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PDFWAC 296-304-11003

Drums and containers.

(1) Shipping drums and containers must not be pressurized to remove their contents.
(2) A temporarily assembled pressurized piping system conveying hazardous liquids or gases must be provided with a relief valve and by-pass to prevent rupture of the system and the escape of such hazardous liquids or gases.
(3) Pressure vessels, drums and containers containing toxic or flammable liquids or gases must not be stored or used where they are subject to open flame, hot metal, or other sources of artificial heat.
(4) Unless pressure vessels, drums and containers of 30 gallon capacity or over containing flammable or toxic liquids or gases are placed in an out-of-the-way area where they will not be subject to physical injury from an outside source, barriers or guards must be erected to protect them from such physical injury.
(5) Containers of 55 gallons or more capacity containing flammable or toxic liquid must be surrounded by dikes or pans which enclose a volume equal to at least 35 percent of the total volume of the containers.
(6) Fire extinguishers adequate in number and suitable for the hazard must be provided. These extinguishers must be located in the immediate area where pressure vessels, drums and containers containing flammable liquids or gases are stored or in use. Such extinguishers must be ready for use at all times.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 17-18-075, § 296-304-11003, filed 9/5/17, effective 10/6/17; WSR 07-03-163, § 296-304-11003, filed 1/24/07, effective 4/1/07; Order 74-25, § 296-304-11003, filed 5/7/74.]
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