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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS › Section 296-800-30010 - Select and distribute portable fire extinguishers in your workplace

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Exemption:
* This does not apply to the portable fire extinguishers
				  provided for employees to use outside of workplace buildings or
				  structures.
* You are exempt from the distribution requirements of this
				  rule if you have an emergency action plan (that meets requirements of WAC
				  296-24-567
				):
- Which designates certain employees to be the only employees
				  authorized to use the available portable fire extinguishers; and
- Requires all other employees in the fire area to
				  immediately evacuate the affected work area upon the sounding of the fire
				  alarm.
You must provide the correct type of portable fire
				  extinguishers and distribute them in your workplace, depending on the type,
				  size, and severity of fire that could occur.
The type of portable fire extinguishers you must have in
				  your workplace depends on the types of fire hazards that exist in your
				  workplace.
Fire Extinguisher Distance Table
Type of fire hazard extinguisher
Maximum distance from the fire hazard to a
						  fire extinguisher
Type of fire hazard Wood, cloth, paper,
						  rubber (Class A fire hazards)
No more than 75 feet (22.9 m) Note: You may
						  use uniformly spaced standpipe systems or hose stations instead of Class A
						  portable fire extinguishers, if they meet the requirements of WAC
						  296-24-602
						  or
						  296-24-607.
Liquids, grease, gases (Class B fire
						  hazards)
No more than 50 feet (15.2 m) Note: You may
						  choose to use a smaller fire extinguisher in lieu of that required for the 50
						  foot distance. If you choose to have the smaller fire extinguisher, the travel
						  distance must not be greater than 30 feet. See UFC Standard 10 Chapter 3 for
						  the basic minimum extinguisher rating allowed.
Live electrical equipment and circuits
						  (Class C fire hazards)
Distribute any Class C portable fire
						  extinguishers the same pattern that you have for any Class A or Class B fire
						  hazards. Note: If the electrical equipment is deenergized, you may use a Class
						  A or Class B portable fire extinguisher.
Powder, flakes, and residue from
						  combustible metals, like magnesium and titanium, that build up over a 2-week
						  period (Class D fire hazards)
No more than 75 feet (22.9 m)
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-23-060, § 296-800-30010, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; 01-11-038,
					 § 296-800-30010, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS › Section 296-800-30015 - Make sure that portable fire extinguishers are kept fully charged, in operable condition, and left in their designated places

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You must make sure that fire extinguishers found with
				  deficiencies are removed from service and replaced with a suitable fire
				  extinguisher.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-30015, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS › Section 296-800-30020 - Inspect and test all portable fire extinguishers

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(1) You must perform inspections:
Make sure that portable fire extinguishers or hose systems
				  (used instead of fire extinguishers) are visually inspected
				  monthly.
(2) You must
				perform maintenance checks:
(a) Make sure
				that all portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance
				check.
(b) Keep records of all
				annual maintenance checks and make available to the department upon request.
(i) For 1 year after the last maintenance
				check; or
(ii) For the life of the
				shell, whichever is less.
(c) Make sure that equal protection is
				provided when portable fire extinguishers are removed from service for
				maintenance and recharging
Exemption: Most stored pressure extinguishers do not require
				  an internal examination. Examples of those that do require an internal
				  examination are those containing a loaded stream
				  agent.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS › Section 296-800-30025 - Train your employees to use portable fire extinguishers

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(1) You must train your employees where you
				have provided portable fire extinguisher for their use in:
(a) The hazards involved with incipient stage
				fire-fighting (the early stage of a fire when it can be extinguished by a
				portable fire extinguisher).
(b)
				The general principles of fire extinguisher use.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES AND EMPLOYEE ALARM SYSTEMS › Section 296-800-310 - Summary

