Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK
Subchapter B - CANNERIES
SPECIFICATIONS
Section 19.35 - Construction

(a) The roof of every cannery shall be of water-tight construction. The ceiling shall be high enough to permit safe clearance for persons working under suspended shafting, hangers, piping, galleries and other equipment unless guarded in accordance with existing regulations of the Department.

(b) The floors of canneries shall be tight, and graded around machinery, cookers, washers and other places where waste and overflow is unavoidable to confine the waste and overflow in the smallest possible area. Waste and overflow shall be drained away from machines, cookers, washers and other places where created during operations to sewers or other disposal points by means of graded gutters or pipes buried in the floor or ground. Gutters and depressions from floor level shall be adequately covered in case their construction or location makes them dangerous to limbs. The covers shall be readily removable for cleaning and scrubbing the gutters. A person may not be permitted to work at points where the floor is covered with a measurable amount of water or other liquid or wet accumulation without being provided with a working platform. The working platform shall be of sufficient height, width and length dimensions to raise the person above the top level of liquid or wet accumulation and permit normal freedom of movement at the working point.

(c) The tops of tables shall be smooth. Tables shall be properly drained to remove waste and overflow.

(d) Each cannery shall provide means for the intake and circulation of not less than 200 cubic feet of fresh air per minute for each worker during the entire working period. If mechanical means are necessary to provide this ventilation, the means may not be installed until plans, giving the complete data for the entire installation, have been submitted to and approved by the Department.