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WA Rev Code § 49.24.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.24 - Health and Safety—Underground Workers.|49.24.350 - Lamps to be held in reserve.

RCW 49.24.350 Lamps to be held in reserve.Lamps or other proper lights shall be kept ready for use in all underground stations where a failure of electric light is likely to cause danger.[ 1941 c 194 § 28; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7666-36.]
WA Rev Code § 49.24.360 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.24 - Health and Safety—Underground Workers.|49.24.360 - Insulators required.

RCW 49.24.360 Insulators required.(1) All underground cables and wires, unless provided with grounded metallic covering, shall be supported by efficient insulators. The conductors connecting lamps to the power supply shall in all cases be insulated.(2) Cables and wires unprovided with metallic coverings shall not be fixed to walls or timbers by means of uninsulated fastenings.[ 1941 c 194 § 29; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7666-37.]
WA Rev Code § 49.24.370 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.24 - Health and Safety—Underground Workers.|49.24.370 - Director to make rules and regulations.

RCW 49.24.370 Director to make rules and regulations.The director of labor and industries shall establish such rules and regulations as he or she deems primarily necessary for the safety of the employees employed in tunnels, quarries, caissons, and subways and shall be guided by the most modern published studies and researches made by persons or institutions into the correction of the evils chargeable to improper safeguards and inspection of the tools, machinery, equipment, and places of work obtaining in the industries covered by RCW 49.24.080 through 49.24.380.[ 2010 c 8 § 12026; 1941 c 194 § 32; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7666-39.]
WA Rev Code § 49.24.380 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.24 - Health and Safety—Underground Workers.|49.24.380 - Penalty.

RCW 49.24.380 Penalty.Every person violating any of the provisions of RCW 49.24.080 through 49.24.380 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 1941 c 194 § 31; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7666-38.]
WA Rev Code § 49.26.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.010 - Legislative declaration.

RCW 49.26.010 Legislative declaration.Airborne asbestos dust and particles, such as those from sprayed asbestos slurry, asbestos-coated ventilating ducts, and certain other applications of asbestos are known to produce irreversible lung damage and bronchogenic carcinoma. One American of every four dying in urban areas of the United States has asbestos particles or dust in his or her lungs. The nature of this problem is such as to constitute a hazard to the public health and safety, and should be brought under appropriate regulation.[ 2010 c 8 § 12027; 1973 c 30 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 49.26.013 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.013 - Inspection of construction projects required.

RCW 49.26.013 Inspection of construction projects required.(1) Any owner or owner's agent who allows or authorizes any construction, renovation, remodeling, maintenance, repair, or demolition project which has a reasonable possibility, as defined by the department, of disturbing or releasing asbestos into the air, shall perform or cause to be performed, using practices approved by the department, a good faith inspection to determine whether the proposed project will disturb or release any material containing asbestos into the air.Such inspections shall be conducted by persons meeting the accreditation requirements of the federal toxics substances control act, section 206(a) (1) and (3) (15 U.S.C. 2646(a) (1) and (3)).An inspection under this section is not required if the owner or owner's agent is reasonably certain that asbestos will not be disturbed or assumes that asbestos will be disturbed by a project which involves construction, renovation, remodeling, maintenance, repair, or demolition and takes the maximum precautions as specified by all applicable federal and state requirements.(2) Except as provided in RCW 49.26.125, the owner or owner's agent shall prepare and maintain a written report describing each inspection, or a statement of assumption of the presence or reasonable certainty of the absence of asbestos, and shall provide a copy of the written report or statement to all contractors before they apply or bid on work. In addition, upon written or oral request, the owner or owner's agent shall make a copy of the written report available to: (1) The department of labor and industries; (2) contractors; and (3) the collective bargaining representatives or employee representatives, if any, of employees who may be exposed to any asbestos or material containing asbestos. A copy shall be posted as prescribed by the department in a place that is easily accessible to such employees.[ 1995 c 218 § 1; 1989 c 154 § 2. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 7.]NOTES:Purpose—1989 c 154: "The purpose of chapter 154, Laws of 1989 is to make corrections to chapter 271, Laws of 1988, and to ensure that the changes made in that chapter meet the constitutional requirements of Article II, section 19 of the state Constitution." [ 1989 c 154 § 1.]Severability—1989 c 154: "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." [ 1989 c 154 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 49.26.016 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.016 - Inspection of construction projects—Penalties.

