• OSHA regulations require employers to provide garbage cans.Wire Trash Can image by Julie F from Fotolia.com
  
  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a part of the U.S. Department of Labor. OSHA outlines labor regulations that help keep employees healthy and safe. OSHA housekeeping regulations require employers to maintain relatively clean work environments and safe cleanup strategies.
  
  

Sanitation

• Work spaces should be sanitary. According to OSHA regulations, employers need to keep work spaces and storerooms clean and orderly. Floors are not supposed to have nails, splinters, holes or loose boards.
  
  

Dryness

• OSHA requires employers to provide dry workspace floors or to at least provide drainage and platforms, mats or other dry standing areas.
  
  

Passageways

• Employers are required to provide large enough passageways for employees to safely fit through them. Aisles and passageways should not have obstacles blocking them. OSHA housekeeping regulations also require permanent passageways to be appropriately marked and recognizable.
  
  

Protection

• Employees should have protection from open pits, ditches, vats, tanks and other hazards in the form of guardrails and covers.
  
  

Construction

• During construction, the OSHA requires that excess combustible debris be removed regularly.
  
  

Garbage

• OSHA housekeeping regulations require that employers provide containers or garbage cans to collect waste. Any flammable, oily or hazardous waste should go into garbage cans with lids or covers. Garbage should be regularly removed.