Signage & Wayfinding to the Milk Express

You gotta love California, if for anything, then for the lactation laws in place that give the nursing mummy the right to breastfeed in public. YAY, yummy mummies galore!

The Minimum Requirements of the California Lactation Accommodation Law effective since January 1, 2002 provides for, among other things.

Breastfeeding at Work: "Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature respectfully memorializes the Governor to declare by executive order that all State of California employees shall be provided with adequate facilities for breastfeeding, or the expressing of milk."

Jury Duty- Breastfeeding Mothers: "The Judicial Council shall adopt a standardized jury summons... [that] shall include a specific reference to the rules for breast-feeding mothers."

Not yet a US citizen and I've already been summoned for jury duty

Lactation Accommodation: "Every employer, including the state and any political subdivision, shall... make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employee's work area, for the employee to express milk in private."

So you've seen one of my previous posts on the old blog regarding a type of project I seldom get to work on: a brand new Superior Court of California. The illustrations that accompanied them are of the exterior. The one below is of the interior, specifically, the Lactation Room. On my last day at the project - I was assigned elsewhere and ordered to head to the nearest airport to catch the last flight to Las Vegas - I accompanied Mutzilla Matt, my head foreman, while he was conducting a preliminary punch-list. Guess where this architectural sign was installed? Guess again? Yup, outside the restroom/lavatory/toilet meant solely for judges.

LACTATION sign has since been relocated to it's correct place

Here's another illustration for a restroom for women designated together with staff locker rooms accessible to disabled (blind given the tactile Braille surface) men.

Lockers in the women's restroom are available to blind and wheelchair-bound men?

The construction industry is computed to be the most dangerous sector after the fishing industry. In the US, the construction sector employs about 6% of the workforce, but suffers 20% of the fatalities. Given the high general liability and workers compensation insurance premiums commanded of the construction sector, a typical project will have a majority of Cal/OSHA's 90 signs. After a couple of reported airborne attacks, the following sign was jury-rigged at one of my projects. Better safe than sorry when the ambulance-chasers come calling.

Another occupational hazard requiring hard hat and eye protection at all times.

Then there's my favorite: CUNT EXAMINATION