78 questions across all categories.
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 starting a full gut rehab on a three-story office building downtown. The crew will be steady at 60 workers for the full nine months, Monday…
OSHA 1926.51 counts every worker on site, including temporary workers, toward the total for toilet provisioning. You must provision for 45 toilets on…
We're breaking ground on a two-story office build-out next month. The crew will be about 50 people, and it's almost all men. The site is a flat,…
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…
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…
OSHA 1926.51 does not require a portable toilet for a remote 5-person surveying crew. The standard exempts mobile crews when transportation is…
I have a crew of about 60 guys, almost all men, on a six-month commercial build. OSHA 1926.51 says for 20 to 199 workers we need one toilet seat and…
Add the handwash station. Sanitizer on the unit is not enough for a remodel crew around 20.
Weekend security guards count toward the total worker headcount for portable toilet requirements under OSHA 1926.51. The OSHA construction sanitation…
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…
Yes, you need an ADA-compliant portable toilet for a crew of 12. The city inspector is correct. OSHA 29 CFR 1926.51 sets minimum toilet numbers for…
Yes, the ADA cluster rule applies to a construction site with 10 standard portable toilets. The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design require that…
OSHA requires a 45-person warehouse cleanout crew to use the general industry toilet rule, 29 CFR 1910.141, which mandates three toilets. The…
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…
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…
No, a crew truck does not meet the 'readily available transportation' exemption in OSHA 1926.51. The exemption is for a mobile crew that can reach a…
Yes, you must order more portable toilets immediately when your crew size increases from 15 to 45 workers. The OSHA construction sanitation standard,…
I'm the facilities manager for a large, occupied warehouse. We're starting a three-month interior renovation with a crew of about 25 contractors…
I'm a site super for a small commercial build, and I'm placing our first porta potty order for a crew of 30. We'll be on site ten hours a day, five…
Our crew of 35 is on a six-week foundation job handling concrete and treated lumber daily. The safety auditor flagged us for not having a handwash…
