A.
General cleanliness and sanitation. The sanitation and housekeeping at all places of employment shall be such as to promote a healthful environment. No unsanitary condition shall exist or be permitted to exist. All places of employment, passageways, stairs, floors, walls, locker rooms, ceilings, toilet rooms, service rooms and storerooms shall be kept clean and in a sanitary condition. Every factory building and every place of employment and every part thereof and the yards, courts, cellars, passages, areaways or alleys connected with the same shall be kept clean and free of any accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage or other matter of any source of foulness or odors. The owner, agent, lessee or occupant of any factory building or place of employment or part thereof shall thoroughly cleanse all the rooms, passages, stairs, floors, windows, doors, sidewalks, ceilings and drains thereof and shall well and sufficiently paint the sidewalks and ceilings thereof.
B.
Floors. The floor of every workroom shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and, so far as possible, dry condition. When wet processes are used, suitable drainage shall be maintained, and false floors, platforms, mats or other dry standing places shall be provided.
C.
Floors, working places and passageways. Every floor, working place and passageway shall be kept free of protruding nails, splinters or holes and loose or defective boards and flooring.
D.
Expectorating. Expectorating upon the walls, floors, workplaces or stairs of any other part of an establishment shall not be permitted.
E.
Sweeping and cleaning. So far as practical, sweeping and cleaning shall be done outside of working hours and in such manner as to avoid the contamination of air with dust.
F.
Drinking cups and fountains.
(1)
Use of a common drinking cup is prohibited. When and where single service cups are provided, such cups shall be of the disposable type, to be used but once, and there shall be provided a suitable container for unused cups and a receptacle for disposing of used cups.
(2)
Where sanitary drinking fountains are provided, they shall meet the following requirements: The jet of a drinking fountain shall issue from a nozzle of nonoxidizing, impervious material set at an angle from the vertical such as to prevent the return of water in the jet to the orifice from whence the jet issues. The nozzle and every other opening in the water pipe or conductor leading to the nozzle should be above the edge of the bowl to prevent flooding in case of drain clogging.
G.
Lunchrooms. In all places of employment where employees are permitted to lunch on the premises, an adequate space suitable for that purpose shall be provided for the maximum number of employees who may use such space at any one time. A covered receptacle shall be provided and used for disposing of all waste food and debris. In every establishment where there is exposure to injurious dust, industrial poison, toxic materials or other substances that may be injurious to health, a separate lunchroom shall be maintained, unless it is convenient for the employees to lunch away from the premises.