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WA Rev Code § 81.40.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.080 - Employee shelters—Penalty.

RCW 81.40.080 Employee shelters—Penalty.(1) It shall be unlawful for any railroad company, corporation, association or other person owning, controlling or operating any line of railroad in the state of Washington, to build, construct, reconstruct, or repair railroad car equipment or motive power in this state without first erecting and maintaining at every point where five employees or more are regularly employed on such work, a shed over a sufficient portion of the tracks used for such work, so as to provide that all persons regularly employed in such work shall be sheltered and protected from rain and other inclement weather: PROVIDED, That the provisions of this section shall not apply at points where it is necessary to make light repairs only on equipment or motive power, nor to equipment loaded with time or perishable freight, nor to equipment when trains are being held for the movement of equipment, nor to equipment on tracks where trains arrive or depart or are assembled or made up for departure. The term "light repairs," as herein used, shall not include repairs usually made in roundhouse, shop or shed upon well equipped railroads.(2) Any railroad company or officer or agent thereof, or any other person, who violates this section by failing or refusing to comply with its provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day's failure or refusal to comply shall be considered a separate offense.[ 2009 c 549 § 1030; 2003 c 53 § 389; 1961 c 14 § 81.40.080. Prior: 1941 c 238 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7666-40.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 81.40.095 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.095 - Rules and regulations—Railroad employees—Sanitation, shelter.

RCW 81.40.095 Rules and regulations—Railroad employees—Sanitation, shelter.The utilities and transportation commission shall adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to sanitation and adequate shelter as it affects the health of all railroad employees, including but not limited to railroad workers, maintenance of way employees, highway crossing watchpersons, clerical, platform, freight house and express employees.[ 2007 c 218 § 82; 1961 c 14 § 81.40.095. Prior: 1957 c 71 § 1. Formerly RCW 81.04.162.]NOTES:Intent—Finding—2007 c 218: See note following RCW 41.08.020.
WA Rev Code § 81.40.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.110 - Flagger must read, write, and speak English.

RCW 81.40.110 Flagger must read, write, and speak English.Any railroad operating within this state, shall not employ or use as flagger any person or persons who cannot read, write, and speak the English language.[ 2013 c 23 § 297; 1961 c 14 § 81.40.110. Prior: 1907 c 138 § 1, part; 1899 c 35 § 1, part; RRS § 10480, part.]
WA Rev Code § 81.40.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.130 - Cost of records or medical examinations—Unlawful to require employee or applicant to pay—Penalty—Definitions.

RCW 81.40.130 Cost of records or medical examinations—Unlawful to require employee or applicant to pay—Penalty—Definitions.(1) It is unlawful for any employer to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a condition of employment.(2) Any employer who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.(3) As used in this section:(a) "Employer" means any common carrier by rail, doing business in or operating within the state, and any subsidiary thereof.(b) "Employee" means every person who may be permitted, required, or directed by any employer, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment.[ 2003 c 53 § 390; 1961 c 14 § 81.40.130. Prior: 1955 c 228 § 2.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 81.40.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.40 - Railroads—Employee Requirements and Regulations.|81.40.150 - Safety and protection—Violation—Fines.

RCW 81.40.150 Safety and protection—Violation—Fines.(1) Pursuant to the enforcement of the provisions of chapter 170, Laws of 2020, the highest priority and paramount obligation of the commission must be its duty to ensure the safety and protection of the public, passengers, railroad employees, communities, environment, and areas of cultural significance in the furtherance of the highest degree of safety in railroad transportation.(2) Each train or engine run in violation of RCW 81.40.015 constitutes a separate offense. However, RCW 81.40.015 does not apply in the case of disability of one or more members of any train crew while out on the road between division terminals, or assigned to wrecking trains.(3) Any person, corporation, company, or officer of the court operating any railroad, or part of any railroad or railway within the state of Washington, and engaged as a common carrier, in the transportation of freight or passengers, who violates any of the provisions of RCW 81.40.015 may be subject to fines of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than one hundred thousand dollars for each offense, as determined by the commission through order.(4) The commission may impose fines exceeding the provisions in subsection (3) of this section when a serious injury or fatality occurs involving a carrier's violation of chapter 170, Laws of 2020. All relevant factors may be considered including, but not limited to, the class, assets, profitability, and operational safety record of the carrier, as well as deterrence in ascertaining an appropriate punitive penalty, as determined by the commission through order.(5) It is the duty of the commission to enforce this section.[ 2020 c 170 § 5.]NOTES:Finding—2020 c 170: See note following RCW 81.40.005.
WA Rev Code § 81.44.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.44 - Common Carriers—Equipment.|81.44.010 - Order for improved equipment and facilities.