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Your responsibility:
To provide and maintain emergency exit routes and to install
				  and maintain adequate employee alarm systems.
IMPORTANT:
An employer who demonstrates compliance with the exit route
				  provisions of NFPA 101-2009, the Life Safety Code, will be in compliance with
				  the corresponding requirements of this section.
You must meet the requirements ...
in this section:
Exit routes
Provide an adequate number of exit routes
WAC
						  296-800-31005
Make sure that exit routes are large enough
WAC
						  296-800-31010
Make sure that exit routes meet their
						  specific design and construction requirements
WAC
						  296-800-31015
Make sure that each exit route leads
						  outside
WAC
						  296-800-31020
Provide unobstructed access to exit routes
WAC
						  296-800-31025
You must meet the requirements &
in this section:
Exit doors must be readily opened from the
						  inside
WAC
						  296-800-31030
Use side-hinged doors to connect rooms to
						  exit routes
WAC
						  296-800-31035
Provide outdoor exit routes that meet these
						  requirements
WAC
						  296-800-31040
Minimize danger to employees while they are
						  using emergency exit routes
WAC
						  296-800-31045
Mark exits adequately
WAC
						  296-800-31050
Provide adequate lighting for exit routes
						  and signs
WAC
						  296-800-31053
Maintain the fire retardant properties of
						  paints or other coatings
WAC
						  296-800-31055
Maintain emergency safeguards
WAC
						  296-800-31060
Maintain exit routes during construction
						  and repair
WAC
						  296-800-31065
Provide doors in freezer or refrigerated
						  rooms that open from the inside
WAC
						  296-800-31067
Install and maintain an appropriate
						  employee alarm system
WAC
						  296-800-31070
Establish procedures for sounding emergency
						  alarms
WAC
						  296-800-31075
Test the employee alarm system
WAC
						  296-800-31080
Exemption:
This rule does not apply to vehicles,
						  vessels, or other mobile structures.
Note:
The introduction has important information
						  about building, electrical and fire codes that may apply to you in addition to
						  WISHA rules. See "How do the WISHA rules relate to building, fire, and
						  electrical codes" in the introduction section of this book.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060 and chapter 49.17 RCW.
					 12-24-071, § 296-800-310, filed 12/4/12, effective 1/4/13. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 08-18-056, §
					 296-800-310, filed 9/2/08, effective 11/2/08. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050.
					 01-23-060, § 296-800-310, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; 01-11-038,
					 § 296-800-310, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31005 - Provide an adequate number of exit routes

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(1) You must provide a minimum of two exit
				routes to provide different ways for employees to leave the workplace safely
				during an emergency (at least two of the exit routes must be remote from one
				another so employees can safely exit if one exit route becomes blocked or
				unavailable).
(2) You must provide
				an adequate number (at least two) of exit routes, considering the kind, number,
				location and capacity, appropriate to each building according to the following
				conditions:
(a) Number of
				employees.
(b) Size of
				building.
(c) Arrangement of
				workplace.
(d) Building occupancy.
Note:
A single exit route is permitted where the
						  number of employees, the size of the building, its occupancy, or the
						  arrangement of the workplace indicates that a single exit will allow all
						  employees to exit safely during an emergency. Other means of escape, such as
						  fire exits or accessible windows, should be available where only one exit route
						  is provided.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31010 - Make sure that exit routes are large enough

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(1) You must make sure each exit route is
				large enough to accommodate the maximum-permitted occupant load for each floor
				served by the route.
(2) You must
				make sure the capacity of an exit route does not decrease at any
				point.
(3) You must make sure the
				exit route has a minimum ceiling height of 7 feet 6 inches and that no
				projection from the ceiling is less than 6 feet 8 inches from the floor.
Objects that stick out into the exit route, such as fans
				  hanging from the ceilings or cabinets on walls, must not reduce the minimum
				  height of the exit route to less than 6 feet 8 inches from the
				  floor.
(4) You must make
				sure exit routes are at least 28 inches wide at all points between any
				handrails.
(a) If necessary, routes must be
				wider than 28 inches to accommodate the expected occupant load.
(b) Make sure objects that stick out into the
				exit route, such as cabinets on walls, do not reduce the minimum width of the
				exit route.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31015 - Make sure that exit routes meet their specific design and construction requirements

