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WA Rev Code § 49.17.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.240 - Safety and health standards.

RCW 49.17.240 Safety and health standards.(1) The director in the promulgation of rules under the authority of this chapter shall establish safety and health standards for conditions of employment of general and/or specific applicability for all industries, businesses, occupations, crafts, trades, and employments subject to the provisions of this chapter, or those that are a national or accepted federal standard. In adopting safety and health standards for conditions of employment, the director shall solicit and give due regard to all recommendations by any employer, employee, or labor representative of employees.(2) Any safety and health standard adopted by rule of the director shall, where appropriate, prescribe the use of labels or other forms of warning to insure that employees are apprised of all hazards to which they may be exposed, relevant symptoms, and appropriate emergency treatment, and proper conditions and precautions of safe use or exposure. Where appropriate, such rules shall so prescribe suitable protective equipment and control or technological procedures to be used in connection with such hazards and shall provide for monitoring or measuring employee exposure at such locations and intervals, and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary for the protection of employees. In addition, where appropriate, any such rule shall prescribe the type and frequency of medical examinations or other tests which shall be made available, by the employer or at his or her cost, to employees exposed to such hazards in order to most effectively determine whether the health of such employees is adversely affected by such exposure. In the event that such medical examinations are in the nature of research, as determined by the director, such examinations may be furnished at the expense of the department. The results of such examinations or tests shall be furnished only to the director, other appropriate agencies of government, and at the request of the employee to his or her physician.(3) Whenever the director adopts by rule any safety and health standard he or she may at the same time provide by rule the effective date of such standard which shall not be less than thirty days, excepting emergency rules, but may be made effective at such time in excess of thirty days from the date of adoption as specified in any rule adopting a safety and health standard. Any rule not made effective thirty days after adoption, having a delayed effectiveness in excess of thirty days, may only be made upon a finding made by the director that such delayed effectiveness of the rule is reasonably necessary to afford the affected employers a reasonable opportunity to make changes in methods, means, or practices to meet the requirements of the adopted rule. Temporary orders granting a variance may be utilized by the director in lieu of the delayed effectiveness in the adoption of any rule.[ 2010 c 8 § 12019; 1973 c 80 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.243 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.243 - Safety and health investment projects—Grants or contracts—Rules.

RCW 49.17.243 Safety and health investment projects—Grants or contracts—Rules.(1) The director is authorized to provide funding from the medical aid fund established under RCW 51.44.020, by grant or contract, for safety and health investment projects for workplaces insured for workers' compensation through the department's state fund. This shall include projects to: Prevent workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities; create early return-to-work programs; and reduce long-term disability through the cooperation of employers and employees or their representatives.(2) Awards may be granted to organizations such as, but not limited to, trade associations, business associations, employers, employees, labor unions, employee organizations, joint labor and management groups, and educational institutions in collaboration with state fund employer and employee representatives.(3) Awards may not be used for lobbying or political activities; supporting, opposing, or developing legislative or regulatory initiatives; any activity not designed to reduce workplace injuries, illnesses, or fatalities; or reimbursing employers for the normal costs of complying with safety and health rules.(4) Funds for awards shall be distributed as follows: At least twenty-five percent for projects designed to develop and implement innovative and effective return-to-work programs for injured workers; at least twenty-five percent for projects that specifically address the needs of small businesses; and at least fifty percent for projects that foster workplace injury and illness prevention by addressing priorities identified by the department in cooperation with the Washington industrial safety and health act advisory committee and the workers' compensation advisory committee.(5) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 37 § 501.]NOTES:Finding—Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 37: See notes following RCW 51.32.090.
WA Rev Code § 49.17.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.260 - Statistics—Investigations—Reports.

