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Chapter 296-800 WAC

 Last Update: 12/4/12

SAFETY AND HEALTH CORE RULES

WAC Sections

296-800-100 Introduction.
EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES: SAFE WORKPLACE
296-800-110 Employer responsibilities: Safe workplace -- Summary.
296-800-11005 Provide a workplace free from recognized hazards.
296-800-11010 Provide and use means to make your workplace safe.
296-800-11015 Prohibit employees from entering, or being in, any workplace that is not safe.
296-800-11020 Construct your workplace so it is safe.
296-800-11025 Prohibit alcohol and narcotics from your workplace.
296-800-11030 Prohibit employees from using tools and equipment that are not safe.
296-800-11035 Establish, supervise, and enforce rules that lead to a safe and healthy work environment that are effective in practice.
296-800-11040 Control chemical agents.
296-800-11045 Protect employees from biological agents.
EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES
296-800-120 Rule.
296-800-12005 Employee responsibilities.
SAFETY COMMITTEES AND SAFETY MEETINGS
296-800-130 Safety committees/safety meetings -- Summary.
296-800-13020 Establish and conduct safety committees.
296-800-13025 Follow these rules to conduct safety meetings.
ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM
296-800-140 Accident prevention program.
296-800-14005 Develop a formal, written accident prevention program.
296-800-14020 Develop, supervise, implement, and enforce safety and health training programs that are effective in practice.
296-800-14025 Make sure your accident prevention program is effective in practice.
FIRST-AID SUMMARY
296-800-150 Rule summary.
296-800-15005 Make sure that first-aid trained personnel are available to provide quick and effective first aid.
296-800-15020 Make sure appropriate first-aid supplies are readily available.
296-800-15030 Make sure emergency washing facilities are functional and readily accessible.
296-800-15035 Inspect and activate your emergency washing facilities.
296-800-15040 Make sure supplemental flushing equipment provides sufficient water.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
296-800-160 Summary.
296-800-16002 Compliance duties owed to each employee.
296-800-16005 Do a hazard assessment for PPE.
296-800-16010 Document your hazard assessment for PPE.
296-800-16015 Select appropriate PPE for your employees.
296-800-16020 Provide PPE to your employees.
296-800-16025 Train your employees to use PPE.
296-800-16030 Retrain employees to use PPE, if necessary.
296-800-16035 Document PPE training.
296-800-16040 Require your employees to use necessary PPE on the job.
296-800-16045 Keep PPE in safe and good condition.
296-800-16050 Make sure your employees use appropriate eye and face protection.
296-800-16055 Make sure your employees use appropriate head protection.
296-800-16060 Make sure your employees use appropriate foot protection.
296-800-16065 Make sure your employees use appropriate hand protection.
296-800-16070 Make sure your employees are protected from drowning.
EMPLOYER -- CHEMICAL HAZARD COMMUNICATION INTRODUCTION
296-800-170 Employer chemical hazard communication -- Introduction.
296-800-17005 Develop, implement, maintain, and make available a written Chemical Hazard Communication Program.
296-800-17007 Include multiemployer workplaces in your program if necessary.
296-800-17010 Identify and list all the hazardous chemicals present in your workplace.
296-800-17015 Obtain and maintain material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for each hazardous chemical used.
296-800-17020 Make sure material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are readily accessible to your employees and NIOSH.
296-800-17025 Label containers holding hazardous chemicals.
296-800-17030 Inform and train your employees about hazardous chemicals in your workplace.
296-800-17035 Follow these rules for laboratories using hazardous chemicals.
296-800-17040 Follow these rules for handling chemicals in factory-sealed containers.
296-800-17045 Translate certain chemical hazard communication documents upon request.
296-800-17050 Attempt to obtain a material safety data sheet (MSDS) upon request.
296-800-17055 Items or chemicals exempt from the rule, and exemptions from labeling.
296-800-180 Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) as exposure records.
296-800-18005 Preserve exposure records for at least 30 years.
296-800-18010 Inform current employees of exposure records.
296-800-18015 Provide access to exposure records.
296-800-18020 Transfer records when ceasing to do business.
SAFETY BULLETIN BOARD
296-800-190 Summary/rule.
296-800-19005 Provide a safety bulletin board in your workplace.
WISHA POSTER
296-800-200 WISHA poster.
296-800-20005 Post and keep a WISHA poster in your workplace.
LIGHTING
296-800-210 Lighting.
296-800-21005 Provide and maintain adequate lighting.
HOUSEKEEPING, DRAINAGE, AND STORAGE
296-800-220 Housekeeping, drainage, and storage -- Summary.
HOUSEKEEPING
296-800-22005 Keep your workplace clean.
296-800-22010 Sweep and clean your workplace to minimize dust.
296-800-22015 Keep your workplace free of obstacles that interfere with cleaning.
296-800-22020 Control pests in your workplace.
296-800-22022 Make sure floors are maintained in a safe condition.
DRAINAGE
296-800-22025 Keep your workroom floors dry, when practical.
296-800-22030 Provide proper drainage.
STORAGE AREAS
296-800-22035 Store things safely.
296-800-22040 Control vegetation in your storage areas.
SANITATION AND HYGIENE FACILITIES AND PROCEDURES
296-800-230 Summary.
DRINKING WATER
296-800-23005 Provide safe drinking (potable) water in your workplace.
296-800-23010 Clearly mark the water outlets that are not fit for drinking (nonpotable).
296-800-23015 Make sure that systems delivering not-fit-for-drinking (nonpotable) water prevent backflow into drinking water systems.
BATHROOMS AND WASHING FACILITIES
296-800-23020 Provide bathrooms for your employees.
296-800-23025 Provide convenient and clean washing facilities.
EATING AREAS AND FOOD SERVICE
296-800-23040 Make sure eating areas are safe and healthy.
296-800-23045 Follow these requirements if you provide food service to your employees.
GARBAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL
296-800-23050 Dispose of garbage and waste safely.
296-800-23055 Remove garbage and waste in a way that does not create a health hazard.
LUNCHROOMS AND PERSONAL SERVICE ROOMS
296-800-23060 Provide a separate lunchroom if employees are exposed to toxic substances if they are allowed to eat and drink on the job site.
296-800-23065 Provide showers when required for employees working with chemicals.
296-800-23070 Provide change rooms when required.
296-800-23075 Make sure any work clothes you provide are dry.
ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE IN THE OFFICE
296-800-240 Summary.
296-800-24005 Prohibit tobacco smoke in your office work environment.
STAIRS AND STAIR RAILINGS

