OSHA ratios, long-term site rentals, weekly service, high-rise and crane-lift units, winter and vandalism.
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.
Give the driver a gate code. A standard unit placed inside the fence is the right call for a dozen workers, which meets the OSHA requirement of one…
Ray's right about the front lawn, but check your city's right-of-way rules first. Some require a permit if the unit sits on the sidewalk strip.…
Weekend security guards count toward the total worker headcount for portable toilet requirements under OSHA 1926.51. The OSHA construction sanitation…
You can lock a standard unit overnight, but you must coordinate the lock with the rental company for the service visit. The driver needs to open the…
Weekend security guards count toward your OSHA 1926.51 headcount. The standard applies to any employee present at the site, including…
Put one standard unit at each end of the quarter-mile job site. OSHA 1926.51 requires one toilet for a crew of 18, so a single unit in the middle…
Yes, subcontractors count toward your total employee headcount for OSHA 1926.51 compliance. The OSHA standard applies to all workers on the…
We're 18 floors up on a high-rise project in Phoenix with a standard portable toilet on the slab. The crew is 50 guys, five days a week. The elevator…
Yes, you rent a standard portable toilet for a landscaping crew of five or six for six weeks. The OSHA construction sanitation standard, 29 CFR…
We have a concrete pour crew of 15 guys working on the 15th floor of a high-rise in Phoenix. The job will last eight weeks. The elevator core is in,…
Our jobsite standard unit has been tipped over twice this month. It's a long-term rental for a 50-person crew on a 6-month commercial build. The…
I have a standard portable toilet on the 15th floor for a crew of 40. The elevator is scheduled for maintenance next week, which means the vacuum…
We're running a 12-story build in Phoenix and have a standard portable toilet on the 8th floor for a crew of 30. It's a long-term rental with weekly…
High-rise unit servicing when the building elevator is down. Our site is a 30-story high-rise, and we have a standard portable toilet on the 25th…
You need to pre-book the extra units now to meet OSHA 1926.51 when your crew doubles. The standard requires one toilet for 1 to 15 workers, but at 16…
Our framing lot turned into soft mud after two days of rain. We still need a standard porta potty this week before the crew shows Monday. Will a…
OSHA 1926.51 does not require a porta potty for a six-person road crew if they have a truck and immediate access to a nearby toilet facility. The…
Every worker present on the job site counts toward the OSHA 1926.51 headcount, regardless of which company employs them. The OSHA standard applies to…
Our crew grew from 25 to 40. Do we need a second porta potty now? We have one standard portable toilet on site. The crew works a standard 8-hour…
Someone tipped over our standard portable toilet over the weekend. The unit is on a residential construction site for a six-week project with a crew…
Bump the service visit to twice a week while the heat sticks. Weekly is the usual baseline on a quiet lot, but a dozen people in August will cook the…
For a framing-only crew, OSHA 1926.51 does not automatically require a standalone hand wash station next to the toilet. The washing-facilities…
Weekly service is the standard for a crew of ten, and you should keep it that way for a six-week residential job. The OSHA construction sanitation…
