Subsection 2: Collective changing rooms

Collective changing rooms and washbasins must be installed in a special room with a suitable surface area, isolated from the work and storage rooms and located close to the workers’ passageways. Where changing rooms and washbasins are installed in separate rooms, it must be possible to communicate between them without passing through the work or storage rooms and without going outside. For workers who are not obliged to wear specific…

The floors and walls of communal changing rooms and washrooms must be such that they can be effectively cleaned. These areas are kept in a constant state of cleanliness.

Communal changing rooms and washrooms are ventilated in accordance with the ventilation and sanitation rules in Chapter II and are suitably heated.

In establishments employing a mixed workforce, separate facilities are provided for male and female workers.

The collective changing rooms are equipped with a sufficient number of seats and individual non-flammable cupboards. These lockers can hold two pairs of street clothes. Where work clothing is likely to be soiled with dangerous, dirty or smelly substances, the lockers include a compartment reserved for such clothing. Individual lockers are fitted with a lock or padlock.