WAC 296-800-23020   Provide bathrooms for your employees.  

Exemption: You do not have to provide bathrooms:
For mobile crews or at work locations not normally attended by employees, if there is transportation immediately available to nearby bathrooms that meet the requirements of this section.

Exemption: You do not have to provide bathrooms:
For mobile crews or at work locations not normally attended by employees, if there is transportation immediately available to nearby bathrooms that meet the requirements of this section.

     You must:

     (1) Provide bathrooms with the appropriate number of toilets for your employees at every workplace based on Table 1.

     • Have an appropriate number of toilets for each gender, based on the number of male and female employees at your workplace.

     – For example, if you have thirty-seven men and seventeen women, you need to have three toilets for the men and two toilets for the women, based on Table 1.

     • Make sure each toilet is in a separate compartment with a door and walls or partitions for privacy.

Table 1

Required Number of Employee Toilets at Every Workplace
Maximum Number of Employees Present at Any One Time During a Shift Minimum Number of Toilets Required
1 to 15 1
16 to 35 2
36 to 55 3
56 to 80 4
81 to 110 5
111 to 150 6
Over 150 One additional toilet for each additional 40 employees

Note: A shared bathroom (multiple toilets without enclosures) counts as one toilet no matter how many toilets it contains. In bathrooms used only by men, urinals may be substituted for up to 1/3 of the required toilets.

     You must:

     (2) Provide toilet paper and a toilet paper roll holder for each toilet.

     (3) Make sure bathrooms are maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

     (4) Make sure the sewage disposal method does not endanger the health of employees.


Exemption: Separate bathrooms for men and women are not required if the bathroom:
• Will only be occupied by one person at a time.
• Can be locked from the inside.
• Contains at least one toilet.




[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 03-18-090, § 296-800-23020, filed 9/2/03, effective 11/1/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010,[49.17].040 , and [49.17].050. 02-16-047, § 296-800-23020, filed 8/1/02, effective 10/1/02; 01-11-038, § 296-800-23020, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.]