B.C. Reg. 421/2004, deposited September 22, 2004, pursuant to the WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT [Section 225 (1)]. Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia Regulation, dated September 14, 2004.

DATED at Nanaimo, British Columbia, September 14, 2004. By the Workers' Compensation Board.

— DOUGLAS J. ENNS, Chair, Board of Directors.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESOLVES THAT:

1 Sections 4.84 to 4.106 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, B.C. Reg. 296/97, are repealed and the following substituted:

Eating areas

4.84 (1) Workers must not keep or consume food in an area of a workplace where it could become unwholesome because of workplace contaminants.

(2) The employer must ensure that an area suitable for the storage and consumption of food is provided for workers if

(a) there is a risk that food stored or consumed at a workplace may become unwholesome because of workplace contaminants, or

(b) food storage or consumption is restricted or prohibited at the workplace.

Washroom facilities

4.85 (1) Except as provided by subsection (2), the employer must ensure that a sufficient number of plumbed washroom facilities are readily available for workers.

(2) If plumbed washroom facilities cannot be provided because of the nature of the workplace or the nature of the work in which the worker is involved, the employer must

(a) provide access to portable washroom and hand-washing facilities, or

(b) make such other reasonable arrangements to accommodate workers as the circumstances allow, if access to portable washroom and hand-washing facilities cannot be provided.

(3) If washroom facilities are provided they must be

(a) maintained in proper working order,

(b) kept clean and sanitary, and

(c) provided with the supplies necessary for their use.

Change areas

4.86 If the employer requires the worker to change into protective work clothing at the workplace, the employer must ensure that adequate change areas are provided.

Unsafe water

4.87 The employer must display at every plumbed non-potable water source from which a person might reasonably believe he or she can safely drink, a notice that the water is unfit for human consumption.

2 The above amendments come into force January 1, 2005.

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