b'you are required to have a certified first aid provider onsite.oftheinjuredpersontoaphysicianorhospital,orawater.The signs are required to indicate clearly that the communicationsystemforcontactingthenecessarywater is unsafe and shall not be used for drinking, washing, ambulance service, shall be provided.Also, in areas whereor cooking purposes.In addition, you may not have any cross 911 is not available, the telephone numbers of physicians,connection, open or potential, between a system furnishing hospitals,and/orambulancesmustbeconspicuouslypotable water and a system furnishing non-potable water. posted on the job site. Here you can see that the drafters ofEven if you bring potable water to the job site you still must this standard and the amendments took into considerationlabel any outlets for non-potable water.theuseofanemergencysquad.HoweverthefirstaidSection1926.51(e)coverstoiletsatconstructionjob requirement remains. sites.This section requires at least one toilet is provided No one can predict what an OSHA compliance officerfor employees on any construction site. Under 1926.51(f)is going to ask for when he/she visits your job site.Some(3),lavatoriesaretobemadeavailableinallplacesof are much more detail oriented than others.However, if youemployment.The requirements of this particular standard are on a site and if you do not have a reasonably accessibledo not apply to mobile crews or to normal unattended work hospital, physician, or infirmary, you are going to have tolocationsifemployeesworkingattheselocationshave have an employee trained and certified in first aid on thattransportation readily available to nearby washing facilities. site.But, this is only the tip of the iceberg, because, whenEach lavatory is required to be provided with hot and cold you have a person who is a designated provider of first aidrunning water or at least tepid running water.Hand soap andwhohasbeentrainedinfirstaid,younowhaveanor similar cleansing agents shall also be provided.I have employeewhohasareasonableexpectationthathe/shehad to address a citation involving this standard for a client may be exposed to potentially contaminated bodily fluids.in the state of Indiana where Indiana OSHA cited my client Therefore, you now fall under the requirements of the bloodbecause porta-johns on the job site were not provided with bornepathogensstandardandarerequiredtoproperlyhandsoaporsimilarcleansingagentsanddidnothave supply and staff your site to accommodate the requirementsrunningtepid,hot,and/orcoldwater.Thisparticular of that standard.The details of the blood borne pathogensstandard also covers such things as shower facilities, hand program will be the subject of a future article. washing facilities, eating facilities, etc.Sanitation Idirectyourattentiontobothofthesestandards, Another little thought of standard in the constructionemergencymedicalcareaswellassanitation.Through industryis1926.51.Thisstandardistitledverysimply,personal experience, I know that OSHA does issue citations Sanitation.Thestandardrequiresthatyouhaveanfor violations of these standards. adequate supply of potable water on the job site in all placesAll of the standards or guidelines that are covered in of employment. this article are extremely important to you, the construction Something many employers are not aware of, you areindustryemployer.Iurgeyoutoreviewthisarticleand also required under this standard, Section 1926.51(b)(1), toreview the standards published on the OSHA website and identify by signs, the outlets for any non-potable water ondowhateverisnecessarytobesureyourcompanyisin the job site.There is even a requirement for the signs thatcompliance with those requirements.have to be used to post the non-potable water sources so that an employee is sufficiently warned to not drink that www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 7'