New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 185 - PITS AND QUARRIES (SAFETY REGULATION NUMBER 12)
Subchapter 16 - SANITATION
Section 12:185-16.2 - Change house

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 12:185-16.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The operator of every pit or quarry employing 15 or more workers per shift shall provide a wash and change house at each and every place which necessitates employees changing from work clothes to other wearing apparel, or where the lack of such facilities constitute a hazard to health.

(b) Wash and change houses shall be available to the workers at all times when they are going on or coming off shift, and shall be equipped with washing and shower facilities. For every 10 employees per shift there shall be at least one washing unit and for every 10 employees per shift there shall be at least one shower bath.

(c) Pits or quarries which employ less than 10 workers per shift and which have no suitable water available on the property for washing and bathing purposes shall be exempt from the shower bath provision of (b) above, but shall provide their employees with washing facilities that are reasonably clean and sanitary.

(d) The operator shall see that any or all wash or change houses or change rooms are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner, permitting no trash to accumulate. It shall be the duty of the employees to cooperate in this matter, and see that their individual spaces are kept clean and neat and that old, dirty, clothes or other unsanitary materials are properly disposed of.

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