RCW 49.26.016 Inspection of construction projects—Penalties.(1) Any owner or owner's agent who allows the start of any construction, renovation, remodeling, maintenance, repair, or demolition without first (a) conducting the inspection and preparing and maintaining the report of the inspection, or preparing and maintaining a statement of assumption of the presence or reasonable certainty of the absence of asbestos, as required under RCW 49.26.013; and (b) preparing and maintaining the additional written description of the project as required under RCW 49.26.120 shall be subject to a mandatory fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation. Each day the violation continues shall be considered a separate violation. In addition, any construction, renovation, remodeling, maintenance, repair, or demolition which was started without meeting the requirements of RCW 49.26.013 and 49.26.120 shall be halted immediately and cannot be resumed before meeting such requirements.(2) No contractor may commence any construction, renovation, remodeling, maintenance, repair or demolition project without receiving the copy of the written report or statement from the owner or the owner's agent. Any contractor who begins any project without the copy of the written report or statement shall be subject to a mandatory fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars per day. Each day the violation continues shall be considered a separate violation.(3) The certificate of any asbestos contractor who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter shall be revoked for a period of not less than six months.(4) The penalties imposed in this section are in addition to any penalties under RCW 49.26.140.[ 1995 c 218 § 2; 1989 c 154 § 3. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 8.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.26.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.020 - Asbestos use standards.

RCW 49.26.020 Asbestos use standards.Standards regulating the use of asbestos in construction or manufacturing shall be established by the director of the department of labor and industries, with the advice of the state health officer and the department of ecology. Standards to be adopted shall describe the types of asbestos that may be used in construction and manufacturing, the methods and procedures for their use, and such other requirements as may be needed to protect the public health and safety with respect to air-borne asbestos particles and asbestos dust.[ 1973 c 30 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 49.26.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.030 - Containers for asbestos products.

RCW 49.26.030 Containers for asbestos products.Products containing asbestos shall be stored in containers of types approved by the director of the department of labor and industries, with the advice of the state health officer and the department of ecology. Containers of asbestos shall be plainly marked "Asbestos—do not inhale" or other words to the same effect.[ 1973 c 30 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 49.26.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.040 - Regulations—Enforcement.

RCW 49.26.040 Regulations—Enforcement.The asbestos use standards required under RCW 49.26.020 and the list of approved container types required under RCW 49.26.030 shall be adopted as regulations of the department of labor and industries. The department shall have the power to implement and enforce such regulations.[ 1973 c 30 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 49.26.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.100 - Asbestos projects—Definitions.

RCW 49.26.100 Asbestos projects—Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Asbestos abatement project" means an asbestos project involving three square feet or three linear feet, or more, of asbestos-containing material.(2) "Asbestos project" means the construction, demolition, repair, maintenance, remodeling, or renovation of any public or private building or mechanical piping equipment or systems involving the demolition, removal, encapsulation, salvage, or disposal of material, or outdoor activity, releasing or likely to release asbestos fibers into the air.(3) "Department" means the department of labor and industries.(4) "Director" means the director of the department of labor and industries or the director's designee.(5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or the state of Washington or its political subdivisions.(6) "Certified asbestos supervisor" means an individual who is certified by the department to supervise an asbestos project. A certified asbestos supervisor is not required for projects involving less than three square feet or three linear feet of asbestos-containing material.(7) "Certified asbestos worker" means an individual who is certified by the department to work on an asbestos project.(8) "Certified asbestos contractor" means any partnership, firm, association, corporation or sole proprietorship registered under chapter 18.27 RCW that submits a bid or contracts to remove or encapsulate asbestos for another and is certified by the department to remove or encapsulate asbestos.(9) "Owner" means the owner of any public or private building, structure, facility or mechanical system, or the agent of such owner, but does not include individuals who work on asbestos projects on their own single-family residences no part of which is used for any commercial purpose.[ 1995 c 218 § 3; 1989 c 154 § 4. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 6; 1985 c 387 § 1.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.26.115 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.115 - Asbestos abatement projects—Contractor's certificate required.

