Chapter 296-45 WAC: SAFETY STANDARDS FOR ELECTRICAL WORKERS

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Chapter 296-45 WAC	Last Update: 2/4/13
SAFETY STANDARDS FOR ELECTRICAL WORKERS

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296-45-005	Electrical workers safety rules--Foreword.
296-45-015	Scope and application.
296-45-025	Variances.
296-45-035	Definitions.
296-45-045	NESC applicable.
296-45-055	Employer's responsibility.
296-45-065	Training.
296-45-075	Employer's safety program.
296-45-085	Leadworker's responsibility.
296-45-095	Leadworker-employee responsibility.
296-45-105	Work required of leadworkers.
296-45-115	Employee's responsibility.
296-45-125	Medical services and first aid.
296-45-135	Job briefing.
296-45-175	Hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout) procedures.
296-45-17505	Lockout/tagout (hazardous control) program.
296-45-17510	Retraining.
296-45-17515	Protective materials and hardware.
296-45-17520	Energy isolation.
296-45-17525	Notification.
296-45-17530	Lockout/tagout application.
296-45-17535	Releasing stored energy.
296-45-17540	Release from lockout/tagout.
296-45-17545	Temporary removal of lockout/tagout.
296-45-17550	Group lockout/tagout.
296-45-17555	Shift changes.
296-45-17560	Outside servicing personnel.
296-45-17565	Central system operator.
296-45-195	Trenching and excavation.
296-45-205	Enclosed spaces.
296-45-215	Underground electrical installations.
296-45-225	Underground residential distribution (URD).
296-45-255	Protective equipment.
296-45-25505	Personal protective equipment.
296-45-25510	Fall protection.
296-45-275	Ladders, platforms, and manhole steps.
296-45-285	Hand, and portable powered tools.
296-45-295	Gasoline engine power chain saws.
296-45-305	Live-line tools.
296-45-315	Materials handling and storage.
296-45-325	Working on or near exposed energized parts.
296-45-335	Deenergizing lines and equipment for employee protection.
296-45-345	Grounding for the protection of employees.
296-45-355	Underground grounding.
296-45-365	Testing and test facilities.
296-45-375	Mechanical equipment, including aerial manlift equipment.
296-45-385	Overhead lines.
296-45-455	Line-clearance tree-trimming operations.
296-45-45505	Brush chippers.
296-45-45510	Sprayers and related equipment.
296-45-45515	Stump cutters.
296-45-45520	Backpack power units for use in pruning and clearing.
296-45-45525	Rope.
296-45-45530	Fall protection.
296-45-465	Communication facilities.
296-45-475	Substations.
296-45-485	Power generation.
296-45-48505	Interlocks and other safety devices.
296-45-48510	Changing brushes.
296-45-48515	Access and working space.
296-45-48520	Guarding of rooms containing electric supply equipment.
296-45-48525	Guarding of energized parts.
296-45-48530	Water or steam spaces.
296-45-48535	Chemical cleaning of boilers and pressure vessels.
296-45-48540	Chlorine systems.
296-45-48545	Boilers.
296-45-48550	Turbine generators.
296-45-48555	Coal and ash handling.
296-45-48560	Hydroplants and equipment.
296-45-525	Special conditions.
296-45-52505	Capacitors.
296-45-52510	Current transformer secondaries.
296-45-52515	Series streetlighting.
296-45-52520	Illumination.
296-45-52525	Protection against drowning.
296-45-52530	Employee protection in public work areas.
296-45-52535	Backfeed.
296-45-52540	Lasers.
296-45-52545	Hydraulic fluids.
296-45-52550	Foreign attachments and placards.
296-45-545	Trolley maintenance, jumpering or bypassing.
296-45-675	Rotorcraft/helicopter for power distribution and transmission line installation, construction and repair -- Scope.
296-45-67503	Definitions.
296-45-67505	Briefing.
296-45-67507	Signals.
296-45-67509	Slings and tag lines.
296-45-67511	Cargo hooks.
296-45-67513	Personal protective equipment.
296-45-67515	Wearing apparel.
296-45-67517	Loose gear and objects.
296-45-67519	Housekeeping.
296-45-67521	Operator's responsibility.
296-45-67523	Hooking and unhooking loads.
296-45-67525	Static charge.
296-45-67527	Load permitted.
296-45-67529	Visibility.
296-45-67531	Signal systems.
296-45-67533	Approaching the helicopter.
296-45-67535	In helicopter.
296-45-67537	Sling and rigging.
296-45-67539	Personnel.
296-45-67541	Fires.
296-45-67543	General.
296-45-67545	Refueling operations.
296-45-900	Appendices.
296-45-901	Appendix A -- Nonmandatory.
296-45-903	Appendix B -- Protection from step and touch potentials -- Nonmandatory.
296-45-905	Appendix C -- Methods of inspecting and testing wood poles -- Nonmandatory.

Reviser's note: Chapter 296-44 WAC Safety Standards--Electrical Construction code was absorbed into this chapter with the filing of WSR 98-07-009, filed 3/6/98, effective 5/6/98.