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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-30025 - Window cleaning

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This section applies to all window cleaning
				activities performed on the inside or outside of a building in which
				the window cleaner is working from a level that is located more than
				four feet above grade or lower level under the scope of chapter
				296-878 WAC, Safety standards for window cleaning.
(1) The employer must ensure
			 employees working on a roof or other elevated working surface four
			 feet or more above a lower level are protected in accordance with WAC
			 296-880-200.
(2) The
			 employer must ensure all workers suspended from a boatswain's chair
			 or rope descent system use an independent fall arrest system where
			 the fall arrest anchorage is separate from the suspension system
			 anchorage.
(3) The
			 employer must ensure workers assemble and wear their personal fall
			 arrest equipment before they approach the point of
			 suspension.
(4) The
			 employer must ensure workers are connected at all times to the fall
			 arrest system while they are suspended.
(5) The employer must prohibit use
			 of the following equipment for window-cleaning operations:
(a) Portable sills;
(b) Window jacks;
(c) Capstan devices to suspend
			 workers; and
(d)
			 Suspension or fall-arrest ropes made entirely of polypropylene that
			 do not have a minimum breaking strength of five thousand pounds (22.2
			 kN).
Additional requirements for window cleaning can be
				found in chapter 296-878 WAC, Safety standards for window
				cleaning.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-30030 - Scaffolds

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This section applies to suspended and supported
				scaffolds under the scope of chapter 296-874 WAC, Scaffolds.
(1) The employer must protect each
			 employee on a scaffold from falling ten feet or more to a lower
			 level, by providing either:
(a) A
			 personal fall arrest system; or
(b) Guardrails.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-30035 - Cranes

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This section applies to all cranes covered under the
				scope of chapter 296-155 WAC, Part L, Cranes, rigging, and personnel
				lifting.
(1) Fall protection
			 systems:
(a) Personal fall arrest
			 systems must conform to the criteria in WAC 296-880-40020.
(b) Personal fall restraint systems
			 must conform to the criteria in WAC 296-880-40025.
(c) Positioning device systems must
			 conform to the criteria in WAC 296-880-40030.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-30045 - Ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking

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This section applies to all ship repairing,
				shipbuilding and shipbreaking industries and operations under the
				scope of chapter 296-304 WAC, Safety standards for ship repairing,
				shipbuilding and shipbreaking.
(1) The employer must provide and
			 ensure the use of fall protection when employees work aloft or
			 elsewhere at elevations more than five feet above a solid
			 surface.
(2) Guarding of
			 deck openings and edges.
(a) When
			 employees are working in the vicinity of flush manholes and other
			 small openings of comparable size in the deck and other working
			 surfaces, such openings must be suitably covered or guarded to a
			 height of not less than thirty inches, except where the use of such
			 guards is made impracticable by the work actually in
			 progress.
(b) When
			 employees are working around open hatches not protected by coamings
			 to a height of twenty-four inches or around other large openings, the
			 edge of the opening must be guarded in the working area to a height
			 of thirty-six to forty-two inches, except where the use of such
			 guards is made impracticable by the work actually in
			 progress.
(c) When
			 employees are exposed to unguarded edges of decks, platforms, flats,
			 and similar flat surfaces, more than five feet above a solid surface,
			 the edges must be guarded by adequate guardrails meeting the
			 requirements of WAC
			 296-304-05001(9)(a)
			 and (b), unless the nature of the
			 work in progress or the physical conditions prohibit the use or
			 installation of such guardrails.
(d) When employees are working near
			 the unguarded edges of decks of vessels afloat, they must be
			 protected by buoyant personal flotation devices, meeting the
			 requirements of WAC
			 296-304-09017(1).
(e) Sections of bilges from which
			 floor plates or gratings have been removed must be guarded by
			 guardrails except where they would interfere with work in progress.
			 If these open sections are in a walkway at least two ten-inch planks
			 placed side by side, or equivalent, must be laid across the opening
			 to provide a safe walking surface.
(f) Gratings, walkways, and
			 catwalks, from which sections or ladders have been removed, must be
			 barricaded with adequate guardrails.
Additional requirements for ship repairing,
				shipbuilding and shipbreaking can be found in chapter 296-304 WAC,
				Safety standards for ship repairing, shipbuilding and
				ship-breaking.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-30050 - Longshore, stevedore, and waterfront related operations

