Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64E-14.016 - Field Sanitation Facilities
Field Sanitation Facilities Requirements
| Number of persons | Toilets | Hand Washing Units | Drinking Water |
| 5-10 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
(1) Where 5 to
10 hand-laboring farmworkers are employed in one location at one time, a field
sanitation facility, consisting of 1 toilet facility and 1 hand washing unit
shall be provided. The toilet and hand washing unit shall be located adjacent
to each other. The facility shall be located within a one-quarter-mile walk of
any hand-laborer's place of work in the field. Where it is not feasible to
locate facilities as required above due to terrain, the facilities shall be
located at the point of closest vehicular access.
(2) Field toilet facilities shall be
constructed and maintained in accordance with provisions of Rule
64E-6.0101,
F.A.C., emptied at least weekly, and provide a minimum storage capacity of 50
gallons per unit. Waste from all field toilet facilities shall be disposed by a
method approved by the county health department. The department shall approve
portable water flushed units when determined appropriate for a particular
situation. Toilet facilities shall have a screened ventilation opening and
self-closing doors that can be closed and latched from the inside and shall be
constructed to ensure privacy.
(3)
Field hand washing units shall be convenient and supplied with potable water in
portable containers and shall be provided with soap or other cleanser and
single use hand-drying towels. A waste container shall be provided for the used
towels, and the wastewater from the hand washing unit shall not cause a
sanitary nuisance.
(4) Drinking
water shall be potable and provided in containers constructed of smooth,
impervious, corrosion resistant material Hydrocoolers or water coolers
constructed as such are acceptable for use. Potable water containers shall be
maintained by sanitary methods. The interiors of potable water containers shall
be cleaned and sanitized at least daily. The containers shall be marked with
the words "Drinking Water", in English and in the native language of the
majority of the workers. Single service cups shall be provided unless bottled
water is provided or water is dispensed from a fountain equipped with an
angled, protected jet outlet. Ice used for cooling drinking water shall be made
from potable water. The water shall be suitably cool and in sufficient amounts,
taking into account the air temperature, humidity and the nature of the work
performed, to meet the needs of all employees. County health department staff,
during the normal course of their work, shall take water samples at random to
ensure the potability of the drinking water.
(5) The owners, operators, crewleaders, or
primary persons in charge shall ensure that sanitary facilities are available
(handwashing receptacles, soap, water, etc.) to allow for washing of hands
after working in the fields and before drinking, eating or smoking tobacco.
Farmworkers shall be reminded not to eat unwashed produce from the field or use
pesticide containers or other items from the field for food or drinking
containers to prevent accidental ingestion of pesticide residues.
Notes
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