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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-005 - Purpose and scope

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(1) The
				standards included in this chapter apply throughout the state of Washington, to
				any and all work places subject to the Washington Industrial Safety and Health
				Act (chapter 49.17 RCW), where construction, alteration, demolition, related
				inspection, and/or maintenance and repair work, including painting and
				decorating, is performed. These standards are minimum safety requirements with
				which all industries must comply when engaged in the above listed types of
				work.
(2) If a provision of this
				chapter conflicts with a provision of the general safety and health standard
				(chapter 296-24 WAC), the general occupational health standard (chapter 296-62
				WAC), or the safety and health core rules (chapter 296-800 WAC), the provision
				of this chapter will prevail. When a provision of this chapter conflicts with a
				provision of another vertical safety standard applying to the place of work,
				the provisions of the vertical standard of specific application will
				prevail.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-155-005, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-005, filed 1/21/86. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.240,
					 chapters
					 42.30 and
					 43.22 RCW. 80-17-014 (Order 80-20),
					 § 296-155-005, filed 11/13/80; Order 76-29, § 296-155-005, filed
					 9/30/76; Order 74-26, § 296-155-005, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-006 - Equipment approval by nonstate agency or organization

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Whenever a provision of this chapter states that only that
				  equipment or those processes approved by an agency or organization other than
				  the department of labor and industries, such as the Underwriters Laboratories
				  or the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Institute
				  for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), must be utilized, that provision
				  must be construed to mean that approval of such equipment or process by the
				  designated agency or group must be prima facie evidence of compliance with the
				  provisions of this chapter.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order
					 94-07), § 296-155-006, filed 7/20/94, effective 9/20/94; Order 74-26,
					 § 296-155-006, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-007 - Incorporation of standards of national organization

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Whenever a provision of this chapter incorporates by
				  reference a national code or portion thereof which has been adopted by and is
				  currently administered by another state agency, compliance with those
				  provisions adopted and administered by such other state agency, if from a more
				  recent edition of such national code, will be deemed to be prima facie evidence
				  of compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
Order 74-26, § 296-155-007, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-008 - Incorporation of standards of federal agency

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(1) Whenever a provision of this chapter
				incorporates therein provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) and
				changes thereto, or any other regulations adopted by an agency of the federal
				government, that provision of this chapter must be construed to mean that
				compliance with such regulations must be prima facie evidence of compliance
				with the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Whenever a provision of this chapter
				incorporates therein provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations, the
				provisions so incorporated must be those in effect on the date of effectiveness
				of this chapter, unless the content of the incorporating section specifies
				otherwise.
Order 76-29, § 296-155-008, filed 9/30/76; Order
					 74-26, § 296-155-008, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-009 - Equipment whether or not owned by, or under control of the employer

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(1) It is the
				employer's responsibility to ensure that any defective equipment or tools are
				not used.
(2) When any tool or
				piece of equipment fails to meet the requirements of any safety standard or
				recognized safe practice, you must not use the tool or equipment .
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-009, filed
					 1/21/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-010 - Variance and procedure

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Realizing that conditions may exist in operations under
				  which certain state standards will not have practical application, the director
				  of the department of labor and industries or authorized representative may,
				  pursuant to this section, sections 8 or 9 of the Washington Industrial Safety
				  and Health Act (chapter 80, Laws of 1973,
				  RCW
				  49.17.080 and
				  49.17.090 ) and appropriate
				  administrative rules of this state and the department of labor and industries
				  and upon receipt of application and after adequate investigation by the
				  department, permit a variation from these requirements when other means of
				  providing an equivalent measure of protection are afforded. Such variation
				  granted must be limited to the particular case or cases covered in the
				  application for variance and may be revoked for cause. The order granting a
				  variance must be conspicuously posted on the premises and must remain posted
				  during the time it is in effect. A copy of the variance must be available at
				  the work site. All requests for variances from safety and health standards
				  included in this chapter, must be made in writing to the director of the
				  department of labor and industries at Olympia, Washington, or duly authorized
				  representative, Department of Labor and Industries, P.O. Box 44600, Olympia,
				  Washington 98504-4600.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order
					 94-07), § 296-155-010, filed 7/20/94, effective 9/20/94. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-010, filed 1/21/86; Order 74-26, § 296-155-010,
					 filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-015 - Education and first-aid standards