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This section applies to any and all waterfront
				operations under the scope of chapter 296-56 WAC, Safety
				standards-Longshore, stevedore, and waterfront related
				operations.
(1) The employer
			 must ensure employees doing maintenance work on cranes, spouts or
			 similar types of equipment, eight feet or more above the ground or
			 surface and not in an area that is protected by any standard
			 safeguards such as walkways with standard railings, or ladders with
			 protective cages, wear a full body harness and lanyard which can be
			 attached to the structure.
(2) Guarding of edges. The employer
			 must meet the following requirements for employee protection:
(a) Guardrails must be provided at
			 locations where employees are exposed to falls of more than four feet
			 from floor or wall openings or waterside edges, including bridges or
			 gangway-like structures leading to pilings, vessel mooring or
			 berthing installations.
(b) Guardrails are not required:
(i) At loading platforms and
			 docks;
(ii) At waterside
			 edges used for cargo or mooring line handling;
(iii) On the working sides of work
			 platforms, skids, or similar workplaces which abut the work area;
			 or
(iv) On railroad
			 rolling stock, highway vehicles, inter-modal containers, or similar
			 equipment.
(c)
			 Where guardrails are impractical due to machinery requirements or
			 work processes, an alternate means of fall protection, such as nets,
			 must be used.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-30055 - Ski area facilities and operations

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This section applies to all persons, firms, corporations, or
				others engaged in the operation of organized ski areas and facilities under the
				scope of chapter 296-59 WAC, Safety standards for ski area facilities and
				operations.
(1) Personal protective
			 equipment, general requirements.
(a) Personal
			 fall arrest systems or personal fall restraint systems must be provided and
			 used whenever employees are working in locations which expose them to a fall
			 hazard of four feet or more.
(b)
			 Employees will not be required to wear personal fall protection systems while
			 riding on a standard lift chair while seated in the normal riding
			 position.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40010 - Ramps, runways, and inclined walkway requirements

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Ramps, runways, and inclined walkways must conform to
				the following provisions:
(1) Be at least eighteen inches
			 wide; and
(2) Not be
			 inclined more than twenty degrees from horizontal and when inclined,
			 they must be cleated or otherwise treated to prevent a slipping
			 hazard on the walking surface.
Note:
See WAC 296-880-20005 for guarding ramps,
						runways, and inclined walkways that are four feet or more above the
						ground or lower level.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40015 - Cover requirements-Holes and openings

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Covers and their use must conform to the following
				provisions:
(1) Hole covers
			 must be of any material that meets the following strength
			 requirements:
(a) Conduits,
			 trenches, and manhole covers and their supports, when located in
			 roadways, and vehicular aisles must be designed to carry a truck rear
			 axle load of at least two times the maximum intended load;
(b) Hole covers must be capable of
			 supporting, without failure, at least twice the weight of employees,
			 equipment, and materials that may be imposed on the cover at any one
			 time.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40020 - Personal fall arrest system requirements