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(1)
				You must make sure each exit is a permanent part of the workplace.
(2) You must make sure an exit route has only
				those openings necessary to permit access to, or exit from, occupied areas of
				the workplace.
(3) You must make
				sure any opening into an exit through a fire wall is protected by a
				self-closing fire door that remains closed.
(4) You must make sure each fire door, its
				frame, and its hardware is listed or approved by a nationally recognized
				testing laboratory.
(5) You must
				make sure construction materials, used to separate an exit route, have at
				least:
(a) One-hour fire resistance rating if
				the exit connects three stories or less.
(b) Two-hour fire resistance rating if the
				exit connects four stories or more.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31020 - Make sure that each exit route leads outside

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(1) You must make sure that building exit
				routes lead:
(a) Directly outside or to a
				street, walkway, refuge area, or to an open space with access to the
				outside.
(b) To streets, walkways,
				or open spaces large enough to accommodate all building occupants likely to use
				the exit.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31025 - Provide unobstructed access to exit routes

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(1) You must provide exit routes that are
				always free of obstructions so all employees can safely exit the building
				during an emergency.
(2) You must
				make sure employees are not required to travel to a dead end or through a room
				that can be locked, such as a restroom.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31025, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31030 - Exit doors must be readily opened from the inside

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Exemption:
An exit door may be locked or blocked from
						  the inside in a mental, penal, or correctional institution, if supervisory
						  personnel are continuously on duty and a plan exists to remove employees and
						  inmates during an emergency.
You must make sure all exit doors readily open from the
				  inside without keys, tools, or special knowledge. A device that locks only from
				  the outside, such as a panic bar, is permitted. An exit door must be free of
				  any device or alarm that could restrict emergency use of an exit if the device
				  or alarm fails.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31030, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31035 - Use side-hinged doors to connect rooms to exit routes

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You must use a side-hinged exit door to connect any room to
				  an exit route. The door must swing out when the room:
(1) Is occupied by more than fifty persons;
				or
(2) Contains highly flammable or
				explosive materials.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-23-060, § 296-800-31035, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; 01-11-038,
					 § 296-800-31035, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31040 - Provide outdoor exit routes that meet these requirements

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You must make sure an outdoor exit route (such as an
				  interior balcony, porch, gallery, or roof) meets all requirements for an indoor
				  exit route. In addition, an outdoor exit route must also:
(1) Have guardrails to protect unenclosed
				sides.
(2) Be covered if snow or
				ice is likely to accumulate without regular removal.
(3) Be reasonably straight with smooth,
				solid, substantially level floors.
(4) Have no dead ends more than twenty feet
				long that branch off of the exit route.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31040, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31045 - Minimize danger to employees while they are using emergency exit routes

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(1) You must
				maintain each exit route to minimize danger to employees during an
				emergency.
(2) You must keep each
				exit route free of explosive or highly flammable furnishings and
				decorations.
(3) You must not
				require employees to travel toward areas where high hazard materials are
				stored, unless the route is protected by partitions or physical barriers. High
				hazard materials are materials that:
(a) Burn
				quickly.
(b) Emit poisonous fumes
				when burned.
(c) Are
				explosive.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31050 - Mark exits adequately

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(1)
				You must mark each exit with a clearly visible, distinctive sign reading
				"exit."
(2) You must make sure the
				letters in the word "EXIT" are at least six inches high and 3/4 inch
				wide.
(3) You must mark any doorway
				or passage that might be mistaken for an exit with "not an exit" or with an
				indication of its actual use.
(4)
				You must make sure exit signs are a distinctive color.
(5) You must make sure signs are posted and
				arranged along exit routes to adequately show how to get to the nearest exit
				and clearly indicate the direction of travel.
(6) You must not obstruct or conceal exit
				signs in any way.
(7) You must keep
				exit doors free of signs or decorations that obscure their
				visibility.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050, and
					 49.17.060. 03-18-090, §
					 296-800-31050, filed 9/2/03, effective 11/1/03. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,[49.17].040, and [49.17].050.
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31050, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31053 - Provide adequate lighting for exit routes and signs