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You must comply with such standards and systems of education
				  for safety as is, from time to time, prescribed for such employer by the
				  director of labor and industries or by statute. Refer to WAC
				  296-155-100 through 296-155-135
				  for additional requirements.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order
					 94-07), § 296-155-015, filed 7/20/94, effective 9/20/94; Order 74-26,
					 § 296-155-015, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-030 - Acceptable certifications

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(1)
Pressure vessels.
You must deem current and valid certification by
				an insurance company or regulatory authority as acceptable evidence of safe
				installation, inspection, testing of pressure vessels provided by the
				employer.
(2)
Boilers.
You must deem boilers provided by the employer to be in compliance with the
				requirements of this section when evidence of current and valid certification
				by an insurance company or regulatory authority attesting to the safe
				installation, inspection, and testing is presented.
(3)
Other requirements.
Regulations prescribing specific requirements for other types of pressure
				vessels and similar equipment are contained in Parts D and M of this
				chapter.
Order 74-26, § 296-155-030, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-035 - General requirements

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(1) The
				use of any machinery, tool, material, or equipment which is not in compliance
				with any applicable requirements of this chapter is prohibited. You must either
				identify such machine, tool, material, or equipment as unsafe by tagging or
				locking the controls to render them inoperable or you must physically remove it
				from its place of operation.
(2)
				You must permit only those employees qualified by training or experience to
				operate equipment and machinery.
(3) You must use safeguards provided for
				employee protection.
(4) You must
				wear suitable clothing for the job. You must wear sufficient and proper
				clothing to assist in preventing scratches, abrasions, slivers, sunburn, hot
				liquid burns, or similar hazards. You must not wear loose or ragged clothing,
				scarfs or ties while working around moving machinery.
(5) Where work is in progress above workers,
				you must provide a catch platform or other means to protect those working
				below. You must notify all workers . You must maintain one completed floor
				between workers and steel or concrete work above.
(6) Employees must report to their employers
				the existence of any unsafe equipment or method or any other hazard which, to
				their knowledge is unsafe and where such unsafe equipment or method or other
				hazard exists in violation of this chapter you must correct it.
(7) Nothing herein contained prevents the use
				of existing equipment during its lifetime provided it is properly safeguarded,
				maintained in good condition, in conformity with applicable safety and health
				standards, and conforms to safety factors for the material used, as herein
				provided.
(8) As construction
				progresses, you must secure or brace the component parts of structures to
				prevent collapse or failure.
(9)
				You must ensure prompt and safe removal of injured employees from elevated work
				locations, trenches and excavations prior to commencement of work.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-035, filed 1/21/86; Order 74-26, § 296-155-035,
					 filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part A - GENERAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROVISIONS › Section 296-155-040 - Safe place standards

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(1) You
				must furnish to each employee a place of employment free from recognized
				hazards that are causing or likely to cause serious injury or death to
				employees.
(2) You must require
				safety devices, furnish safeguards, and you must adopt and use practices,
				methods, operations, and processes which are reasonably adequate to render such
				employment and place of employment safe. You must do everything reasonably
				necessary to protect the life and safety of employees.
(3) You must not require any employee to go
				or be in any employment or place of employment which is hazardous to the
				employee.
(4) You must not fail or
				neglect:
(a) To provide and use safety
				devices and safeguards.
(b) To
				adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render the
				employment and place of employment safe.
(c) To do everything reasonably necessary to
				protect the life and safety of employees.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-100 - Management's responsibility

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(1) It
				is the responsibility of management to establish, supervise, and enforce, in a
				manner which is effective in practice:
(a) A
				safe and healthful working environment.
(b) An accident prevention program as
				required by these standards.
(c)
				Training programs to improve the skill and competency of all employees in the
				field of occupational safety and health.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-105 - Employee's responsibility

