Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 19 - Public Health and Safety
13-B
Chapter II - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
SANITATION FOR AGRICULTURAL AND MIGRATORY FARM WORKERS
Section 19-13-B53 - Water supplies and privies for field workers

(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.

(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 source of 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 the 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 1963 Supp. § 22-17a; Reg. 22-17a-1.)