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(1) You must illuminate each exit route
				adequately and reliably.
(2) You
				must have at least five foot-candles illumination from a reliable light
				source.
(3) You must make sure any
				exit signs illuminated by artificial lights and made of translucent material
				(other than internally illuminated types).
(a) Have screens, discs or lens of at least
				twenty-five square inches in size; and
(b) Show red or other designated color on the
				approach side of the exit.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31055 - Maintain the fire retardant properties of paints or other coatings

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You must maintain any paints or other coatings with fire
				  retardant properties so they retain their fire retardant
				  properties.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31055, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31060 - Maintain emergency safeguards

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You must maintain each safeguard in proper working order to
				  protect employees during an emergency. Emergency safeguards include items such
				  as:
(1) Sprinkler systems.
(2) Alarm systems.
(3) Fire doors.
(4) Exit lighting.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31060, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31065 - Maintain exit routes during construction and repair

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(1) You must have enough exit routes that
				comply with these rules before letting your employees occupy a workplace under
				new construction.
(2) You must make
				sure that employees do not occupy an existing workplace unless:
(a) All exits and existing fire protection
				are maintained; or
(b) Alternate
				fire protection is provided that ensures an equivalent level of
				safety.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31067 - Provide doors in freezer or refrigerated rooms that open from the inside

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You must make sure that walk-in refrigerators or freezer
				  rooms have doors with opening devices allowing them to be opened from the
				  inside even when they are locked from the outside.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31067, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31070 - Install and maintain an appropriate employee alarm system

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Exemptions:
* If you have ten or fewer employees in a particular
							 workplace, you can use direct voice communication to sound the alarm, if all
							 employees can hear it. For this kind of workplace, you do not need a back-up
							 system.
* In workplaces where employees would not otherwise
							 be able to recognize audible or visible alarms, you can use tactile devices to
							 alert them.
(1) You must
				make sure that a working employee alarm system with a distinctive signal to
				warn employees of fire or other emergencies is installed and maintained.
Exemption:
You do not need an alarm system if
						  employees can promptly see or smell a fire or other hazard in time to provide
						  adequate warning to other employees.
(2)
				You must make sure that the following systems meet the requirements of this
				rule, if you use them as your employee alarm system:
(a) Supervisory alarms.
(b) Discharge alarms.
(c) Detection systems required on fixed
				extinguishing systems.
(d)
				Detection systems required on fire suppression systems.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31075 - Establish procedures for sounding emergency alarms

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(1) You must explain to each employee how to
				sound the alert for emergencies. Methods of reporting emergencies can include:
(a) Manual pull box alarms.
(b) Public address systems.
(c) Radio.
(d) Telephones.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › EXIT ROUTES › Section 296-800-31080 - Test the employee alarm system

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(1) You must test the reliability and
				adequacy of your employee alarm system every two months.
Use a different activation device in each test of a
				  multiactuation device system, so the entire alarm system gets
				  tested.
(2) You must make
				sure that supervised (monitored) employee alarm systems are tested at least
				once a year for reliability and adequacy.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-31080, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING › Section 296-800-320 - Summary

