DRINKING WATER Order 2217-Each place of employment must be supplied with sufficient pure drinking water and the faucets or outlets for same must be placed convenient to the employes. Common drinking cups are prohibited. Sanitary drinking fountains must be installed or individual cups must be provided by the employer. DRESSING ROOMS Order 2218. Dressing rooms shall be provided where women are employed in factories, stores, laundries, restaurants, and telephone, telegraph, express and railroad offices. Every dressing room shall be properly lighted, ventilated, and heated. GENERAL SANITATION Order 2219-Cleanliness, Dry Floors, Sweeping. In all places of employment the floors and walls of the rooms, and the machines, benches, vessels, and other things in the room, must be kept as clean and sanitary as the nature of the industry will permit. Where wet processes are used, the floors must be so drained that there is no measurable depth of water in which the operators must stand while working. Where practicable, dry standing room must be provided for employes. All waste, sweepings and decomposed matter must be removed from the work rooms each day, and their removal must be made in such a way as to avoid the raising of unnecessary dust or noxious odors. When possible, the sweeping and the removal of waste should be done outside of working hours. BUILDING CODE PART I SCOPE OF BUILDING CODE SECTION 1. NEW BUILDINGS AND ADDITIONS. Order 5000. This code shall apply to all new buildings and additions except those exempted in order 5006. SECTION 2. ALTERATIONS. Order 5001. This code shall apply to all alterations which affect the structural strength, fire hazard, exits, lighting or sanitary condition of any building except those exempted in order 5006. This does not include ordinary repairs necessary for the maintenance of any building. SECTION 3. CHANGE OF USE. Order 5002. This code shall apply as far as possible to all buildings which are to be devoted to a new use for which the requirements of this code are in any way more stringent than the requirement covering the previous use of the building. SECTION 4. Order 5005. EXISTING BUILDINGS Every new installation, and every repair exceeding 50 per cent, of any Roof covering Toilet room Boiler, furnace, or stove Chimney or smoke pipe. Motion picture machine or booth shall comply with the corresponding requirements of this code. SECTION 5. BUILDINGS NOT INCLUDED. Order 5906. This code does not apply to the following buildings: (1) Private residences, and outbuildings in connection therewith, such as barns, garages, etc. (2) Flat buildings used as the residence of two families only, provided that not more than two persons are accommodated who are not members of the family. (3) Buildings used for agricultural purposes which are not within the corporate limits of a city or village. (4) Temporary buildings or sheds used for construction purposes only. SECTION 6. LOCAL REGULATIONS. Order 5007. This code shall not be understood to limit the power of cities, villages and towns to make or enforce additional or more stringent regulations provided the same do not conflict with this code, or with any other order of the Industrial commission. SECTION 7.-APPROVAL OF PLANS. Order 5008. Complete plans and specifications for all of the following buildings shall be submitted to the Industrial commission for approval before letting contracts or commencing work: Theaters and assembly halls: Schools, colleges and academies; Apartment houses, hotels and places of detention (see order 5701); Factories, office and mercantile buildings, as follows: (1) All buildings having floor or roof spans greater than 30 feet, (2) All buildings which are more than two stories high, All plans shall be submitted in duplicate, except for private assembly halls, one or two-room schools, and factory, office and mercantile buildings, and these latter may be submitted in duplicate if desired. The location of adjoining streets, alleys, and lot lines, and of other buildings in the same lot (if any) shall be shown on the plans. All plans and specifications shall be signed by the architect, engineer or other chief designer. This requirement shall apply to additions and enlargements as well as to new buildings, and shall also apply to all cases where any of the above occupancies are to be located in a building previously used for other purposes. This requirement shall not apply in cities where plans are examined and building permits are issued by a city building inspector, in a manner approved by the Industrial commission. After being approved by the Industrial commission, plans and specifications shall not be changed in any respect which affects the safety of the occupants, or which is covered by this code, except with the written consent of the Industrial commission. Arder 5009-If plans for any building are approved by the Industrial commission, or by the city building inspector, plumbing inspector, or health department, the architect or builder shall keep at the building either the plans which were approved, or a copy thereof, and shall mark on such plans, in ink, the person or department which gave the approval, and the date thereof. PART II DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS SECTION 1.—FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION. Order 5100. A building is of fireproof construction if all the walls, partitions, piers, columns, floors, ceilings, roof and stairs are built of incombustible material; and if all metalic structural members are protected by an incombustible fire resisting covering of low heat conductivity, of not less than 2 inches thickness of concrete; or 3 inches thickness of other approved material, for columns; not less than 2 inches thickness for girders; and not less than 11⁄2 inches thickness for other structural parts. This thickness shall be outside of the extreme edges of structural members. Such covering shall consist of Portland cement concrete, brick, terra cotta, or tile, laid in cement mortar, or other approved material and shall be properly reinforced, bonded, wired or otherwise secured in place. Steel reinforcement shall be protected as in order 5313. The plastering shall not be applied to wood lath or wood furring strips. The trimmings and finished floor may be of wood, provided all spaces behind or below same are filled with incombustible material. Partitions entirely contained within a private apartment may be nonfireproof provided the partitions enclosing such apartment are fireproof. A wood roof with incombustible roof covering will be permitted on a fireproof building not more than 85 feet high, provided the ceiling of the uppermost story is of fireproof construction not suspended from the roof. A room or a portion of a building is of fireproof construction if it complies with all of the above requirements, and is separated from the rest of the building by means of fireproof walls, floors and ceiling, in which all openings are protected by means of fire doors or