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Personal fall arrest systems and their use must
				conform to the following provisions:
(1) Personal fall arrest systems:
(a) A full body harness must be
			 used.
(b) The attachment
			 point of the full body harness must be located in the center of the
			 wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's
			 head.
(c) Lanyards must
			 have a minimum breaking strength of five thousand pounds (22.2
			 kN).
(d) The employer
			 must protect all safety lines and lanyards against being cut or
			 abraded.
(e) D-rings and
			 snap hooks must be proof-tested to a minimum tensile load of
			 thirty-six hundred pounds (16 kN) without cracking, breaking, or
			 taking permanent deformation.
(f) Snap hooks must be a locking
			 type snap hook designed and used to prevent disengagement of the snap
			 hook by the contact of the snap hook keeper by the connected
			 member.
(g) Unless the
			 snap hook is designed for the following connections, snap hooks must
			 not be engaged:
(i) Directly to the
			 webbing, rope, or wire rope;
(ii) To each other;
(iii) To a D-ring to which another
			 snap hook or other connector is attached;
(iv) To a horizontal lifeline;
			 or
(v) To any object
			 which is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snap
			 hook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the
			 connected object being able to depress the snap hook keeper and
			 release itself.
(h) Hardware must be drop forged,
			 pressed or formed steel, or made of materials equivalent in
			 strength.
(i) Hardware
			 must have a corrosion resistant finish, and all surfaces and edges
			 must be smooth to prevent damage to the attached full body harness or
			 lanyard.
(j) All
			 components of full body harness systems whose strength is not
			 otherwise specified in this section must be capable of supporting a
			 minimum fall impact load of five thousand pounds (22.2 kN) applied at
			 the lanyard point of connection.
(k) Vertical lifelines (droplines)
			 must have a minimum breaking strength of five thousand pounds (22.2
			 kN), except that self-retracting lifelines and lanyards which
			 automatically limit free fall distance to two feet (.61 m) or less
			 must have a minimum breaking strength of three thousand pounds (13.3
			 kN).
(l) When vertical
			 lifelines (droplines) are used, not more than one employee must be
			 attached to any one lifeline.
(m) Horizontal lifelines must be
			 designed, installed, and used, under the supervision of a qualified
			 person, as part of a complete personal fall arrest system, which
			 maintains a safety factor of at least two.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40025 - Personal fall restraint system requirements

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Personal fall restraint systems and their use must
				conform to the following provisions.
Personal fall restraint systems must be rigged to
				allow the movement of employees only as far as the unprotected sides
				and edges of the walking/working surface, and must consist of:
(1) A full body harness must be
			 used.
(2) The full body
			 harness must be attached to securely rigged restraint
			 lines.
(3) All hardware
			 assemblies for full body harness must be capable of withstanding a
			 tension loading of four thousand pounds without cracking, breaking,
			 or taking a permanent deformation.
(4) The employer must ensure
			 component compatibility.
(5) Anchorage points used for fall
			 restraint must be capable of supporting four times the intended
			 load.
(6) Rope grab
			 devices are prohibited for fall restraint applications unless they
			 are part of a fall restraint system designed specifically for the
			 purpose by the manufacturer, and used in strict accordance with the
			 manufacturer's recommendations and instructions.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40030 - Positioning device system requirements

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Positioning device systems and their use must conform
				to the following provisions:
(1) Positioning harnesses or full
			 body harnesses must be used.
(2) Positioning devices must be
			 rigged to prevent an employee from a free fall greater than two
			 feet.
(3) Positioning
			 devices must be secured to an anchorage capable of supporting at
			 least twice the potential impact load of an employee's fall or three
			 thousand pounds (13.3 kN), whichever is greater.
(4) Connectors must be drop forged,
			 pressed or formed steel, or made of equivalent materials.
(5) Connectors must have a
			 corrosion-resistant finish, and all surfaces and edges must be smooth
			 to prevent damage to interfacing parts of this system.
(6) Connecting assemblies must have
			 a minimum breaking strength of five thousand pounds (22.2
			 kN).
(7) D-rings and snap
			 hooks must be proof-tested to a minimum tensile load of three
			 thousand six hundred pounds (16 kN) without cracking, breaking, or
			 taking permanent deformation.
(8) Snap hooks must be a locking
			 type snap hook designed and used to prevent disengagement of the snap
			 hook by the contact of the snap hook keeper by the connected
			 member.
(9) Unless the
			 snap hook is designed for the following connections, snap hooks must
			 not be engaged:
(a) Directly to
			 webbing, rope, or wire rope;
(b) To each other;
(c) To a D-ring to which another
			 snap hook or other connector is attached;
(d) To a horizontal lifeline;
			 or
(e) To any object
			 which is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snap
			 hook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the
			 connected object being able to depress the snap hook keeper and
			 release itself.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40035 - Self-rescue device requirements