RCW 49.17.260 Statistics—Investigations—Reports.In furtherance of the objects and purposes of this chapter, the director shall develop and maintain an effective program of collection, compilation, and analysis of industrial safety and health statistics. The director, or his or her authorized representative, shall investigate and analyze industrial catastrophes, serious injuries, and fatalities occurring in any workplace subject to this chapter, in an effort to ascertain whether such injury or fatality occurred as the result of a violation of this chapter, or any safety and health standard, rule, or order promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or if not, whether a safety and health standard or rule should be promulgated for application to such circumstances. The director shall adopt rules relating to the conducting and reporting of such investigations. Such investigative report shall be deemed confidential and only available upon order of the superior court after notice to the director and an opportunity for hearing: PROVIDED, That such investigative reports shall be made available without the necessity of obtaining a court order, to employees of governmental agencies in the performance of their official duties, to the injured worker or his or her legal representative or his or her labor organization representative, or to the legal representative or labor organization representative of a deceased worker who was the subject of an investigation, or to the employer of the injured or deceased worker or any other employer or person whose actions or business operation is the subject of the report of investigation, or any attorney representing a party in any pending legal action in which an investigative report constitutes relevant and material evidence in such legal action.[ 2010 c 8 § 12020; 1973 c 80 § 26.]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.270 - Administration of chapter.

RCW 49.17.270 Administration of chapter.The department shall be the sole and paramount administrative agency responsible for the administration of the provisions of this chapter, and any other agency of the state or any municipal corporation or political subdivision of the state having administrative authority over the inspection, survey, investigation, or any regulatory or enforcement authority of safety and health standards related to the health and safety of employees in any workplace subject to this chapter, shall be required, notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, to exercise such authority as provided in this chapter and subject to interagency agreement or agreements with the department made under the authority of the interlocal cooperation act (chapter 39.34 RCW) relative to the procedures to be followed in the enforcement of this chapter: PROVIDED, That in relation to employers using or possessing sources of ionizing radiation the department of labor and industries and the department of social and health services shall agree upon mutual policies, rules, and regulations compatible with policies, rules, and regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 70A.388 RCW insofar as such policies, rules, and regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.[ 2021 c 65 § 56; 1973 c 80 § 27.]NOTES:Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
WA Rev Code § 49.17.285 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.285 - Medical monitoring—Records on covered pesticides—Reports.

RCW 49.17.285 Medical monitoring—Records on covered pesticides—Reports.Employers whose employees receive medical monitoring under chapter 296-307 WAC, Part J-1, shall submit records to the department of labor and industries each month indicating the name of each worker tested, the number of hours that each worker handled covered pesticides during the thirty days prior to testing, and the number of hours that each worker handled covered pesticides during the current calendar year. The department of labor and industries shall work with the department of health to correlate this data with each employee's test results. No later than January 1, 2005, the department of labor and industries shall require employers to report this data to the physician or other licensed health care professional and department of health public health laboratory or other approved laboratory when each employee's cholinesterase test is taken. The department shall also require employers to provide each employee who receives medical monitoring with: (1) A copy of the data that the employer reports for that employee upon that employee's request; and (2) access to the records on which the employer's report is based.[ 2004 c 272 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2004 c 272: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 1, 2004]." [ 2004 c 272 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.288 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.288 - Cholinesterase monitoring—Reports.

RCW 49.17.288 Cholinesterase monitoring—Reports.By January 1, 2005, January 1, 2006, and January 1, 2007, the department of labor and industries shall report the results of its data collection, correlation, and analysis related to cholinesterase monitoring to the house of representatives committees on agriculture and natural resources and commerce and labor, or their successor committees, and the senate committees on agriculture and commerce and trade, or their successor committees. These reports shall also identify any technical issues regarding the testing of cholinesterase levels or the administration of cholinesterase monitoring.[ 2004 c 272 § 2.]NOTES:Effective date—2004 c 272: See note following RCW 49.17.285.
WA Rev Code § 49.17.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.300 - Temporary worker housing—Electricity—Storage, handling, preparation of food—Rules.

RCW 49.17.300 Temporary worker housing—Electricity—Storage, handling, preparation of food—Rules.By December 1, 1998, the department of labor and industries shall adopt rules requiring electricity in all temporary worker housing and establishing minimum requirements to ensure the safe storage, handling, and preparation of food in these camps, regardless of whether individual or common cooking facilities are in use.[ 1998 c 37 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.310 - Temporary worker housing—Licensing, operation, and inspection—Rules—Definition.

