Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part I-1 - ASBESTOS, TREMOLITE, ANTHOPHYLLITE, AND ACTINOLITE › Section 296-62-07711 - Regulated areas

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)  General.
				The employer must establish a regulated area in work areas where airborne
				concentrations of asbestos exceed or can reasonably be expected to exceed the
				permissible exposure limits prescribed in WAC
				296-62-07705.
				All Class I, II and III asbestos work must be conducted within regulated areas.
				All other operations covered by this standard must be conducted within the
				regulated area where airborne concentrations of asbestos exceed or can
				reasonably be expected to exceed permissible exposure limits. Regulated areas
				must comply with the requirements of subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7),
				and (8) of this section.
(2) 
				Demarcation. The regulated area must be demarcated in any manner that minimizes
				the number of persons within the area and protects persons outside the area
				from exposure to airborne asbestos. Where critical barriers or negative
				pressure enclosures are used, they may demarcate the regulated area. Signs must
				be provided and displayed pursuant to the requirements of WAC
				296-62-07721.
(3)  Access. Access to regulated areas must
				be limited to authorized persons or to persons authorized by the Washington
				Industrial Safety and Health Act or regulations issued pursuant thereto.
(4)  Provision of respirators.
				Each person entering a regulated area where employees are required in WAC
				296-62-07715(1)
				to wear respirators must be supplied with and required to use a respirator,
				selected in accordance with WAC
				296-62-07715(2).
(5)  Protective clothing. All persons
				entering a regulated area must be supplied with and required to wear protective
				clothing, selected in accordance with WAC
				296-62-07717.
(6)  Prohibited activities. The employer must
				ensure that employees do not eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, or apply
				cosmetics in the regulated areas.
(7)
				 Permit-required confined space. The employer must determine if a
				permit-required confined space hazard exists and must take any necessary
				precautions in accordance with chapter 296-809 WAC.
(8)  Competent persons. For construction and
				shipyard work the employer must ensure that all asbestos work performed within
				regulated areas is supervised by a competent person, as defined in WAC
				296-62-07703. The
				duties of the competent person are set out in WAC
				296-62-07728.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060.
					 97-19-014, § 296-62-07711, filed 9/5/97, effective 11/5/97. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060.
					 97-01-079, § 296-62-07711, filed 12/17/96, effective 3/1/97. Statutory
					 Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 95-04-007, § 296-62-07711, filed 1/18/95,
					 effective 3/1/95; 93-19-142 (Order 93-04), § 296-62-07711, filed 9/22/93,
					 effective 11/1/93; 89-11-035 (Order 89-03), § 296-62-07711, filed 5/15/89,
					 effective 6/30/89; 87-24-051 (Order 87-24), § 296-62-07711, filed
					 11/30/87. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.050(2) and
					 49.17.040. 87-10-008 (Order
					 87-06), § 296-62-07711, filed
					 4/27/87.