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(1)
				Employees must coordinate and cooperate with all other employees in an attempt
				to eliminate accidents.
(2)
				Employees must study and observe all safety standards governing their
				work.
(3) Employees must apply the
				principles of accident prevention in their daily work and must use proper
				safety devices and protective equipment as required by their employment or
				employer.
(4) Employees must
				properly care for all personal protective equipment.
(5) Employees must make a report, on the day
				of the incident, to their immediate supervisor, of each industrial injury or
				occupational illness, regardless of the degree of severity.
Order 74-26, § 296-155-105, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-110 - Accident prevention program

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(1)
Exemptions.
Workers of
				employers whose primary business is other than construction, who are engaged
				solely in maintenance and repair work, including painting and decorating, are
				exempt from the requirement of this section provided:
(a) The maintenance and repair work,
				including painting and decorating, is being performed on the employer's
				premises, or facility.
(b) The
				length of the project does not exceed one week.
(c) The employer is in compliance with the
				requirements of WAC
				296-800-140 Accident prevention
				program, and WAC
				296-800-130, Safety committees
				and safety meetings.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-115 - Safety bulletin board

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You must install and maintain in every fixed establishment
				  (the place where employees regularly report to work) employing 8 or more
				  persons, a safety bulletin board sufficient in size to display and post safety
				  bulletins, newsletters, posters, accident statistics and other safety
				  educational material.
Order 74-26, § 296-155-115, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-120 - First-aid training and certification

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This section is designed to ensure that all employees in
				  this state are afforded quick and effective first-aid attention in the event of
				  an on the job injury. To achieve this purpose the presence of personnel trained
				  in first-aid procedures at or near those places where employees are working is
				  required. Compliance with the provisions of this section may require the
				  presence of more than one first-aid trained person.
(1) You must have available at all worksites,
				where a crew is present, a person or persons holding a valid first-aid
				certificate.
(2) All crew leaders,
				supervisors or persons in direct charge of one or more employees must have a
				valid first-aid certificate.
(3)
				For the purposes of this section, a crew means a group of two or more employees
				working at any worksite.
Note:
The requirement that all crew leaders,
						  supervisors or person in direct charge of one or more employees (subsection (3)
						  of this section) applies even if other first-aid trained person(s) are
						  available. In emergencies, crew leaders will be permitted to work up to thirty
						  days without having the required certificate, providing an employee in the crew
						  or another crew leaders in the immediate work area has the necessary
						  certificate.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050, and
					 49.17.060. 04-07-160, §
					 296-155-120, filed 3/23/04, effective 5/1/04. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,[49.17].040 , and [49.17].050.
					 01-11-038, § 296-155-120, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01; 00-01-038,
					 § 296-155-120, filed 12/7/99, effective 2/1/00. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order 94-07), § 296-155-120, filed 7/20/94,
					 effective 9/20/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-120, filed 1/21/86; Order 74-26, § 296-155-120,
					 filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-125 - First-aid supplies

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(1) The
				first-aid kits and supplies requirements of the safety and health core rules,
				chapter 296-800 WAC, apply within the scope of chapter 296-155 WAC.
(2) All vehicles used to transport work crews
				must be equipped with first-aid supplies.
(3) When practical, a poster must be fastened
				and maintained either on or in the cover of each first-aid kit and at or near
				all phones plainly stating the worksite address or location, and the phone
				numbers of emergency medical responders for the worksite.
(4) Requirements of WAC
				296-800-15030, Make sure
				emergency washing facilities are functional and readily accessible, apply
				within the scope of chapter 296-155 WAC.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 06-05-027, §
					 296-155-125, filed 2/7/06, effective 4/1/06. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-155-125, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01; 00-01-038,
					 § 296-155-125, filed 12/7/99, effective 2/1/00. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order 94-07), § 296-155-125, filed 7/20/94,
					 effective 9/20/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-125, filed 1/21/86; Order 74-26, § 296-155-125,
					 filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-130 - First-aid station

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Employers with 50 or more employees per shift at one
				  location must establish a first-aid station in accordance with the requirements
				  in chapter 296-800 WAC.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-155-130, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01; 00-01-038,
					 § 296-155-130, filed 12/7/99, effective 2/1/00. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-130, filed 1/21/86; Order 74-26, § 296-155-130,
					 filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-140 - Sanitation