RCW 49.26.115 Asbestos abatement projects—Contractor's certificate required.Before working on an asbestos abatement project, a contractor shall obtain an asbestos contractor's certificate from the department and shall have in its employ at least one certified asbestos supervisor who is responsible for supervising all asbestos abatement projects undertaken by the contractor and for assuring compliance with all state laws and regulations regarding asbestos. The contractor shall apply for certification renewal every year. The department shall ensure that the expiration of the contractor's registration and the expiration of his or her asbestos contractor's certificate coincide.[ 1995 c 218 § 5; 1989 c 154 § 6. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 11.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.26.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.120 - Asbestos projects—Qualified asbestos workers and supervisor—Prenotification to department—Fire personnel.

RCW 49.26.120 Asbestos projects—Qualified asbestos workers and supervisor—Prenotification to department—Fire personnel.(1) No person may assign any employee, contract with, or permit any individual or person to remove or encapsulate asbestos in any facility unless performed by a certified asbestos worker and under the direct, on-site supervision of a certified asbestos supervisor. In cases in which an employer conducts an asbestos abatement project in its own facility and by its own employees, supervision can be performed in the regular course of a certified asbestos supervisor's duties. Asbestos workers must have access to certified asbestos supervisors throughout the duration of the project.(2) The department shall require persons undertaking asbestos projects to provide written notice to the department before the commencement of the project except as provided in RCW 49.26.125. The notice shall include a written description containing such information as the department requires by rule. The department may by rule allow a person to report multiple projects at one site in one report. The department shall by rule establish the procedure and criteria by which a person will be considered to have attempted to meet the prenotification requirement.(3) The department shall consult with the Washington state association of fire chiefs and may establish any additional policies and procedures for municipal fire department and fire district personnel who clean up sites after fires which have rendered it likely that asbestos has been or will be disturbed or released into the air.[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 52; 1995 c 218 § 6; 1989 c 154 § 7. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 12; 1985 c 387 § 4.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.26.125 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.125 - Prenotification to department—Exemptions.

RCW 49.26.125 Prenotification to department—Exemptions.Prenotification to the department under RCW 49.26.120 shall not be required for:(1)(a) Any asbestos project involving less than forty-eight square feet of surface area, or less than ten linear feet of pipe unless the surface area of the pipe is greater than forty-eight square feet. The person undertaking such a project shall keep the reports, or statements, and written descriptions required under RCW 49.26.013 and 49.26.120 which shall be available upon request of the department. Employees and employee representatives may request such reports under RCW 49.26.013(2).(b) The director may waive the prenotification requirement upon written request of an owner for large-scale, ongoing projects. In granting such a waiver, the director shall require the owner to provide prenotification if significant changes in personnel, methodologies, equipment, work site, or work procedures occur or are likely to occur. The director shall further require annual resubmittal of such notification.(c) The director, upon review of an owner's reports, work practices, or other data available as a result of inspections, audits, or other authorized activities, may reduce the size threshold for prenotification required by this section. Such a change shall be based on the director's determination that significant problems in personnel, methodologies, equipment, work site, or work procedures are creating the potential for violations of this chapter or asbestos requirements under chapter 49.17 RCW. The new prenotification requirements shall be given in writing to the owner and shall remain in effect until modified or withdrawn in writing by the director.(2) Emergency projects.(a) As used in this section, "emergency project" means a project that was not planned and results from a sudden, unexpected event, and does not include operations that are necessitated by nonroutine failure of equipment or systems.(b) Emergency projects which disturb or release any material containing asbestos into the air shall be reported to the department within three working days after the commencement of the project in the manner otherwise required under this chapter. A notice shall be clearly posted adjacent to the work site describing the nature of the emergency project. The employees' collective bargaining representatives, or employee representatives, or designated representatives, if any, shall be notified of the emergency as soon as possible by the person undertaking the emergency project.Incremental phasing in the conduct or design of asbestos projects or otherwise designing or conducting asbestos projects of a size less than forty-eight square feet, or other threshold for exemption as provided under this section, with the intent of avoiding prenotification requirements is a violation of this chapter.[ 1989 c 154 § 8. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 13.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.26.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.130 - Asbestos projects—Rules—Fees—Asbestos account.