RCW 49.17.310 Temporary worker housing—Licensing, operation, and inspection—Rules—Definition.The department and the department of health shall adopt joint rules for the licensing, operation, and inspection of temporary worker housing, and the enforcement thereof. For the purposes of this section "temporary worker housing" has the same meaning as given in RCW 70.114A.020.[ 1999 c 374 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.320 - Temporary worker housing operation standards—Departments' agreement—Enforcement—Definition.

RCW 49.17.320 Temporary worker housing operation standards—Departments' agreement—Enforcement—Definition.By December 1, 1999, the department and the department of health shall jointly establish a formal agreement that identifies the roles of each of the two agencies with respect to the enforcement of temporary worker housing operation standards.The agreement shall, to the extent feasible, provide for inspection and enforcement actions by a single agency, and shall include measures to avoid multiple citations for the same violation.For the purposes of this section, "temporary worker housing" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70.114A.020.[ 1999 c 374 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.360 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.360 - Ergonomics Initiative—Intent.

RCW 49.17.360 Ergonomics Initiative—Intent.Washington must aid businesses in creating new jobs. Governor Locke's competitiveness council has identified repealing the state ergonomics regulations as a top priority for improving the business climate and creating jobs in Washington state. A broad coalition of democrats and republicans have introduced bills repeatedly to bring legislative oversight to this issue. This measure will repeal an expensive, unproven rule. This measure will aid in creating jobs and employing the people of Washington.[ 2004 c 1 § 1 (Initiative Measure No. 841, approved November 4, 2003).]NOTES:Construction—Severability—2004 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 841): See notes following RCW 49.17.370.
WA Rev Code § 49.17.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.370 - Ergonomics Initiative—Definition—Rule repeal.

RCW 49.17.370 Ergonomics Initiative—Definition—Rule repeal.For the purposes of this section, "state ergonomics regulations" are defined as the rules addressing musculoskeletal disorders, adopted on May 26, 2000, by the director of the department of labor and industries, and codified as WAC 296-62-05101 through 296-62-05176. The state ergonomics regulations, filed on May 26, 2000, by the director and codified as WAC 296-62-05101 through 296-62-05176 are repealed. The director shall not have the authority to adopt any new or amended rules dealing with musculoskeletal disorders, or that deal with the same or similar activities as these rules being repealed, until and to the extent required by congress or the federal occupational safety and health administration.[ 2004 c 1 § 2 (Initiative Measure No. 841, approved November 4, 2003).]NOTES:Construction—2004 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 841): "The provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to effectuate the intent, policies, and purposes of this act." [ 2004 c 1 § 3 (Initiative Measure No. 841, approved November 4, 2003).]Severability—2004 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 841): "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 2004 c 1 § 4 (Initiative Measure No. 841, approved November 4, 2003).]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.410 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.410 - Construction crane safety—Application.

RCW 49.17.410 Construction crane safety—Application.(1) RCW 49.17.400 through 49.17.430 apply to cranes used with or without attachments.(2) RCW 49.17.400 through 49.17.430 do not apply to:(a) A crane while it has been converted or adapted for a nonhoisting or nonlifting use including, but not limited to, power shovels, excavators, and concrete pumps;(b) Power shovels, excavators, wheel loaders, backhoes, loader backhoes, and track loaders when used with or without chains, slings, or other rigging to lift suspended loads;(c) Automotive wreckers and tow trucks when used to clear wrecks and haul vehicles;(d) Service trucks with mobile lifting devices designed specifically for use in the power line and electric service industries, such as digger derricks (radial boom derricks), when used in the power line and electric service industries for auguring holes to set power and utility poles, or handling associated materials to be installed or removed from utility poles;(e) Equipment originally designed as vehicle-mounted aerial devices (for lifting personnel) and self-propelled elevating work platforms;(f) Hydraulic jacking systems, including telescopic/hydraulic gantries;(g) Stacker cranes;(h) Powered industrial trucks (forklifts);(i) Mechanic's truck with a hoisting device when used in activities related to equipment maintenance and repair;(j) Equipment that hoists by using a come-along or chainfall;(k) Dedicated drilling rigs;(l) Gin poles used for the erection of communication towers;(m) Tree trimming and tree removal work;(n) Anchor handling with a vessel or barge using an affixed A-frame;(o) Roustabouts;(p) Cranes used on-site in manufacturing facilities or powerhouses for occasional or routine maintenance and repair work; and(q) Crane operators operating cranes on-site in manufacturing facilities or powerhouses for occasional or routine maintenance and repair work.[ 2007 c 27 § 3.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 27: See notes following RCW 49.17.400.
WA Rev Code § 49.17.440 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.440 - Construction crane safety—Rules—Implementation.