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(1)
Potable
				water
.
(a) You must provide an
				adequate supply of potable water in all places of employment.
(b) Portable containers used to dispense
				drinking water must be capable of being tightly closed and equipped with a tap.
				Water must not be dipped from containers.
(c) You must clearly mark any container used
				to distribute drinking water as to the nature of its contents and not used for
				any other purpose.
(d) The common
				drinking cup is prohibited.
(e)
				Where single service cups (to be used but once) are supplied, you must provide
				both a sanitary container for the unused cups and a receptacle for disposing of
				the used cups.
(f) You must
				thoroughly clean all water containers used to furnish drinking water at least
				once each week or more often as conditions require.
(g) The requirements of this subsection do
				not apply to mobile crews or to normally unattended work locations as long as
				employees working at these locations have transportation immediately available,
				within the normal course of their duties, to nearby facilities otherwise
				meeting the requirements of this section.
(h) The following definitions apply:
(i)
Mobile crew
.
A
				work crew that routinely moves to a different work location periodically.
				Normally a mobile crew is not at the same location all day.
(ii)
Normally unattended work
				location
.
An unattended site that is visited occasionally
				by one or more employees.
(iii)
Nearby facility
.
A sanitary facility that is within
				three minutes travel by the transportation provided.
(iv)
Potable water
.
Water that is suitable for drinking by the public and meets the requirements of
				chapter 246-290 or 246-291 WAC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-145 - Occupational noise exposure

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The occupational noise exposure requirements of chapter
				  296-817 WAC, Hearing loss prevention (noise), apply.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050, and
					 49.17.060. 03-11-060, §
					 296-155-145, filed 5/19/03, effective 8/1/03. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 85-01-022 (Order
					 84-24), § 296-155-145, filed 12/11/84; 83-15-017 (Order 83-19), §
					 296-155-145, filed 7/13/83, effective 9/12/83; Order 76-29, § 296-155-145,
					 filed 9/30/76; Order 74-26, § 296-155-145, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-150 - Ionizing radiation

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(1) In
				construction and related activities involving the use of sources of ionizing
				radiation, the pertinent provisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's
				Standards for Protection Against Radiation, relating to protection against
				occupational radiation exposure, apply.
(2) Any activity which involves the use of
				radioactive material or X ray, whether or not under license from the Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission, must be performed by competent persons specially trained
				in the proper and safe operation of such equipment. In the case of materials
				used under commission license, only persons actually licensed, or competent
				persons under direction and supervision of the licensee are permitted to
				perform such work.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order
					 94-07), § 296-155-150, filed 7/20/94, effective 9/20/94; Order 74-26,
					 § 296-155-150, filed 5/7/74, effective
					 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-155 - Nonionizing radiation

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(1)
				Only qualified and trained employees must be assigned to install, adjust, and
				operate laser equipment.
(2) Proof
				of qualification of the laser equipment operator must be available and in
				possession of operator at all times.
(3) You must provide employees, when working
				in areas in which a potentially hazardous exposure (see WAC
				296-62-09005(4)
				) to direct or reflected laser radiation exists, with antilaser eye protection
				devices specified in Part C of this chapter.
(4) Areas in which Class II and III lasers
				are used must be posted with standard laser warning placards.
(5) You must utilize beam shutters or caps ,
				or the laser turned off, when laser transmission is not actually required. When
				the laser is left unattended for a substantial period of time, such as during
				lunch hour, overnight, or at change of shifts, the laser must be turned
				off.
(6) You must use only
				mechanical or electronic means as a detector for guiding the internal alignment
				of the laser.
(7) The laser beam
				must not be directed at employees.
(8) When it is raining or snowing, or when
				there is dust or fog in the air, and it is impracticable to cease laser system
				operation, you must keep employees out of range of the area of source and
				target during such weather conditions.
(9) Laser equipment must bear a conspicuously
				displayed label to indicate hazard classification. This label must be prepared
				in accordance with 21 C.F.R.
				1040.10.
(10) You must use only Class I, II, or III
				laser equipment. You must not use Class IV laser equipment.
(11) You must set up laser unit in operation
				above the heads of the employees, when possible.
(12) You must not expose employees to
				radiofrequency/microwave radiation in excess of the permissible exposure limits
				specified in WAC
				296-62-09005.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-155, filed 1/21/86; 85-01-022 (Order 84-24), §
					 296-155-155, filed 12/11/84; Order 74-26, § 296-155-155, filed 5/7/74,
					 effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-160 - Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists

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(1) You must avoid exposure of employees to
				inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption, or contact with any material or
				substance at a concentration above those specified in chapter 296-841
				WAC.
(2) To achieve compliance with
				subsection (1) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must
				first be implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to
				achieve full compliance, you must use protective equipment or other protective
				measures to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the
				limits prescribed in WAC 296-62-07515 [296-841-20025]. Any equipment and
				technical measures used for this purpose must first be approved for each
				particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically
				qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, you must comply with WAC
				296-155-220.
(3) Whenever internal combustion equipment
				exhausts in enclosed spaces, you must make and record tests to ensure that
				employees are not exposed to unsafe concentrations of toxic gases or oxygen
				deficient atmospheres. See chapter 296-62 WAC, the general occupational health
				standards and chapter 296-841 WAC, identifying and controlling respiratory
				hazards.
(4) Whenever any employee
				is exposed to asbestos, the provisions of the general occupational health
				standards, chapter 296-62 WAC apply.
(5) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section
				do not apply to the exposure of employees to formaldehyde. Whenever any
				employee is exposed to formaldehyde, the requirements of chapter 296-856 WAC
				apply.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 07-03-163, §
					 296-155-160, filed 1/24/07, effective 4/1/07; 06-08-087, § 296-155-160,
					 filed 4/4/06, effective 9/1/06; 05-03-093, § 296-155-160, filed 1/18/05,
					 effective 3/1/05. Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order
					 94-07), § 296-155-160, filed 7/20/94, effective 9/20/94; 88-14-108 (Order
					 88-11), § 296-155-160, filed 7/6/88; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), §
					 296-155-160, filed 11/30/87. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.050(2) and
					 49.17.040. 87-10-008 (Order
					 87-06), § 296-155-160, filed 4/27/87. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-160, filed 1/21/86. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 83-24-013 (Order
					 83-34), § 296-155-160, filed 11/30/83; Order 74-26, § 296-155-160,
					 filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-165 - Lighting and illumination

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For lighting and illumination requirements, see WAC
				  296-800-210,
				  Lighting.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 04-24-089, §
					 296-155-165, filed 12/1/04, effective 1/1/05. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-03-074 (Order
					 86-14), § 296-155-165, filed 1/21/86; Order 74-26, § 296-155-165,
					 filed 5/7/74, effective 6/6/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-170 - Ventilation

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(1) General.
				Whenever hazardous substances such as dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases
				exist or are produced in the course of construction work, their concentrations
				shall not exceed the limits specified in WAC
				296-155-160(1).
				When ventilation is used as an engineering control method, the system shall be
				installed and operated according to the requirements of this section.
(2) Local exhaust ventilation. Local exhaust
				ventilation when used as described in (1) shall be designed to prevent
				dispersion into the air of dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, and gases in
				concentrations causing harmful exposure. Such exhaust systems shall be so
				designed that dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases are not drawn through the
				work area of employees.
(3) Design
				and operation. Exhaust fans, jets, ducts, hoods, separators, and all necessary
				appurtenances, including refuse receptacles, shall be so designed, constructed,
				maintained and operated as to ensure the required protection by maintaining a
				volume and velocity of exhaust air sufficient to gather dusts, fumes, vapors,
				or gases from said equipment or process, and to convey them to suitable points
				of safe disposal, thereby preventing their dispersion in harmful quantities
				into the atmosphere where employees work.
(4) Duration of operations.
(a) The exhaust system shall be in operation
				continually during all operations which it is designed to serve. If the
				employee remains in the contaminated zone, the system shall continue to operate
				after the cessation of said operations, the length of time to depend upon the
				individual circumstances and effectiveness of the general ventilation
				system.
(b) Since dust capable of
				causing disability is, according to the best medical opinion, of microscopic
				size, tending to remain for hours in suspension in still air, it is essential
				that the exhaust system be continued in operation for a time after the work
				process or equipment served by the same shall have ceased, in order to ensure
				the removal of the harmful elements to the required extent.
Note:
For the same reason, employees wearing respiratory
								equipment should not remove same immediately until a clear atmosphere has been
								established.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-173 - Methylenedianiline

