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One thing people often miss is that the ADA 5 percent rule applies to the total number of units in each cluster at a single location, not the entire…
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One thing people often miss is that the ADA 5 percent rule applies to the total number of units in each cluster at a single location, not the entire…
For a six-hour wedding with 150 guests and an open bar, rent four standard portable toilets and one ADA-compliant unit. The ADA cluster rule requires…
I've been mentoring a new event coordinator and realized how often new planners underestimate portable toilets. The most common mistake is not…
We're planning an October backyard wedding for 100 guests, with more women than men. The event runs six hours, with dinner and an open bar. The…
We're planning an 80-guest backyard wedding with a 4-hour open bar. The rental company suggested two standard units. Our ground is level grass, and a…
Jules is right about the unit count for guests, but you must also provide separate toilets for staff and volunteers under OSHA 1910.141. For 20 or…
I'm planning a 40-guest wedding reception at a private farm. It's a five-hour evening event with an open bar and heavy hors d'oeuvres. The ground is…
Our wedding is on my parents' property in Charleston next spring, from 4pm to 10pm with 100 guests. We're renting a standard unit and an…
I have a 40-person framing crew, all men, on a residential addition that will run six weeks. The crew is on site from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and I'm…
We're planning a wedding reception for 100 guests at a local park, and it's scheduled to last about five hours. We're serving a full dinner and have…
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…
I'm laying out the restrooms for a one-day outdoor concert with a 500-person capacity. The gates open at noon, the headliner ends around 10 PM, and…
We're planning our wedding for October 2026, and it will be a big one: 300 guests, a long evening reception with dinner and an open bar, all in a…
I'm planning a marathon for 800 runners in a city park. The event runs 5 hours, but usage will spike at the start line before the race and the finish…
Our annual festival draws about 500 people over six hours, mostly women, with beer and food vendors on grass in a city park. The rental company's…
I'm planning a 5,000-runner marathon for October 2026, and the start line logistics are giving me pause. All runners will arrive within a one-hour…
My wedding is in May for 200 guests, with a six-hour reception and an open bar on my parents' property. We are splurging on flushing portable toilets…
I'm planning a backyard wedding for 100 guests, about 70 of whom are women, with an open bar and dinner service. The event will run about six hours.…
I'm organizing a 10-hour food and beer festival in a city park, expecting around 500 attendees. The ground is flat grass and the truck access is…
I’m setting up for our annual ranch open house and I want to get the portable toilets right this year. We’ll have about 80 guests for six hours with…
I'm coordinating a fall festival in October 2026 at a city park with 2000 guests over two days. We'll have food trucks and a beer garden, so alcohol…
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…
We're finalizing our wedding plans for 200 guests. The reception runs eight hours outdoors on a grassy field with an open bar and heavy drinking…
I'm organizing a corporate picnic for 250 employees and I need to figure out the portable toilet order. The event is at a city park with no permanent…
Yes, you must order more portable toilets immediately when your crew size increases from 15 to 45 workers. The OSHA construction sanitation standard,…