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Your responsibility:
To conduct an investigation of certain types of
				  accidents.
You must meet the requirements ...
in this section:
Make sure equipment involved in a
						  work-related accident is not moved
WAC
						  296-800-32010
Assign people to assist the department of
						  labor and industries
WAC
						  296-800-32015
Conduct a preliminary investigation for all
						  serious injuries
WAC
						  296-800-32020
Document the preliminary investigation
						  findings
WAC
						  296-800-32025
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 09-01-158, §
					 296-800-320, filed 12/23/08, effective 3/1/09; 08-05-012, § 296-800-320,
					 filed 2/8/08, effective 4/1/08. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,[49.17].040, and [49.17].050.
					 01-23-060, § 296-800-320, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; 01-11-038,
					 § 296-800-320, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING › Section 296-800-32005

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060 and chapter 49.17 RCW.
					 10-11-105, § 296-800-32005, filed 5/18/10, effective 7/1/10. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 08-05-012, §
					 296-800-32005, filed 2/8/08, effective 4/1/08. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050.
					 01-23-060, § 296-800-32005, filed 11/20/01, effective 12/1/01; 01-11-038,
					 § 296-800-32005, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING › Section 296-800-32010 - Make sure equipment involved in a work-related accident is not moved

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(1) You must not
				move equipment involved in a work-related accident if any of the following
				results:
(a) A death.
(b) An inpatient hospitalization.
(c) An amputation.
(d) The loss of an eye.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING › Section 296-800-32015 - Assign people to assist the department of labor and industries

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You must assign witnesses and other employees to assist
				  department of labor and industries personnel who arrive at the scene to
				  investigate the incident involving:
(1) A death.
(2) An inpatient hospitalization.
(3) An amputation.
(4) The loss of an eye. Include:
(5) The immediate supervisor.
(6) Employees who were witnesses to the
				incident.
(7) Other employees the
				investigator feels are necessary to complete the investigation.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060. 08-05-012, §
					 296-800-32015, filed 2/8/08, effective 4/1/08. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010,[49.17].040, and [49.17].050.
					 01-11-038, § 296-800-32015, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING › Section 296-800-32020 - Conduct a preliminary investigation for all serious injuries

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(1) You must make
				sure your preliminary investigation is conducted to evaluate the facts relating
				to the cause of the incident by the following people:
(a) A person designated by the
				employer.
(b) The immediate
				supervisor of the injured employee.
(c) Witnesses.
(d) An employee representative, such as a
				shop steward or other person chosen by the employees to represent
				them.
(e) Any other person who has
				the experience and skills.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › ACCIDENT REPORTING AND INVESTIGATING › Section 296-800-32025 - Document the preliminary investigation findings

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You must document the preliminary investigation findings for
				  use at any formal investigation.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
					 02-16-047, § 296-800-32025, filed 8/1/02, effective 10/1/02; 01-11-038,
					 § 296-800-32025, filed 5/9/01, effective
					 9/1/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › RELEASING ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORTS › Section 296-800-330 - Releasing accident investigation reports

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(1) The department must keep accident
				investigations and related reports confidential.
(2) The department must not freely release
				results of accident investigations and related reports that are
				confidential.
(3) The department
				must make available accident investigation reports, without the need of a court
				order, only to the following:
(a) Injured
				workers, their legal representatives, or their labor organization
				representatives.
(b) The legal
				representative or labor organization representative of a deceased
				worker.
(c) The employer of any
				injured or deceased worker.
(d) Any
				other employer or person whose actions or business operations are the subject
				of the report or investigation.
(e)
				Any attorney representing a party in any pending legal action in which an
				investigative report constitutes material and relevant evidence.
(f) Employees of governmental agencies in the
				performance of their official duties.
(g) Any beneficiary of a deceased worker
				actually receiving benefits under the terms of Title 51 RCW, the Industrial
				Insurance Act.
Note:
The records officer may provide accident
						  investigation reports to the closest surviving member of the deceased worker's
						  immediate family.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › PROTECTING THE IDENTITY OF THE SOURCE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION › Section 296-800-340 - Protecting the identity of the source of confidential information

