Washing Quarters - Washing Facility Ratios

29 CFR 1910.142(f) provides the ratios for laundry, handwashing, and bathing facilities. These ratios are as follows:

One handwashing basin per family shelter
One handwashing basin per six people in shared facilities
One shower head for every 10 people
One laundry tray or tub for every 30 people
One slop sink (for laundry, hand washing, and bathing) in each building

The standard does not provide requirements for soaps and towels. However, 29 CFR 1926.51 (titled "Safety and Health Regulations for Construction; Sanitation") provides requirements for soaps and towels. This standard states that "hand soap or similar cleansing agents shall be provided" and that "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."

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