RCW 81.44.010 Order for improved equipment and facilities.Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that any equipment or facility for use by any common carrier in, or in connection with the transportation of persons or property, ought reasonably to be provided, or any repairs or improvements to, or changes in, any theretofore in use ought reasonably to be made, or any additions or changes in construction should reasonably be made thereto, in order to promote the security or convenience of the public or employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities for the transportation of passengers or property, the commission may, after a hearing, either on its own motion or after complaint, serve an order directing such repairs, improvements, changes, or additions to be made.[ 2007 c 234 § 38; 1961 c 14 § 81.44.010. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 64; RRS § 10400.]
WA Rev Code § 81.44.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.44 - Common Carriers—Equipment.|81.44.020 - Correction of unsafe or defective conditions—Walkways and handrails as unsafe or defective condition, when.

RCW 81.44.020 Correction of unsafe or defective conditions—Walkways and handrails as unsafe or defective condition, when.If upon investigation the commission finds that the equipment, facilities, tracks, bridges, or other structures of any common carrier are defective, and that the operation thereof is dangerous to the employees of the common carrier or to the public, it shall immediately give notice to the superintendent or other officer of the common carrier of the repairs or reconstruction necessary to place the same in a safe condition. The commission may also prescribe the rate of speed for trains or cars passing over the dangerous or defective track, bridge, or other structure until the repairs or reconstruction required are made, and may also prescribe the time when the repairs or reconstruction must be made; or if, in the commission's opinion, it is needful or proper, the commission may forbid trains or cars to run over any defective track, bridge, or structure until the track, bridge, or structure is repaired and placed in a safe condition. Railroad bridges or trestles without walkways and handrails may be identified as an unsafe or defective condition under this section after a hearing by the commission upon complaint or on its own motion. The commission, in making the determination, shall balance considerations of employee and public safety with the potential for increased danger to the public resulting from adding walkways or handrails to railway bridges. A railroad company and its employees are not liable for injury to or death of any person occurring on or about any railway bridge or trestle if the person was not a railway employee but was a trespasser or was otherwise not authorized to be in the location where the injury or death occurred.Appeal from or action to review any order of the commission made under this section is not available if the commission finds that immediate compliance is necessary for the protection of employees or the public.[ 2007 c 234 § 39; 1982 c 141 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 46 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 81.44.020. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 65; RRS § 10401.]
WA Rev Code § 81.44.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.44 - Common Carriers—Equipment.|81.44.040 - Streetcars.

RCW 81.44.040 Streetcars.Every streetcar must be equipped with proper and efficient brakes, steps, grab irons or hand rails, fenders or aprons or pilots, and with such other appliances, apparatus, and machinery necessary for the safe operation of the streetcar as the commission may prescribe.[ 2007 c 234 § 40; 1961 c 14 § 81.44.040. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 66, part; RRS § 10402, part. Formerly RCW 81.44.040 and 81.64.120, part.]
WA Rev Code § 81.44.085 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.44 - Common Carriers—Equipment.|81.44.085 - First aid kits and drinking water—Penalty.

RCW 81.44.085 First aid kits and drinking water—Penalty.(1) Every person operating a common carrier railroad in this state shall equip each locomotive and caboose used in train or yard switching service, and every car used in passenger service with a first aid kit of a type to be approved by the commission, which kit shall be plainly marked and be readily visible and accessible and be maintained in a fully quipped condition: PROVIDED, That such kits shall not be required on equipment used exclusively in yard or switching service where such kits are maintained in the yard or terminal.(2) Each locomotive and caboose shall also be furnished with sanitary cups and sanitary ice-cooled drinking water.(3) For the purpose of this section a "locomotive" shall include all railroad engines propelled by any form of energy and used in rail line haul or yard switching service.(4) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 2003 c 53 § 391; 1969 ex.s. c 210 § 7; 1961 c 14 § 81.44.085. Prior: 1951 c 66 §§ 1, 2, 3.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 81.44.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.44 - Common Carriers—Equipment.|81.44.130 - Safeguarding frogs, switches, and guard rails.

RCW 81.44.130 Safeguarding frogs, switches, and guard rails.Every railroad and street railroad operating in this state shall so adjust, fill, block and securely guard all frogs, switches and guard rails so as to protect and prevent the feet of persons being caught therein.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.44.130. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 68; RRS § 10404.]
WA Rev Code § 81.44.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.44 - Common Carriers—Equipment.|81.44.170 - Hazardous materials inspections—Authority for certified commission employees to enter property of certain businesses.

