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W E EKLY EDITION AUGUST 7, 2019 Standards Raise the Bar and Infor m Construction Customer Decisions By Karleen Kos, PSAI Executive Director … Continued From Page 1 The portable sanitation industry is subject to a variety of standards concerning the number and placement of units, hand wash stations, and related equipment. The following provides an overview of the most important standards. In the interest of keeping this article succinct, these summaries necessarily omit details. Please refer to the full text of the standards for complete information regarding important requ irements that may pertain to your business. The PSAI creates and updates many of the standards that are relevant to portable sanitation. The PSAI serves as the accredited ANSI Standards Developer for three standards that closely affect our industry. This means the PSAI takes the lead in building a consensus among representatives from materially affected and interested parties in ensuring the standards are up to date and reflect the best thinking of those affected, following ANSI's required processes on a r egular schedule to make sure they are up to date. In 2016 the PSAI finalized the most recent updates of the following standards. Other organizations also write standards that affect our industry using ANSI's process. Information in this article describes t he most relevant standards for portable restroom operators. As you will see in reviewing the ANSI and OSHA standards, the current ANSI standards are higher than those of OSHA. ANSI standards, and the PSAI's involvement in establishing them, help the PSAI and its Members raise the bar and improve the reputation of our industry. ANSI/PSAI Z4.1 - 2016: Sanitation in Places of Employment The standard listed on the next page applies to sanitation in all places of employment except where domestic, mining, or common carrier transportation work is performed. The content of the standard is primarily de scriptive of minimum standards or sanitary conditions (housekeeping, waste disposal, pest control), lighting, ventilation, water, and toilet facilities in build ings that include indoor sewered toilets. It is relevant to portable sanitation because the minimum standards in all places of employment serve as the benchmark by which the adequacy of portable or temporary sanitation alternatives is measured. P AGE 5 CONTINUED ON PAGE 6