Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Environmental Health
Garment Program
5050 Commerce Drive
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
(626) 430-5570 Fax (626) 960-5019
GARMENT PROGRAM
Wiping Cloths
A.
"Wiping rags" means cloths and rags
used for any or all of the following
purposes:
Wiping and cleaning the surfaces
of machinery, machines, tools,
locomotives,
engines, motor cars, automobiles, cars,
carriages, windows, furniture, and
surfaces of articles, appliances and
engines in factories, shops, steamships
and steamboats;
Generally for cleaning in
industrial employment;
Used by mechanics and workmen for
wiping from their hands and
bodies soil
incidents to their employment.
B.
"Wiping rag business” as
used in this Part 6 shall
mean the business of
laundering, sanitizing or
selling wiping rags.
