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29 CFR 1910.141: Sanitation

Subpart J—General Environmental Controls

Workplaces must be kept clean, with toilets, washing facilities and drinking water available, and waste removed properly.

5,473citations since 2015
3,780employers cited
42%serious, willful or repeat
$0median penalty per item

OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1910.141 5,473 times since 2015, against 3,780 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $5,674,654 at their current amounts.

Citations per year

The parts of the rule cited most

1910.141(a)(3)(i) · 1,417 citations

(3) Housekeeping. (i) All places of employment shall be kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allows.

1910.141(a)(5) · 1,087 citations

(5) Vermin control. Every enclosed workplace shall be so constructed, equipped, and maintained, so far as reasonably practicable, as to prevent the entrance or harborage of rodents, insects, and other vermin. A continuing and effective extermination program shall be instituted where their presence is detected.

1910.141(d)(2)(ii) · 429 citations

(ii) Each lavatory shall be provided with hot and cold running water, or tepid running water.

1910.141(c)(1)(i) · 379 citations

(c) Toilet facilities—(1) General. (i) Except as otherwise indicated in this paragraph (c)(1)(i), toilet facilities, in toilet rooms separate for each sex, shall be provided in all places of employment in accordance with table J-1 of this section. The number of facilities to be provided for each sex shall be based on the number of employees of that sex for whom the facilities are furnished. Where toilet rooms will be occupied by no more than one person at a time, can be locked from the inside, and contain at least one water closet, separate toilet rooms for each sex need not be provided. Where such single-occupancy rooms have more than one toilet facility, only one such facility in each toilet room shall be counted for the purpose of table J-1.

1910.141(b)(1)(i) · 319 citations

(b) Water supply—(1) Potable water. (i) Potable water shall be provided in all places of employment, for drinking, washing of the person, cooking, washing of foods, washing of cooking or eating utensils, washing of food preparation or processing premises, and personal service rooms.

1910.141(g)(2) · 301 citations

(2) Eating and drinking areas. No employee shall be allowed to consume food or beverages in a toilet room nor in any area exposed to a toxic material.

1910.141(d)(2)(iii) · 224 citations

(iii) Hand soap or similar cleansing agents shall be provided.

1910.141(d)(2)(iv) · 210 citations

(iv) Individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling, convenient to the lavatories, shall be provided.

Industries cited most

  • Manufacturing 1,216
  • Public Administration 911
  • Retail Trade 568
  • Transportation and Warehousing 416
  • Educational Services 391
  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 359

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