SUMMARY
296-800-250 Summary.
296-800-25005 Provide fixed stairs where required.
296-800-25010 Provide stairs that minimize hazards.
296-800-25015 Provide handrails and stair railings.
FLOOR OPENINGS, FLOOR HOLES AND OPEN-SIDED FLOORS
296-800-260 Summary.
296-800-26005 Guard or cover floor openings and floor holes.
296-800-26010 Protect open-sided floors and platforms.
WORKPLACE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
296-800-270 Summary.
296-800-27005 Do not overload floors or roofs.
296-800-27010 Make sure that floors are safe.
296-800-27015 Make sure floors can support equipment that moves or has motion.
296-800-27020 Post approved load limits (weight limits) for floors.
BASIC ELECTRICAL RULES
296-800-280 Basic electrical rules.
296-800-28005 Inspect all electrical equipment your employees use to make sure the equipment is safe.
296-800-28010 Make sure all electrical equipment is used for its approved or listed purpose.
296-800-28015 Make sure electrical equipment used or located in wet or damp locations is designed for such use.
296-800-28020 Make sure electrical equipment that is not marked is not used.
296-800-28022 Identify disconnecting means.
296-800-28025 Maintain electrical fittings, boxes, cabinets and outlets in good condition.
296-800-28027 Working space around electrical equipment.
296-800-28030 Maintain all flexible cords and cables in good condition and use safely.
296-800-28035 Guard electrical equipment to prevent your employees from electrical hazards.
296-800-28040 Make sure electrical equipment is effectively grounded.
296-800-28045 Make sure electrical equipment has overcurrent protection.
PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
296-800-300 Summary -- Portable fire extinguishers.
296-800-30005 Provide portable fire extinguishers in your workplace.
296-800-30010 Select and distribute portable fire extinguishers in your workplace.
296-800-30015 Make sure that portable fire extinguishers are kept fully charged, in operable condition, and left in their designated places.
296-800-30020 Inspect and test all portable fire extinguishers.
296-800-30025 Train your employees to use portable fire extinguishers.
EXIT ROUTES AND EMPLOYEE ALARM SYSTEMS
296-800-310 Summary.
EXIT ROUTES
296-800-31005 Provide an adequate number of exit routes.
296-800-31010 Make sure that exit routes are large enough.
296-800-31015 Make sure that exit routes meet their specific design and construction requirements.
296-800-31020 Make sure that each exit route leads outside.
296-800-31025 Provide unobstructed access to exit routes.
296-800-31030 Exit doors must be readily opened from the inside.
296-800-31035 Use side-hinged doors to connect rooms to exit routes.
296-800-31040 Provide outdoor exit routes that meet these requirements.
296-800-31045 Minimize danger to employees while they are using emergency exit routes.
296-800-31050 Mark exits adequately.
296-800-31053 Provide adequate lighting for exit routes and signs.
296-800-31055 Maintain the fire retardant properties of paints or other coatings.
296-800-31060 Maintain emergency safeguards.
296-800-31065 Maintain exit routes during construction and repair.
296-800-31067 Provide doors in freezer or refrigerated rooms that open from the inside.
296-800-31070 Install and maintain an appropriate employee alarm system.
296-800-31075 Establish procedures for sounding emergency alarms.
296-800-31080 Test the employee alarm system.
ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING
296-800-320 Summary.
296-800-32005 Report the death, probable death of any employee, or the in-patient hospitalization of any employee within 8 hours.
296-800-32010 Make sure that any equipment involved in an accident is not moved.
296-800-32015 Assign people to assist the department of labor and industries.
296-800-32020 Conduct a preliminary investigation for all serious injuries.
296-800-32025 Document the preliminary investigation findings.
RELEASING ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORTS
296-800-330 Releasing accident investigation reports.
PROTECTING THE IDENTITY OF THE SOURCE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
296-800-340 Protecting the identity of the source of confidential information.
USING STANDARDS FROM NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES
296-800-360 Rule.
296-800-36005 Comply with standards national organizations or of federal agencies when referenced in WISHA rules.
296-800-370 Definitions.