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Self-rescue devices and their use must conform to the
				following provisions:
(1)
			 Self-rescue devices are not to be used as a fall protection
			 system.
(2) Self-rescue
			 devices must be used according to the manufacturer's
			 instructions.
(3) The use
			 of self-rescue devices must be addressed in the fall protection work
			 plan.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40040 - Warning line system requirements

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Warning line systems and their use must conform to
				the following provisions:
Warning line system specifications used on roofs with
				a pitch of four in twelve or less for roofing work, leading edge work
				and on low pitched open sided surfaces for work activities other than
				roofing work or leading edge work. The employer must ensure the
				following:
(1) Warning lines
			 must be erected around all unprotected sides and edges of the work
			 area.
(a) Warning lines used during
			 roofing work:
(i) When roofing work
			 is taking place or when mechanical equipment is not being used, the
			 warning line must be erected not less than six feet (1.8 m) from the
			 edge of the roof;
(ii)
			 When mechanical equipment is being used, the warning line must be
			 erected not less than six feet (1.8 m) from the roof edge which is
			 parallel to the direction of mechanical equipment operation, and not
			 less than ten feet (3.1 m) from the roof edge which is perpendicular
			 to the direction of mechanical equipment operation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40045 - Safety monitor system requirements

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Safety monitor systems and their use must conform to
				the following provisions:
(1) A safety monitor system may be
			 used in conjunction with a warning line system as a method of fall
			 protection during roofing work on low pitched roofs or leading edge
			 work on low pitched surfaces.
Note:
The warning line is not required when performing
						roofing work on low pitched roofs less than fifty feet wide. For
						information on determining roof widths, see WAC 296-880-500, Appendix
						A, Determining roof widths.
(2) When selected, the employer
			 must ensure that the safety monitor system is addressed in the fall
			 protection work plan, including the name of the safety monitor(s) and
			 the extent of their training in both the safety monitor and warning
			 line systems. The employer must ensure that the following
			 requirements are met:
(a) The safety
			 monitor system must not be used when adverse weather conditions
			 create additional hazards.
(b) Employees working outside of
			 the warning line system, (between the forward edge of the warning
			 line and the unprotected sides or edges of a low pitched surface),
			 must be readily distinguishable from other members of the crew that
			 are working inside the warning line system by wearing highly visible,
			 distinctive, and uniform apparel.
(c) Employees must promptly comply
			 with fall hazard warnings from the safety monitor.
(d) The employer must train a
			 person acting in the capacity of safety monitor(s) in the function of
			 both the safety monitor and warning line systems, and they must:
(i) Be a competent person as
			 defined in WAC 296-880-095;
(ii) Have control authority over
			 the work as it relates to fall protection;
(iii) Be instantly distinguishable
			 over members of the work crew;
(iv) Perform no other duties while
			 acting as safety monitor;
(v) Be positioned in relation to
			 the workers under their protection, so as to have a clear,
			 unobstructed view and be able to maintain normal voice
			 communication;
(vi) Not
			 supervise more than eight exposed workers at one time; and
(vii) Warn the employee when it
			 appears that the employee is unaware of a fall hazard or is acting in
			 an unsafe manner.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40050 - Safety watch system requirements

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Safety watch systems and their use must conform to the
				following provisions:
(1) When one
			 employee is conducting work, other than construction work, on a low pitch roof,
			 not within six feet of the roof edge and when the work is both infrequent and
			 temporary, employers are allowed to use a safety watch system.
(2) The employer must ensure the safety watch
			 system meets the following requirements:
(a)
			 There can only be two people on the roof while the safety watch system is being
			 used: One employee acting as the safety watch and one employee engaged in the
			 work activity;
(b) The employee
			 performing the work must comply promptly with fall hazard warnings from the
			 safety watch;
(c) Mechanical
			 equipment is not used; and
(d) The
			 safety watch system is not used when weather conditions create additional
			 hazards.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40055 - Safety net system requirements