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Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-04-111 (Order
					 92-15), § 296-155-173, filed 2/3/93, effective
					 3/15/93.
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(1)
				This section applies to all construction work as defined in WAC
				296-155-005, in which there is
				exposure to MDA, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Construction, alteration, repair,
				maintenance, or renovation of structures, substrates, or portions thereof, that
				contain MDA;
(b) Installation or
				the finishing of surfaces with products containing MDA;
(c) MDA spill/emergency cleanup at
				construction sites; and
(d)
				Transportation, disposal, storage, or containment of MDA or products containing
				MDA on the site or location at which construction activities are
				performed.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-17305 - Permissible exposure limits

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You must ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne
				  concentration of MDA in excess of 10 parts per billion (10 ppb) as an 8-hour
				  time-weighted average and a STEL of 100 parts per billion (100
				  ppb).
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-04-111 (Order
					 92-15), § 296-155-17305, filed 2/3/93, effective
					 3/15/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-17307 - Communication among employers

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On multiemployer worksites, an employer performing work
				  involving the application of MDA or materials containing MDA for which
				  establishment of one or more regulated areas must inform other employers on the
				  site of the nature of the employer's work with MDA and of the existence of, and
				  requirements pertaining to, regulated areas.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-04-111 (Order
					 92-15), § 296-155-17307, filed 2/3/93, effective
					 3/15/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-17309 - Emergency situations

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(1)
Written plan.
(a) You must
				develop a written plan for emergency situations for each construction operation
				where there is a possibility of an emergency. The plan must include procedures
				where the employer identifies emergency escape routes for her or his employees
				at each construction site before the construction operation begins. You must
				implement appropriate portions of the plan in the event of an
				emergency.
(b) The plan must
				specifically provide that employees engaged in correcting emergency conditions
				are equipped with the appropriate personal protective equipment and clothing as
				required in WAC
				296-155-17317 and
				296-155-17319 until the emergency
				is abated.
(c) The plan must
				specifically include provisions for alerting and evacuating affected employees
				as well as the applicable elements prescribed in WAC
				296-24-567, "Employee emergency
				plans and fire prevention plans."
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(1)
General.
(a) You must make a
				determination of employee exposure from breathing zone air samples that are
				representative of each employee's exposure to airborne MDA over an eight-hour
				period. You must make a determination of employee exposure to the STEL from
				breathing zone air samples collected over a 15 minute sampling
				period.
(b) You must determine
				representative employee exposure on the basis of one or more samples
				representing full shift exposure for each shift for each job classification in
				each work area where exposure to MDA may occur.
(c) Where the employer can document that
				exposure levels are equivalent for similar operations in different work shifts,
				you must only be required to determine representative employee exposure for
				that operation during one shift.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-17313 - Regulated areas

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(1)
Establishment.
(a)
Airborne exposures.
You must establish regulated areas where
				airborne concentrations of MDA exceed, or can reasonably be expected to exceed,
				the permissible exposure limits.
(b)
Dermal exposures.
Where
				employees are subject to "dermal exposure to MDA" you must establish those work
				areas as regulated areas.
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(1)
Engineering controls and work practices and respirators.
(a) You must use one or any combination of
				the following control methods to achieve compliance with the permissible
				exposure limits prescribed by WAC
				296-155-17317.
(i) Local exhaust ventilation equipped with
				HEPA filter dust collection systems;
(ii) General ventilation systems;
(iii) Use of work practices; or
(iv) Other engineering controls such as
				isolation and enclosure that the director can show to be feasible.
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(1)
General.
You must provide each employee who uses a respirator
				  required by this section with an appropriate respirator that complies with the
				  requirements of this section. Respirators must be used during:
(a) Periods necessary to install or implement
				feasible engineering and work-practice controls.
(b) Work operations, such as maintenance and
				repair activities and spray application processes, for which engineering and
				work-practice controls are not feasible.
(c) Work operations for which feasible
				engineering and work-practice controls are not yet sufficient to reduce
				employee exposure to or below the PELs.
(d) Emergencies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-17319 - Protective work clothing and equipment

