation work only is performed. It does not apply to temporary employment locations or places where non-sewered waste disposal systems are in use as those are covered in American National Standard: For Sanitation Non-Sewered Waste Disposal Systems: Minimum Requirements, ANSI/PSAI Z4.3-2016. It also does not apply to family housing provided by the employer in one- or two-family dwellings, or to temporary labor camps; these are covered by American National Standard: For Sanitation in Temporary Labor Camps: Minimum Requirements, ANSI/PSAI Z4.4-2016. Measures to control toxic materials are outside the cope of this standard.
1.2 Purpose
The purpose of ANSI Z4.1 is to prescribe minimum sanitary requirements for the protection of health of all employees in places of employment as described in 1.1.
2 Definitions
Accessible design: An approach to designing buildings, homes and products that renders them easier to access and therefor use, by people with physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities.
ADA-Compliant: A device that is fully compliant, when properly installed, with the current requirements of the
Americans with Disability Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) as legislated by the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990.
Approvect Approved by the authority having jurisdiction.
Black water: Combined domestic effluent including liquid and solid human body waste and the water discharged from toilet usage.
Sanitary condition: Within the meaning of this standard, that physical condition of working quarters which will tend to prevent the incidence and spread of disease.
Sanitize: To make free from dirt, infection, disease, etc., by cleaning it: to make something sanitary.
Tertiary standards: a final stage of water treatment before it can be discharged back into the environment.
Toilet facility- A series of fixtures (including showers) maintained within a room for the purpose of defecation, urination, or maintaining personal hygiene.
Urinah A fixture maintained within a toilet facility for the sole purpose of urination.
Water cIoset A toilet or fixture, which is designed to receive human waste directly from the user and discharge it to the drainage system.
3 General Requirements
3.1 Housekeeping
3.1.1 All places of employment shall be maintained in a
sanitary condition.
3.1 .2 The floor of every workroom shall be maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, dry condition. Where wet processes are used, positive floor drainage shall be achieved in accordance with the International Plumbing Code Chapter 4, Section 412 — Floor and Trench Drains. If dry standing and walking surfaces cannot be maintained with permanently installed materials in accordance with the most current adopted release of the International Building Code Chapter 8 — Interior Finishes, Section 804 – Interior Floor Finish, extra anti-slip surfaces shall be provided.
3.1.3 Cleaning and sweeping shall be done in such a manner as to minimize the amount of particulates in the air.
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