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Safety net systems and their use must conform with
				the following provisions:
(1) Safety nets must be installed
			 as close as practicable under the surface on which employees are
			 working, but in no case more than thirty feet (9.1 m) below such
			 level unless specifically approved in writing by the manufacturer.
			 The potential fall area to the net must be unobstructed.
(2) Safety nets must extend outward
			 from the outermost projection of the work surface as follows:
Table 2
Vertical distance from working levels to
						horizontal plane of net
Minimum required horizontal distance of
						outer edge of net from the edge of the working surface
Up to 5 feet
8 feet
More than 5 feet up to 10 feet
10 feet
More than 10 feet
13 feet
(3) The employer must install
			 safety nets with sufficient clearance under them to prevent contact
			 with the surface or structures below when subjected to an impact
			 force equal to the drop test specified in subsection (5) of this
			 section.
(4) Safety nets
			 and their installations must be capable of absorbing an impact force
			 equal to that produced by the drop test.
(a) Except as provided in
			 subsection (6) of this section, safety nets and safety net
			 installations must be drop-tested at the job site after initial
			 installation and before being used as a fall protection system,
			 whenever relocated, after major repair, and at six-month intervals if
			 left in one place. The drop-test must consist of a four hundred pound
			 (180 kg) bag of sand, thirty plus or minus two inches (76 plus or
			 minus 5 cm) in diameter dropped into the net from the highest
			 walking/working surface at which employees are exposed to fall
			 hazards, but not from less than forty-two inches (1.1 m) above that
			 level.
(b) When the
			 employer can demonstrate that it is unreasonable to perform the
			 drop-test required by (a) of this subsection, the employer (or a
			 designated competent person) must certify that the net and net
			 installation is in compliance with subsections (2) and (3) of this
			 section by preparing a certification record prior to the net being
			 used as a fall protection system. The certification record must
			 include an identification of the net and net installation for which
			 the certification record is being prepared; the date that it was
			 determined that the identified net and net installation were in
			 compliance with subsection (5) of this section and the signature of
			 the person making the determination and certification. The most
			 recent certification record for each net and net installation must be
			 available at the job site for inspection.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40060 - Catch platform requirements

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Catch platforms and their use must comply with the
				following provisions:
(1)
			 Catch platforms must be installed within four vertical feet of the
			 work area.
(2) Catch
			 platforms must be a minimum of forty-five inches wide and equipped
			 with standard guardrails and toe-boards on all open sides.
(3) Catch platforms must meet the
			 strength and stability requirements of supported scaffolds in chapter
			 296-874 WAC, Scaffolds.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40065 - Canopy requirements

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Canopies and their use must comply with the following
				provision: Canopies, when used as falling object protection, must be
				of sufficient strength to prevent collapse and to prevent penetration
				by any objects which may fall onto the canopy.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40070 - Roof bracket requirements

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Roof brackets and their use must comply with the
				following provisions: Roofing brackets are not a fall protection
				system.
(1) Roofing brackets
			 must be constructed to fit the pitch of the roof.
(2) In addition to securing
			 brackets using the pointed metal projections, brackets must also be
			 secured in place by nailing. When it is impractical to nail brackets,
			 rope supports must be used. When rope supports are used, they must
			 consist of first grade manila of at least three-quarter inch
			 diameter, or equivalent.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40075 - Crawling board and chicken ladder requirements

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Crawling boards, chicken ladders, and their use must
				conform with the following provisions: Crawling boards and chicken
				ladders are not fall protection systems.
(1) Crawling boards must be not
			 less than ten inches wide and one inch thick, having cleats one by
			 one and one-half inches:
(a) The
			 cleats must be equal in length to the width of the board and spaced
			 at equal intervals not to exceed twenty-four inches.
(b) Nails must be driven through
			 and clinched on the underside.
(c) The crawling board must extend
			 from the ridge pole to the eaves when used in connection with roof
			 construction, repair, or maintenance.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › Section 296-880-40080 - Roof edge materials handling and material storage requirements

