10. Accommodation

If the nature, scale and duration of operations so require, the employer must also provide employees with accommodation which must be: suitably protected against the effects of explosion, the infiltration of smoke and gas and the outbreak and spread of fire as identified in the safety and health document referred to in point 1.1, suitably equipped with ventilation, heating and lighting facilities, provided at each level with at least two independent exits leading to escape routes, protected against noise, smells and fumes likely to be hazardous to health from other areas, and against inclement weather, separate from any workstation and located away from dangerous areas. Such accommodation must contain sufficient beds or bunks for the number of persons expected to sleep on the installation. Any room designated as sleeping accommodation must contain adequate space for the occupants to store their clothes. Separate sleeping rooms for men and women must be provided. Such accommodation must include a sufficient number of showers and washing facilities equipped with hot and cold running water. Provision must be made for separate shower rooms or separate use of shower rooms for men and women. Showers must be sufficiently spacious to permit each worker to wash without hindrance in suitably hygienic conditions. The accommodation must be equipped with a sufficient number of lavatories and washbasins. Provision must be made for separate facilities or separate use of such facilities for men and women. The accommodation and its equipment must be maintained to adequate standards of hygiene.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.