RCW 49.26.130 Asbestos projects—Rules—Fees—Asbestos account.(1) The department shall administer this chapter.(2) The director of the department shall adopt, in accordance with chapters 34.05 and 49.17 RCW, rules necessary to carry out this chapter.(3) The department shall prescribe fees for the issuance and renewal of certificates, including recertification, and the administration of examinations, and for the review of training courses.(4) The asbestos account is hereby established in the state treasury. All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be spent after appropriation only for costs incurred by the department in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. Disbursements from the account shall be on authorization of the director of the department or the director's designee.(5) During the 2003-2005 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the asbestos account to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the account.[ 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 § 924; 1989 c 154 § 9. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 15; 1987 c 219 § 1; 1985 c 387 § 3.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—2003 1st sp.s. c 25: See notes following RCW 19.28.351.Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.26.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.140 - Asbestos projects—Enforcement—Penalties.

RCW 49.26.140 Asbestos projects—Enforcement—Penalties.(1) Unless specifically provided otherwise by statute, this chapter shall be implemented and enforced, including penalties, violations, citations, and other administrative procedures, pursuant to the Washington industrial safety and health act, chapter 49.17 RCW.(2) A person or individual who previously has been assessed a civil penalty under this section, and who knowingly violates a provision of RCW 49.26.110 through 49.26.130 or a rule adopted pursuant to RCW 49.26.110 through 49.26.130 is guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 1987 c 219 § 2; 1985 c 387 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 49.26.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.150 - Discrimination against employee filing complaint prohibited.

RCW 49.26.150 Discrimination against employee filing complaint prohibited.Any employee who notifies the department of any activity the employee reasonably believes to be a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter or who participates in any proceeding related thereto shall have the same rights and protections against discharge or discrimination as employees are afforded under chapter 49.17 RCW.[ 1989 c 154 § 10. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 16.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.26.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.26 - Health and Safety—Asbestos.|49.26.901 - Effective dates—1988 c 271 §§ 6-18.

RCW 49.26.901 Effective dates—1988 c 271 §§ 6-18.Sections 15, as reenacted and amended in 1989, and 18, chapter 271, Laws of 1988, are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect as of March 24, 1988. Sections 6 through 8, 10 through 13, and 16, chapter 271, Laws of 1988, as reenacted or amended and reenacted in 1989, shall take effect as of January 1, 1989.[ 1989 c 154 § 11. Prior: 1988 c 271 § 19.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—1989 c 154: See notes following RCW 49.26.013.
WA Rev Code § 49.28.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 49 - Labor Regulations|Chapter 49.28 - Hours of Labor.|49.28.010 - Eight hour day, 1899 act—Public works contracts—Emergency overtime—Penalty.

RCW 49.28.010 Eight hour day, 1899 act—Public works contracts—Emergency overtime—Penalty.(1) Hereafter eight hours in any calendar day shall constitute a day's work on any work done for the state or any county or municipality within the state, subject to conditions hereinafter provided.(2) All work done by contract or subcontract on any building or improvements or works on roads, bridges, streets, alleys, or buildings for the state or any county or municipality within the state, shall be done under the provisions of this section. In cases of extraordinary emergency such as danger to life or property, the hours for work may be extended, but in such case the rate of pay for time employed in excess of eight hours of each calendar day, shall be one and one-half times the rate of pay allowed for the same amount of time during eight hours' service. And for this purpose this section is made a part of all contracts, subcontracts, or agreements for work done for the state or any county or municipality within the state.(3) Any contractor, subcontractor, or agent of contractor or subcontractor, foreman, or employer who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.[ 2003 c 53 § 274; 1899 c 101 § 1; RRS § 7642.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.