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Roof edge materials handling areas and materials
				storage must conform with the following provisions:
(1) When guardrails are used at
			 hoisting areas, a minimum of four feet of guardrail must be erected
			 along each side of the access point through which materials are
			 hoisted.
(2) A chain or
			 gate must be placed across the opening between the guardrail sections
			 when hoisting operations are not taking place.
(3) When guardrails are used at
			 bitumen pipe outlet, a minimum of four feet of guardrail must be
			 erected along each side of the pipe.
(4) Mechanical equipment must be
			 used or stored only in areas where employees are protected using a
			 fall arrest system as described in WAC 296-880-40020, or a fall
			 restraint system as described in WAC 296-880-40025. Mechanical
			 equipment may not be used or stored where the only protection is
			 provided by the use of a safety monitor.
(5) The hoist must not be used as
			 an attachment/anchorage point for fall arrest or fall restraint
			 systems.
(6) Materials
			 must not be stored within six feet of a roof edge unless guardrails
			 are erected at the roof edge. Guardrails must include a toeboard if
			 employees could be working or passing below.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › NONMANDATORY APPENDICES › Section 296-880-505 - Appendix B-Calculating fall clearance distance-Nonmandatory guidelines

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Calculating fall clearance distance using a
				  shock-absorbing lanyard and D-ring anchorage connector - Nonmandatory
				  guidelines for complying with WAC 296-880-40020.
Do the following to calculate the fall clearance
				  distance using a shock-absorbing lanyard and D-ring anchorage
				  connector:
(1) First, add
				the length of the shock-absorbing lanyard (six feet) to the maximum
				elongation of the shock absorber during deceleration (three and
				one-half feet) to the average height of a worker (six
				feet);
(2) Then, add a
				safety factor of three feet to allow for the possibility of an
				improperly fit full body harness, a taller than average worker and/or
				a miscalculation of distance.
Note:
The suggested safe fall clearance distance for
						  this example is eighteen and one-half feet.
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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-880 - Unified safety standards for fall protection › NONMANDATORY APPENDICES › Section 296-880-510 - Appendix C-Test methods and additional guidelines for personal fall arrest systems-Nonmandatory guidelines

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(1) General. Subsections (2), (3),
				(4), and (5) of this appendix set forth test procedures which may be
				used to determine compliance with the requirements in WAC
				296-880-40020.
(2)
				General conditions for all tests.
(a) Lifelines, lanyards, and
				deceleration devices should be attached to an anchorage and connected
				to the body harness in the same manner as they would be when used to
				protect employees.
(b)
				The anchorage should be rigid, and should not have a deflection
				greater than .04 inches (1 mm) when a force of two thousand two
				hundred fifty pounds (10 kN) is applied.
(c) The frequency response of the
				load measuring instrumentation should be 120 Hz.
(d) The test weight used in the
				strength and force tests should be a rigid, metal, cylindrical or
				torso-shaped object with a girth of thirty-eight inches plus or minus
				four inches (96 cm plus or minus 10 cm).
(e) The lanyard or lifeline used to
				create the free fall distance should be supplied with the system, or
				in its absence, the least elastic lanyard or lifeline available to be
				used with the system.
(f)
				The test weight for each test should be hoisted to the required level
				and should be quickly released without having any appreciable motion
				imparted to it.
(g) The
				system's performance should be evaluated taking into account the
				range of environmental conditions for which it is designed to be
				used.
(h) Following the
				test, the system need not be capable of further operation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-100 - Scope

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This chapter applies to the following requirements
				and information regarding administration of the Washington Industrial
				Safety and Health Act (WISHA), chapter 49.17 RCW:
(1) Employer requests for using an
			 alternative to WISHA requirements.
(2) Workplace inspections conducted
			 by WISHA.
(3) Citations
			 and penalties for violations of WISHA safety and health
			 requirements.
(4) How to
			 respond to actions that WISHA may take when requirements have been
			 violated.
(5) Employer
			 correction of cited violations, and notification to WISHA when the
			 corrections are made.
(6)
			 Employer obligations to inform employees.
(7) Reporting alleged safety and
			 health hazards.
(8)
			 Appeal and hearing processes for employers and employees.
(9) Safety and health investment
			 projects (SHIP).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050,
				  49.17.060,
				  49.17.210, and 2007 c
				  522. 08-03-025, § 296-900-100, filed 1/8/08, effective 2/8/08.
				  Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050,
				  49.17.060. 06-06-020,
				  § 296-900-100, filed 2/21/06, effective
				  6/1/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-110 - Variances