RCW 81.44.170 Hazardous materials inspections—Authority for certified commission employees to enter property of certain businesses.Commission employees certified by the federal railroad administration to perform hazardous materials inspections may enter the property of any business that receives, ships, or offers for shipment hazardous materials by rail. Entry shall be at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner. The purpose of entry is limited to performing inspections, investigations, or surveillance of equipment, records, and operations relating to the packaging, loading, unloading, or transportation of hazardous materials by rail, pursuant only to the state participation program outlined in 49 C.F.R. Part 212. The term "business" is all inclusive and is not limited to common carriers or public service companies.[ 2015 c 274 § 19.]NOTES:Effective date—2015 c 274: See note following RCW 90.56.005.
WA Rev Code § 81.44.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.44 - Common Carriers—Equipment.|81.44.180 - Annual work plan and inspection activity—Incorporation of certain data.

RCW 81.44.180 Annual work plan and inspection activity—Incorporation of certain data.(1) The commission shall, for the purposes of targeting high-risk inspections, incorporate data received from the department of ecology as required under RCW 90.56.565(4) in the development of its annual work plan and inspection activity.(2) Nothing in this section is intended to interfere with or prevent the participation of the commission in the federal railroad administration's state rail safety participation program.[ 2019 c 354 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 81.48.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.48 - Railroads—Operating Requirements and Regulations.|81.48.020 - Obstructing or delaying train—Penalty.

RCW 81.48.020 Obstructing or delaying train—Penalty.Every person who shall wilfully obstruct, hinder or delay the passage of any car lawfully operated upon any railway, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.48.020. Prior: 1909 c 249 § 278; RRS § 2530.]
WA Rev Code § 81.48.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.48 - Railroads—Operating Requirements and Regulations.|81.48.030 - Regulating speed within cities and towns and at grade crossings—Exception.

RCW 81.48.030 Regulating speed within cities and towns and at grade crossings—Exception.Except to the extent preempted by federal law, the right to fix and regulate the speed of railway trains within the limits of any city or town other than a first-class city, and at grade crossings as defined in RCW 81.53.010 where such grade crossings are outside the limits of cities and towns, is vested exclusively in the commission: PROVIDED, That RCW 81.48.030 and 81.48.040 shall not apply to street railways which may be operating or hereafter operated within the limits of said cities and towns.[ 2006 c 70 § 1; 1994 c 81 § 83; 1973 c 115 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 143 § 1; 1961 c 14 § 81.48.030. Prior: 1943 c 228 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 10547-1.]
WA Rev Code § 81.48.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.48 - Railroads—Operating Requirements and Regulations.|81.48.040 - Procedure to fix or change speed limits.

RCW 81.48.040 Procedure to fix or change speed limits.(1) After due investigation, the commission shall make and issue an order fixing and regulating the speed of railway trains within the limits of cities and towns other than first-class cities. Except to the extent preempted by federal law, the speed limit to be fixed by the commission shall be discretionary, and it may fix different rates of speed for different cities and towns, which rates of speed shall be commensurate with the hazard presented and the practical operation of the trains. Except to the extent preempted by federal law, the commission shall also fix and regulate the speed of railway trains at grade crossings as defined in RCW 81.53.010 where such grade crossings are outside the limits of cities and towns when in the judgment of the commission the public safety so requires; such speed limit to be fixed shall be discretionary with the commission and may be different for different grade crossings and shall be commensurate with the hazard presented and the practical operation of trains. The commission shall have the right from time to time, as conditions change, to either increase or decrease speed limits established under RCW 81.48.030 and 81.48.040.(2) Any speed limit that the commission fixed by order prior to June 7, 2006, but without making a finding permitted under P.L. 91-458, Sec. 205 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 20106), has no force or effect.(3) Before increasing operating speeds, the railroad company, government agency, or jurisdiction that owns or operates the railroad must provide a sixty-day written notice to the commission and to either the governing body of the city or town within which the limit applies or the road authority that has control over the grade crossing at which the limit applies. In the notice, the railroad company, government agency, or jurisdiction must provide the existing timetable speed limits and new passenger and freight speed limits, the milepost limits where the speed increase is to occur, and the federal track class standard to which the track will be maintained. At the end of sixty days, the railroad company, government agency, or jurisdiction may raise the speed limit unless the commission staff, after investigation, finds that a lower limit is necessary to address local conditions consistent with P.L. 91-458, Sec. 205 (49 U.S.C. Sec. 20106). In the event of such a finding by the staff that is not agreed to by the railroad company, government agency, or jurisdiction, the matter shall be scheduled for a hearing before the commission. A railroad company, government agency, or jurisdiction may provide no more than five notices in any sixty-day period without the consent of the commission. The railroad company, government agency, or jurisdiction and the commission may extend the sixty-day period by mutual consent.[ 2006 c 70 § 2; 1994 c 81 § 84; 1971 ex.s. c 143 § 2; 1961 c 14 § 81.48.040. Prior: 1943 c 228 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 10547-2.]
WA Rev Code § 81.48.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.48 - Railroads—Operating Requirements and Regulations.|81.48.050 - Trains to stop at railroad crossings.