fixed standard fire windows. Order 5101. A building is of mill construction if all walls are built of incombustible material, and if all wood girders and joists are at least 51⁄2 inches thick. No wood girder or joist shall measure less than 63 square inches and no wood post less than 90 square inches in sectional area, except that 71⁄2 x 71⁄2 inches (or larger) posts may be used in the top story only. All structural steel or iron (not including post caps, bases, and joists hangers) shall be fireproofed with not less than one inch of incombustible material or with metal lath and cement or gypsum plaster. The lower thickness of each floor shall be not less than 2% inches lumber with grooves and splines at the joints; this shall be covered with felt or building paper, and with a separate finished floor not less than 13-16 inch thick. SECTION 3. ORDINARY CONSTRUCTION. Order 5102. A building is of ordinary construction if all enclosing walls consist of incombustible material, and the roof has an incombustible covering, but other requirements for fireproof or mill construction are not complied with. No joist, rafter, or stud shall be less than 1% inches thick. In buildings of more than one story, floor and roof joists shall not be supported by combustible stud partitions, but shall be supported by incombustible walls or partitions, or by semi-fireproof partitions (order 5112) or by columns and girders. If a bearing partition is supported by a steel girder, the portion of such girder which projects below the ceiling shall be covered with metal lath and plaster or other approved fireprooing Order 5103. A frame building is a building whose structural parts and enclosing walls consist of wood. If such enclosing walls are veneered, encased or faced with stone, brick, tile, concrete, plaster or metal whose stability or rigidity depends upon the frame wall the building is also termed a frame building. SECTION 5. HEIGHT OF BUILDING. Order 5104. The height of a building is measured at the center line of its principal front, from the street grade (or, if setting back from the street, from the grade of the ground adjoining the building) to the highest part of the roof, if a flat roof, or to a point the height of the roof, if a gabled or hipped roof. If the grade of the lot or adjoining street in the rear or alongside of the building falls below the grade at the front, the height shall be measured at the center of the lowest side. SECTION 6. BASEMENT: FIRST FLOOR: NUMBER OF STORIES. Order 5105. A basement is a story whose floorline is below the grade at the main entrance and whose ceiling is not more than 9 feet above such grade. The first floor is the floor next above the basement, or the lowest floor if there is no basement. The number of stories of a building includes all stories except the basement. SECTION 7. INCOMBUSTIBLE ROOF COVERING. Order 5106. A roof covering is considered incombustible if made of three thicknesses of roofing felt with tar and gravel, or if made of tin, corrugated iron, galvanized iron, or other approved fire resisting material. SECTION 8. STREET, ALLEY, COURT. Order 5107. A street is any public thoroughfare 30 feet or more in width. An alley is any public thoroughfare less than 30 feet but not less than 10 feet in width. Any space less than 10 feet wide is a court. For required size of court see order 5205. SECTION 9. STANDARD FIRE STOPS. Order 5108. Standard Fire Wall. A standard fire wall shall be built of brick or concrete not less than 12 inches in solid thickness, or of reinforced concrete not less than 6 inches thick. Every standard fire wall shall extend either from the foundation or from a fireproof floor, to a fireproof ceiling; or if the roof is not fireproof, such wall shall extend at least 3 feet above the highest adjoining roof line of the same building and shall be capped with stone, tile, or other indestructible material. Every opening in a standard fire wall shall be closed with a standard fire door or a fixed standard fire window. A Order 5109.-Standard Fireproof Enclosure or Partition. standard fireproof enclosure or partition shall be made either of wired glass in a metal frame, or of solid plaster not less than 2 inches thick on metal lath and metal frame (all metal of lath and frame to be well covered), or of brick, concrete or tile of sufficient thickness to give rigidity. A standard fireproof enclosure or partition must rest on a masonry foundation or a fire proof floor, and must extend to a fireproof or semi-fireproof roof or ceiling. The wired glass in a fireproof enclosure or partition shall conform to the requirements for standard fire windows and the doors shall be standard fire doors; except that the doors may contain wired glass as specified for standard fire windows. Order 5110. Standard Fire Door. A standard fire door shall consist of a wooden core encased with tin, or shall be entirely of metal; and shall be of design approved by the Industrial commission. The door frame shall be metal. The door shall close automatically in case of fire. Order 5111. Standard Fire Window. A standard fire window shall have a metal frame, metal sash, and wired glass, of design approved by the Industrial commission. No pane shall be less than 1/4 inch thick nor of greater area than 720 square inches. The window either shall be fixed or shall close automatically in case of fire. Order 5112. Semi-Fireproof Partition. A semi-fireproof partition shall be constructed of not less than 1% x 3% inch studding, spaced not more than 16 inches center to center, with the 3% inch dimension at right angles with the plane of the wall, and having the following protection on both sides of the partition: (1) Metal lath and at least 4 inch of Portland cement gypsum plaster, or ganged plaster containing one-half part lime, one-half part (or more) Portland cement, and not over four parts sand; or (2) good quality plaster board at least 2 inch thick, covered with sheet metal; or (3) 4 inch asbestos board, covered with at least 1⁄2 inch Portland cement or gypsum plaster, or with sheet metal; or two layers of 4 inch asbestos board, breaking joints; or (4) the spaces between studding may be filled with approved incombustible material, the partition being plastered with Portland cement or gypsum plaster on metal lath; or (5) other equivalent approved fire resisting construction. Below every hollow semi-fireproof partition, whether bearing or non-bearing, the spaces between floor joists shall be fire stopped with incombustible material extending the full height of the joists and the full thickness of the partition. Every doorway in a semi-fireproof partition shall be protected with a standard fire door or with a self-closing wooden door at least % inch thick in its thinnest part. The glass in such partitions and doors shall be wire glass. Order 5113. Semi-Fireproof Ceiling. A semi-fireproof ceiling shall be constructed of not less than 1% inch joists, spaced not more than 16 inches center to center, protected on the under side |