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(1) The department
				must not reveal the source of information when a promise has been made to keep
				the identity of the source confidential.
(2) The department must not disclose
				information that would reveal the source's identity, whenever a department file
				contains an investigative report or information from a source under a promise
				of confidentiality.
(a) The contents of an
				investigative report may be withheld only to the extent necessary to conceal
				the identity of the source.
(b)
				When information is withheld, the records officer must give a general
				characterization of the information withheld, but must not reveal the identity
				of the information's source.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › USING STANDARDS FROM NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES › Section 296-800-360 - Rule

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You must use the safety and health standards from national
				  organizations and federal agencies, when directed to by WISHA
				  rules.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-800 - Safety and health core rules › USING STANDARDS FROM NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES › Section 296-800-36005 - Comply with standards national organizations or of federal agencies when referenced in WISHA rules

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You must use the following to be in compliance with WISHA
				  rules:
(1) The edition of the standard
				specified in the WISHA rule; or
(2)
				Any edition published after the edition specified in the WISHA rule.
Note:
The specific standards referenced in the
						  WISHA rules are available:
* For review at your local department of labor and industries
				  office.
* See
http://www.wa.gov/lni/pa/direct.htm
.
* Through the local library system.
* Through the issuing organization.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-801 - Protecting temporary workers › Section 296-801-098 - Purpose and scope

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Chapter 296-801 WAC provides health and safety requirements for
				staffing agencies and worksite (or host) employers consistent with RCW
				 49.17.490 Temporary workers-Safety-Staffing agency and worksite employer
				duties. The requirements in this chapter are limited to employers classified
				under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in Sectors 31
				through 33 (manufacturing), and code 561320 (temporary help services).
Notes:
1. The NAICS is maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau
						  (
https://www.census.gov/naics/
).
2. Washington state employers can typically find their
						  NAICS code, by using the business lookup tool on the Washington state
						  department of revenue's website (
https://dor.wa.gov/
).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-801 - Protecting temporary workers › Section 296-801-099 - Definitions

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Staffing agency.
An employer whose business is
				classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
				561320 industry sector. In general, these organizations recruit and hire
				employees and temporarily assigns those employees to perform work or services
				for another organization, under such other organization's supervision,
				to:
(a) Support or supplement the other organization's
				workforce;
(b) Provide assistance in special work situations including,
				but not limited to, employee absences, skill shortages, or seasonal workloads;
				or
(c) Perform special assignments or projects.
Worksite (also referred to as host) employer.
An
				employer with which a staffing agency contracts or otherwise agrees to furnish
				persons for temporary employment in the industries described in NAICS sectors
				23 (construction industry sector), and 31 through 33 (manufacturing industry
				sector).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-801 - Protecting temporary workers › Section 296-801-100 - Staffing agency requirements

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Before the assignment of an employee to a worksite employer, a
				staffing agency must:
(1) Inquire
			 about the worksite employer's safety and health practices and hazards at the
			 actual workplace where the employee will be working to assess the safety
			 conditions, workers tasks, and the worksite employer's safety program; these
			 activities are required at the start of any contract to place workers and may
			 include visiting the actual worksite. If, during the inquiry or anytime during
			 the period of the contract, the staffing agency becomes aware of existing job
			 hazards that are not mitigated by the worksite employer, the staffing agency
			 must make the host employer aware, urge the host employer to correct it, and
			 document these efforts, otherwise the staffing agency must remove the temporary
			 workers from the worksite;
(2)
			 Provide training to the employee for general awareness safety training for
			 recognized industry hazards the employee may encounter at the worksite.
			 Industry hazard training must be completed, in the preferred language of the
			 employee, and must be provided at no expense to the employee. The training date
			 and training content must be maintained by the staffing agency and provided to
			 the employee upon request;
(3)
			 Transmit a general description of the training program including topics covered
			 to the worksite employer, whether electronically or on paper, at the start of
			 the contract with the worksite employer;
(4) Provide the department's hotline number
			 (1-800-4BS-SAFE, or 1-800-423-7233 and using option 2, then option 2 again to
			 report unsafe working conditions) for the employee to call to report safety
			 hazards and concerns as part of the employment materials provided to the
			 employee; and
(5) Inform the
			 employee who the employee should report safety concerns to at the workplace.
Note:
A staffing agency or employee may refuse a new job task
						  at the worksite when the task has not been reviewed or if the employee has not
						  had appropriate training to do the new task.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-801 - Protecting temporary workers › Section 296-801-110 - Worksite employer requirements

