OSHA 1926.51: Do night shift workers require separate porta potties?
OSHA 1926.51 does not require separate portable toilets for day and night shifts. The standard counts total workers on site at a given time, not by…
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OSHA 1926.51 does not require separate portable toilets for day and night shifts. The standard counts total workers on site at a given time, not by…
We are framing an addition on a vacant lot through November. Crew is usually 6 to 8 guys. The standard unit sits on gravel by the driveway and gets…
OSHA 1926.51 requires a separate handwash station with water for a 12-person drywall crew, not just a hand sanitizer dispenser on the unit. The…
OSHA 1926.51 counts all workers present at the site during the workday toward the total for portable toilet requirements. Your weekend crew requires…
We have a 40-story high-rise going up in Chicago, with 120 workers on site daily through January. The ground is paved but exposed, and the…
My high-rise site has 10 standard portable toilets across 20 floors. The service truck is supposed to come every Tuesday. We have 65 workers on site…
One standard portable toilet is enough for a 25-person crew on your three-story building. This meets the minimum requirement of OSHA 29 CFR 1926.51.…
Our crew of 40 has a standard portable toilet on site, rented for a 12-week commercial build. It's on level ground with truck access for weekly…
I do mostly framing but picked up a tear off and reroof on a two story house next week. Crew of six, four days if the weather holds, and the family…
We're setting up a 9-month job in northern Minnesota, 80-person crew. The site is frozen dirt, but the truck access is clear for our weekly service.…
A rental company will not allow you to move their standard portable toilet yourself. Moving the unit yourself voids the rental agreement and any…
We're 14 weeks into a 22-story build in Phoenix. The crew is 120 guys, so we have three standard units and one ADA-compliant unit on the 12th floor.…
We're 12 weeks into a 30-story build in downtown Phoenix. The crew is 150 strong, working six 10-hour days. We have four standard portable toilets…
We're running a 12-story concrete and steel job in downtown Tempe, a 40-week build. We have 60 permanent tradespeople on site and bring in a temp…
I'm running a 24-story tower in Phoenix. We have 125 workers on site. The only construction elevator went down yesterday and the repair is going to…
OSHA 1926.51 requires separate toilet facilities for each construction shift if the day shift's use would prevent the night shift from having a…
We have a high-rise unit on the 15th floor of a commercial job. It's a standard unit, the kind with a 60-gallon holding tank. The elevator is…
Ask for winterization as soon as overnight lows are hitting freezing a few nights a week, not after the first hard freeze. By the time you get a hard…
We have a standard portable toilet on the 40th floor of a high-rise construction site. It's been there for three weeks with weekly service, but the…
Marcus is right on the routing, but the driver needs you to confirm the new site has truck access and level ground ready before they roll. A four-man…
A standard portable toilet weighs about 200 pounds empty and up to 1,000 pounds when full. The holding tank capacity is 50 to 70 gallons, and water…
OSHA 1926.51 does not require a portable toilet for a remote 5-person surveying crew. The standard exempts mobile crews when transportation is…
We've got a 24-story commercial build downtown. The crew is about 60 people working eight-hour shifts. We have a standard portable toilet and an…
Got a 40-man crew on a 6-month commercial build. We have a cluster of four standard units and one ADA-compliant unit on-site. The gate gets locked…
Add the handwash station. Sanitizer on the unit is not enough for a remodel crew around 20.