Hygiene facilities and practices

G) Hygiene facilities and practices for employ-ees.(1) Requirements for employees performing Class I asbestos jobs involving over 25 linear or 10 square feet of TSI or surfacing ACM and PACM. 

IV. HYGIENE FACILITIES AND PRACTICES You must not eat, drink, smoke, chew gum or tobacco, or apply cosmetics in the regulated area, except that drinking water is permitted. If you work in a regulated area your employer is required to provide lunch-rooms and other areas for these purposes. 

Many diarrheal diseases can be prevented by following simple rules of personal hygiene and safe food preparation. Handwashing with soap is instrumental in preventing the spread of illness and should be emphasized for caregivers and persons with diarrheal illnesses. Safe food handling and preparation practices can decrease the incidence of certain types of enteric infections significantly. The public health measures of improved water supply and sanitation facilities and the quality control of commercial products are very important for the control of the majority of enteric infections. 

All of the facilities and hygiene practices just discussed are essential to minimize additional sources of lead absorption from inhalation or ingestion of lead that may accumulate on you, your clothes, or your possessions. Strict compliance with these provisions can virtually eliminate... 

A) Periodicaiiy reassess The employee s work practices and personal hygiene the employee s respirator use, if any the employee s smoking history and status the respiratory protection program the hygiene facilities the maintenance and effectiveness of the relevant engineering controls and take all reasonable steps to correct the deficiencies found in the reassessment that may be responsible for the employee s excess exposure to cadmium. 

Empioyers shouid ensure the provision of suitable faciiities for empioyees to eat and drink outside the working area and where appropriate as close as is reasonably practicable to the hygiene facilities. No one should eat, drink or smoke in the enclosure or work area, in the hygiene facilities or in any areas which have been marked as asbestos areas or respirator zones. 

The hygiene facility enables the employer to further comply with their duties to prevent the spread of asbestos and reduce the potential exposure of employees and other people to as low as reasonably practicable. The facilities will need to ... 

Personal Hygiene Practices. All personnel should wear disposable or other type gloves resistant to research materials (3) and wash their hands immediately after removing gloves following the completion of any procedure in which chemical carcinogens are used. A hand washing facility should be made available within the laboratory. 

In the manufacture of pesticides, exposure of factory workers is probably negligible in well-organized plants with good industrial hygiene practices, but during formulation there may be additional factors to be considered. Overall, in ckxsed facilities, (he general con.siderations discussed previously need to be followed, and in production sites for anti-ChE pesticides,. special attention is needed as follows. 

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