RCW 49.17.440 Construction crane safety—Rules—Implementation.The department of labor and industries shall adopt rules necessary to implement RCW 49.17.400 through 49.17.430.[ 2007 c 27 § 6.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2007 c 27: See notes following RCW 49.17.400.
WA Rev Code § 49.17.460 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.460 - Definitions.

RCW 49.17.460 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 49.17.465, this section, and section 1, chapter 39, Laws of 2011 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Antineoplastic drug" means a chemotherapeutic agent that controls or kills cancer cells.(2) "Hazardous drugs" means any drug identified by the national institute for occupational safety and health at the centers for disease control or any drug that meets at least one of the following six criteria: Carcinogenicity, teratogenicity or developmental toxicity, reproductive toxicity in humans, organ toxicity at low doses in humans or animals, genotoxicity, or new drugs that mimic existing hazardous drugs in structure or toxicity.[ 2011 c 39 § 2.]NOTES:Declaration—Intent—2011 c 39: "The legislature declares that health care personnel who work with or near hazardous drugs in health care settings may be exposed to these agents in the air, on work surfaces, clothing, and medical equipment or through patient contact. According to the national institute for occupational safety and health (NIOSH), early concerns about occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs first appeared in the 1970s. Antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs may cause skin rashes, infertility, miscarriage, birth defects, and have been linked to a wide variety of cancers. The national institute for occupational safety and health published an alert on preventing occupational exposures to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in health care settings in 2004 with an update in 2010. In this alert, the institute "presents a standard precautions or universal precautions approach to handling hazardous drugs safely: that is, NIOSH recommends that all hazardous drugs be handled as outlined in this Alert." It is the intent of the legislature to require health care facilities to follow rules requiring compliance with all aspects of the institute's alert regardless of the setting in order to protect health care personnel from hazardous exposure to such drugs." [ 2011 c 39 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 49.17.465 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.465 - Handling hazardous drugs—Health care facilities—Rules.

RCW 49.17.465 Handling hazardous drugs—Health care facilities—Rules.The director of labor and industries shall adopt by rule requirements for the handling of antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in health care facilities regardless of the setting. Rule making under this section shall consider input from hospitals, organizations representing health care personnel, other stakeholders and shall consider reasonable time for facilities to implement new requirements. The rules will be consistent with and not exceed provisions adopted by the national institute for occupational safety and health's 2004 alert on preventing occupational exposures to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in health care settings as updated in 2010. The department's adoption of the rules may incorporate updates and changes to the institute's guidelines as made by the centers for disease control and prevention. Enforcement of these requirements will be according to all provisions in this chapter.[ 2011 c 39 § 3.]NOTES:Declaration—Intent—2011 c 39: See note following RCW 49.17.460.
WA Rev Code § 49.17.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.17 - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act.|49.17.480 - Asbestos plan requirements in RCW 70A.450.070(1)(b)—Penalties.

RCW 49.17.480 Asbestos plan requirements in RCW 70A.450.070(1)(b)—Penalties.(1) The asbestos plan requirements in RCW 70A.450.070(1)(b) are an industrial health or safety standard adopted under the authority of this chapter.(2) A violation of the requirements of RCW 70A.450.070(1)(b) is subject to the penalties established under RCW 49.17.180 and 49.17.190 for violations of safety or health standards adopted under the authority of this chapter.[ 2020 c 100 § 4.]