RCW 81.48.050 Trains to stop at railroad crossings.All railroads and street railroads, operating in this state shall cause their trains and cars to come to a full stop at a distance not greater than five hundred feet before crossing the tracks of another railroad crossing at grade, excepting at crossings where there are established signal towers, and signal operators, interlocking plants or gates.[ 2009 c 549 § 1031; 1961 c 14 § 81.48.050. Prior: 1911 c 117 § 69; RRS § 10405.]
WA Rev Code § 81.48.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.48 - Railroads—Operating Requirements and Regulations.|81.48.060 - Penalty for violation of duty endangering safety.

RCW 81.48.060 Penalty for violation of duty endangering safety.Every engineer, motor operator, grip operator, conductor, brake operator, switch tender, train dispatcher, or other officer, agent, or servant of any railway company, who shall be guilty of any willful violation or omission of his or her duty as such officer, agent, or servant, by which human life or safety shall be endangered, for which no punishment is specially prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 2013 c 23 § 299; 1961 c 14 § 81.48.060. Prior: 1909 c 249 § 277; RRS § 2529.]
WA Rev Code § 81.48.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.48 - Railroads—Operating Requirements and Regulations.|81.48.070 - Cruelty to stock in transit—Penalty.

RCW 81.48.070 Cruelty to stock in transit—Penalty.Railroad companies in carrying or transporting animals shall not permit them to be confined in cars for a longer period than forty-eight consecutive hours without unloading them for rest, water, and feeding for a period of at least two consecutive hours, unless prevented from so unloading them by unavoidable accident. In estimating such confinement, the time during which the animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received shall be included. Animals so unloaded shall, during such rest, be properly fed, watered by the owner or person having the custody of them, or in case of his or her default in so doing, then by the railroad company transporting them, at the expense of said owner or person in custody thereof, and said company shall in such case have a lien upon such animals for food, care, and custody furnished, and shall not be liable for such detention of such animals. If animals are transported where they can and do have proper food, water, space, and opportunity for rest, the foregoing provision in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. Violators of this section shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars per animal.[ 2013 c 23 § 300; 1994 c 261 § 19; 1961 c 14 § 81.56.120. Prior: 1893 c 27 § 4; RRS § 10494. Formerly RCW 81.56.120.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—1994 c 261: See note following RCW 16.52.011.
WA Rev Code § 81.52.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.52 - Railroads—Rights-of-Way—Spurs—Fences.|81.52.050 - Fences—Crossings—Cattle guards.

RCW 81.52.050 Fences—Crossings—Cattle guards.Every person, company, or corporation having the control or management of any railroad shall, outside of any corporate city or town, and outside the limits of any sidetrack or switch, cause to be constructed and maintained in good repair on each side of said railroad, along the line of said right-of-way of such person, company, or corporation operating the same, a substantial fence, and at every point where any roadway or other public highway shall cross said railroad, a safe and sufficient crossing must be built and maintained, and on each side of such crossing and at each end of such sidetrack or switch, outside of any incorporated city or town, a sufficient cattle guard: PROVIDED, That any person holding land on both sides of said right-of-way shall have the right to put in gates for his or her own use at such places as may be convenient.[ 2013 c 23 § 301; 1961 c 14 § 81.52.050. Prior: 1907 c 88 § 1; RRS § 10507.]
WA Rev Code § 81.52.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 81 - Transportation|Chapter 81.52 - Railroads—Rights-of-Way—Spurs—Fences.|81.52.060 - Fences—Liability for injury to stock.

RCW 81.52.060 Fences—Liability for injury to stock.Every such person, company or corporation owning or operating such railroad shall be liable for all damages sustained in the injury or killing of stock in any manner by reason of the failure of such person, company or corporation, to construct and maintain such fence or such crossing or cattle guard; but when such fences, crossings and guards have been duly made, and shall be kept in good repair, such person, company or corporation shall not be liable for any such damages, unless negligently or unlawfully done.[ 1961 c 14 § 81.52.060. Prior: 1907 c 88 § 2; RRS § 10508.]