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(1)
Provision and use.
Where
				employees are subject to dermal exposure to MDA, where liquids containing MDA
				can be splashed into the eyes, or where airborne concentrations of MDA are in
				excess of the PEL, the employer must provide, at no cost to the employee, and
				ensure that the employee uses, appropriate protective work clothing and
				equipment which prevent contact with MDA such as, but not limited to:
(a) Aprons, coveralls, or other full-body
				work clothing;
(b) Gloves, head
				coverings, and foot coverings; and
(c) Face shields, chemical goggles;
				or
(d) Other appropriate protective
				equipment which comply with WAC 296-24-078.
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(1)
General
.
(a) You must provide decontamination areas
				for employees required to work in regulated areas or required by WAC
				296-155-17319 to wear protective
				clothing. Exception: In lieu of the decontamination area requirement specified
				in this subsection, the employer may permit employees engaged in small scale,
				short duration operations, to clean their protective clothing or dispose of the
				protective clothing before such employees leave the area where the work was
				performed.
(b)
Change
				areas.
You must ensure that change areas are equipped with separate
				storage facilities for protective clothing and street clothing, in accordance
				with WAC 296-24-12011.
(c)
Equipment area.
You must supply the equipment area with
				impermeable, labeled bags and containers for the containment and disposal of
				contaminated protective clothing and equipment.
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(1)
Hazard communication General.
(a) Chemical manufacturers, importers,
				distributors and employers must comply with all requirements of the Hazard
				Communication Standard (HCS), WAC
				296-901-140 for MDA.
(b) In classifying the hazards for MDA at
				least the following hazards are to be addressed: Cancer; liver effects; and
				skin sensitization.
(c) You must
				include MDA in the hazard communication program established to comply with the
				HCS, WAC 296-901-140. You must ensure that
				each employee has access to labels on containers of MDA and to safety data
				sheets, and is trained in accordance with the requirements of HCS and
				subsection (4) of this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work › Part B-1 - OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Section 296-155-17325 - Housekeeping

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(1) You must
				maintain all surfaces as free as practicable of visible accumulations of
				MDA.
(2) You must institute a
				program for detecting MDA leaks, spills, and discharges, including regular
				visual inspections of operations involving liquid or solid MDA.
(3) You must repair all leaks and clean up
				liquid or dust spills promptly.
(4)
				Surfaces contaminated with MDA may not be cleaned by the use of compressed
				air.
(5) Shoveling, dry sweeping,
				and other methods of dry clean-up of MDA may be used where HEPA-filtered
				vacuuming and/or wet cleaning are not feasible or practical.
(6) You must collect waste, scrap, debris,
				bags, containers, equipment, and clothing contaminated with MDA and dispose of
				it in a manner to prevent the reentry of MDA into the workplace.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 93-04-111 (Order
					 92-15), § 296-155-17325, filed 2/3/93, effective
					 3/15/93.
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Medical surveillance.
(1)
General.
(a) You must make available a medical
				surveillance program for employees exposed to MDA under the following
				circumstances:
(i) Employees exposed at or
				above the action level for 30 or more days per year;
(ii) Employees who are subject to dermal
				exposure to MDA for 15 or more days per year;
(iii) Employees who have been exposed in an
				emergency situation;
(iv) Employees
				whom the employer, based on results from compliance with WAC
				296-155-17311(8)
				 has reason to believe are being dermally
				exposed; and
(v) Employees who show
				signs or symptoms of MDA exposure.
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(1)
Temporary medical removal of an employee.
(a)
Temporary removal resulting from
				occupational exposure.
You must remove the employee from work
				environments in which exposure to MDA is at or above the action level or where
				dermal exposure to MDA may occur, following an initial examination (WAC
				296-155-17327(2)
				), periodic examinations (WAC
				296-155-17327(3)
				), an emergency situation (WAC
				296-155-17327(4)
				), or an additional examination (WAC
				296-155-17327(5)
				) in the following circumstances:
(i) When
				the employee exhibits signs and/or symptoms indicative of acute exposure to
				MDA; or
(ii) When the examining
				physician determines that an employee's abnormal liver function tests are not
				associated with MDA exposure but that the abnormalities may be exacerbated as a
				result of occupational exposure to MDA.