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(1) Before each
			 temporary employee engages in work for the worksite employer, the worksite
			 employer must:
(a) Document and inform the
			 staffing agency about anticipated job hazards likely encountered by the
			 staffing agency employee/temporary employee;
(b) Review the safety and health awareness
			 training provided by the staffing agency to determine if it addresses
			 recognized hazards for the worksite employer's industry;
(c) Provide specific training tailored to the
			 particular hazards at their workplaces; and
(d) Document and maintain records of
			 site-specific training and provide confirmation that the training occurred to
			 the staffing agency within three business days of providing the
			 training.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-802 - Employee medical and exposure records › Section 296-802-100 - Scope

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The purpose of this chapter is to provide employees and their
				designated representatives the right to access relevant medical and exposure
				records. It also describes the procedures WISHA will follow when accessing
				confidential medical information.
This chapter applies to:
* All employers who make, maintain, contract for, or have
				access to records relating to employee exposure to toxic substances or harmful
				physical agents, whether or not they are required by specific occupational
				safety and health rules. These records include:
- Employee medical records.
- Employee exposure records.
- Analyses of employee medical or exposure records.
IMPORTANT:
* The requirements of this chapter do not affect any other
				legal and ethical obligations the employer has to keep employee medical
				information confidential.
Exemption:
Agricultural operations covered by
				chapter 296-307 WAC, Safety standards for agriculture, are exempt from the
				requirements of this chapter.
Reference:
* Requirements for safety data sheets
				are found in WAC
				296-901-14014, Safety data
				sheets.
* Additional information about accessing medical information
				can be found in
				chapter
				70.02 RCW, Medical
				record-Health care information access and disclosure.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050, and
				  49.17.060. 04-10-026, §
				  296-802-100, filed 4/27/04, effective
				  8/1/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-802 - Employee medical and exposure records › Section 296-802-200 - Keep employee medical and exposure records

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Summary:
Your responsibility:
To keep employee medical records, exposure records, and
				analyses.
IMPORTANT:
* Physicians or other health care personnel may keep medical
				records for you.
* You may keep information in any form as long as the
				information is retrievable.
* Unless a specific occupational safety and health rule
				provides a different time period, you must keep records for the period required
				by this chapter.
You must meet the requirements
						...
in this section:
Keep employee medical records
WAC
						296-802-20005
Keep employee exposure records
WAC
						296-802-20010
Keep analyses of medical or exposure records
WAC
						296-802-20015
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050, and
				  49.17.060. 04-10-026, §
				  296-802-200, filed 4/27/04, effective
				  8/1/04.
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(1) You must keep medical records for at
			 least as long as the employee works for you plus thirty years.
Exemption:
* If an employee works for you for less than
one
year and you provide the records to them when they leave
						  employment, you do not have to keep their medical records.
* You do not need to keep the following records for
						  any specific period:
- Health insurance claims records maintained
						  separately from your medical program and records.
- Records of first-aid treatment, if made on-site by a
						  non-physician and if kept separately from the employee medical
						  record.
(2) You
			 must keep chest X-ray films in their original state, such as film or electronic
			 image.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050, and
				  49.17.060. 04-10-026, §
				  296-802-20005, filed 4/27/04, effective
				  8/1/04.
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IMPORTANT:
You do not need to keep employee exposure records for exposure
				to toxic substances when they are:
* Purchased as a consumer product; and
* Used in the same manner and frequency that a consumer would
				use them.
(1) You must keep employee
			 exposure records for at least thirty years from the date the exposure record
			 was made. These records include the following:
(a) The sampling results.
(b) The collection methodology (sampling
			 plan).
(c) A description of the
			 analytical and mathematical methods used.
(d) Background data to environmental
			 monitoring or measuring, such as laboratory reports and work sheets.
Note:
You do not have to keep the actual background
						data for more than one year if you keep a summary of the data for thirty years.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-802 - Employee medical and exposure records › Section 296-802-20015 - Keep analyses of medical or exposure records

