Criterion: Sanitary Working and Living Conditions
Documented action plans to provide sanitary living and working conditions including clean water, restrooms, canteens, dormitories, and adequate ventilation, with regular inspections.
Full Description
OHS06 Sanitary Working and Living Conditions
Standard Section: 8.6 Category: Occupational Health Safety Scheme: Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) Standard Version: 2.0 for Piloting (effective April 30, 2025)
Overview
Documented action plans to provide sanitary living and working conditions including clean water, restrooms, canteens, dormitories, and adequate ventilation, with regular inspections.
Requirements
- 8.6.1 The Facility shall establish, document, and implement action plans to provide sanitary living and working conditions that include:
- 8.6.1.1 Providing access to safe and clean drinking water, free of charge.
- 8.6.1.2 Providing clean gender-separated, or gender neutral, restroom facilities, including nursing and changing stations (where applicable).
- 8.6.1.3 Maintaining sanitary conditions for canteens, cafeterias, dormitories, or any other relevant worker support facilities.
- 8.6.1.4 Separating dormitories and accommodation areas from operational areas.
- 8.6.1.5 Providing sanitary food storage.
- 8.6.1.6 Providing adequate ventilation in enclosed living and working areas to maintain air quality.
- 8.6.1.7 Conducting regular documented inspections of working and living areas to ensure sanitary and hygienic conditions are maintained.
Source: RMI Facility Standard for Social, Environmental, OHS and Governance Risks, Version 2.0 for Piloting (April 2025), Section 8.6
Profiles using this criterion
Responsible Minerals Assurance Process
Conformity Alignment
Meets
Pass: Yes
Definition: "Facility provides safe and clean drinking water free of charge, clean gender-separated or gender-neutral restroom facilities with nursing and changing stations, sanitary conditions in canteens and food storage, dormitories separated from operational areas (where applicable), adequate ventilation in enclosed areas, and conducts regular documented inspections of all working and living areas."
Partially Meets
Pass: No
Definition: "Sanitary conditions are generally adequate but some elements are missing: e.g., drinking water is available but not always accessible free of charge, restroom facilities are present but not clean or gender-separated, dormitories exist but are not adequately separated from operational areas, or inspections of living and working conditions are not documented."
Remediation: 180 days
Does Not Meet
Pass: No
Definition: "Access to safe and clean drinking water is not provided free of charge, restroom facilities are absent, unsanitary conditions exist in food preparation areas, dormitories are not separated from operations, or documented inspections are not conducted."
Remediation: 90 days
Priority
Pass: No
Definition: "A Priority finding is raised for lack of access to potable water, which constitutes an immediate and substantial threat to worker health."
Remediation: 30 days
Not Applicable
Pass: Yes
Definition: "Requirements related to dormitories and accommodation (8.6.1.3, 8.6.1.4) are not applicable where the facility does not provide worker accommodation. All other requirements apply to all facilities."
Not Able To Assess
Pass: No
Definition: "The assessor was unable to inspect working and living areas, canteens, restrooms, or review inspection records to verify sanitary conditions."
Change Log
1.0.0 (2026-06-24)
Initial release.