Hygiene and welfare

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37. Hygiene and welfare

37.1. General provisions

37.1.1. Shelters, toilet facilities, washing facilities, meal rooms

and cloakrooms should:

be adequately lighted and ventilated;

if necessary for reasons of health or welfare, heated; and

maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

37.1.2. In all cases, both underground and on the surface,

workers should be required to use only the sanitary facilities

provided.

37.2. Drinking water

37.2.1. An adequate supply of cool and wholesome drinking

water should be provided for and be readily accessible to all workers.

37.2.2. All drinking water should be from a source approved

by the competent health authority.

37.2.3. Where such water is not available, the competent

health authority should ensure that the necessary steps are taken

to make any water to be used for drinking fit for human consumption.

37.2.4. The use of common drinking cups should be prohibited.

37.2.5. Drinking water for common use, if stored, should only

be stored in closed containers from which the water should be

dispensed through taps or cocks.

37.2.6. Where practicable, hygienic drinking fountains should

be provided.

37.2.7. Supplies of water that is unfit to drink should be

conspicuously indicated by notices prohibiting workers from

drinking it.

37.2.8. There should be no means of connecting a supply of

drinking water with a supply of water that is unfit to drink.

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