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You must keep each analysis using medical or exposure records
				for at least thirty years.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050, and
				  49.17.060. 04-10-026, §
				  296-802-20015, filed 4/27/04, effective
				  8/1/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-802 - Employee medical and exposure records › Section 296-802-300 - Inform employees about records

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Summary:
Your responsibility:
To inform current employees about their medical and exposure
				records.
You must meet the requirements
						...
in this section:
Inform current employees about their medical
						and exposure records
WAC
						296-802-30005
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050, and
				  49.17.060. 04-10-026, §
				  296-802-300, filed 4/27/04, effective
				  8/1/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-802 - Employee medical and exposure records › Section 296-802-30005 - Inform current employees about their medical and exposure records

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(1) You must inform
			 employees covered by this rule about medical and exposure records when they
			 first start employment, and then at least annually. Include the following
			 information:
(a) Where the records are
			 located.
(b) Who is responsible for
			 the records.
(c) Who to contact for
			 access to the records.
(d) Their
			 rights to copy the records.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-802 - Employee medical and exposure records › Section 296-802-400 - Provide employees access to records and analyses

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Summary:
Your Responsibility:
To provide employees access to records and analyses.
IMPORTANT:
* Employees or their designated representatives can use the
				collective bargaining process to gain access to records beyond what is required
				by this chapter.
* The requirements of this section apply to both current and
				former employees.
You must meet the requirements
						...
in this section:
Provide access to employee medical records,
						exposure records, and analyses
WAC
						296-802-40005
Provide employee medical records
WAC
						296-802-40010
Provide employee exposure records
WAC
						296-802-40015
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050, and
				  49.17.060. 04-10-026, §
				  296-802-400, filed 4/27/04, effective
				  8/1/04.
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(1)
			 You must provide employees and their designated representatives access to
			 requested records and analyses as follows:
(a) In a reasonable time, place, and
			 manner.
(b) Within fifteen working
			 days.
(c) If there is a delay,
			 inform the requesting party of the reason and the earliest date the record will
			 be made available.
Exemption:
You do not have to provide analyses that are currently
						  being worked on or have not been reported to you.
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(1) You must make sure employees have access,
			 upon request, to their own medical records.
Note:
* A physician, nurse, or other responsible
						health care professional who maintains employee medical records may delete from
						requested medical records the identity of individuals who provided confidential
						information regarding an employee's health status.
* If a physician represents you and believes
						that providing an employee access to their specific diagnosis of a terminal
						illness or psychiatric condition could harm the employee, they may request that
						the record be released only to a designated representative having specific
						written authorization.
* The physician representing you may
						recommend that the employee or designated representative do one of the
						following:
- Consult with the physician to review and
						discuss requested records.
- Accept a summary of facts and opinions
						instead of requested records.
- Accept the release of requested records
						only to another physician or designated representative.
(2) You
			 must make sure that individual employees are not identified in any portion of
			 analyses that report the contents of employee medical records. Identifying
			 information includes:
(a) Both direct
			 identifiers such as name, address, Social Security number, and payroll number;
			 and
(b) Other information that
			 could reasonably be used in the circumstances to identify individual employees
			 such as exact age, height, or weight.
Note:
If it is not feasible to remove personal
						identifying information from a document, you do not have to provide the
						portions where personal identifiers cannot be moved.