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Summary:
Employer responsibility.
You must meet the
						  requirements...
in this section:
Applying for a variance
WAC
						  296-900-11005
Interim orders
WAC
						  296-900-11010
Renewing a temporary variance
WAC
						  296-900-11015
Changing a variance
WAC
						  296-900-11020
Variance hearings
WAC
						  296-900-11025
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050,
				  49.17.060. 06-06-020,
				  § 296-900-110, filed 2/21/06, effective
				  6/1/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-11010 - Interim orders

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Definition:
An interim order allows an
				employer to vary from WISHA requirements until a permanent or
				temporary variance is granted.
(1) You must request an interim
			 order if alternate methods of protecting employees are needed while
			 waiting for a permanent or temporary variance.
Note:
An interim order may be requested at the
						  same time a permanent or temporary variance is requested, or anytime
						  after that.
What to expect from
				WISHA:
(2)
			 A review of the request for an interim order. If more information is
			 needed to make a decision, WISHA may:
(a) Contact the employer or others
			 who may have the needed information.
(b) Visit the workplace after
			 contacting the employer to make arrangements.
(c) Deny the request if the
			 employer does not provide information needed to make a
			 decision.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-11015 - Renewing a temporary variance

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IMPORTANT:
Temporary variances can be
				renewed up to two times, for up to one hundred eighty days each
				time.
(1) You must apply for
			 a temporary variance renewal at least ninety days before the
			 temporary variance expires.
(2) You must send a letter,
			 explaining why more time is needed to fulfill the current
			 requirements.
What to expect from
				WISHA:
(3)
			 A review of the temporary variance renewal request. If more
			 information is needed to make a decision, WISHA may:
(a) Contact you or others who may
			 have the needed information.
(b) Visit your workplace after
			 contacting you to make arrangements.
(c) Deny your request if you do not
			 provide information needed to make a decision.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-11020 - Changing a variance

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(1) You, your employees, or their
			 representatives may request changes to variances in writing as
			 follows:
(a) For a permanent
			 variance only after it has been in effect for at least six
			 months.
(b) For a
			 temporary variance, only when renewing it.
Note:
1. After six months, WISHA may initiate
						  changes to a variance if they appear to be warranted.
2. Employers can decide at any time to
						  follow the original requirement, instead of the requested
						  variance.
What to expect from
				WISHA:
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-11025 - Variance hearings

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Employers, affected employees, or employee
				representatives may request a hearing on any of the following:
1. Permanent or temporary variance
			 requests.
2. Changes to
			 existing variances.
(1) You and your
			 affected employees must do all of the following if requesting a
			 variance hearing:
(a) Put the
			 request in writing and sign it.
(b) Make sure the request is posted
			 or delivered to the department within twenty-one calendar days from
			 the variance application date, or renewal request date.
(c) Send the written request to
			 WISHA, using one of the following means:
Mail to:
Assistant Director
WISHA Services
P. O. Box 44650
Olympia, WA 98504-4650
Fax to: 360-902-5438
Take to any L&I
				office.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-120 - Inspections

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Summary.
You must meet the
						  requirements...
in this section:
WISHA inspections
WAC
						  296-900-12005
Inspection techniques
WAC
						  296-900-12010
Complaints
WAC
						  296-900-12015
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050,
				  49.17.060. 06-06-020,
				  § 296-900-120, filed 2/21/06, effective
				  6/1/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-12005 - WISHA inspections

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(1) WISHA conducts the following
			 types of
programmed
inspections:
(a) Hazardous workplaces.
WISHA identifies hazardous workplaces using objective
				criteria and inspection-scheduling systems that may include any of
				the following factors:
(i)
			 Type of industry.
(ii)
			 Injury and illness data that identifies hazards.
(iii) Employer's industrial
			 insurance experience.
(iv) Number, type, and toxicity of
			 contaminants in the workplace.
(v) Degree of exposure to
			 hazards.
(vi) Number of
			 employees exposed.
(vii)
			 Other factors, such as history of employee complaints.
Note:
WISHA periodically reviews the scheduling
						  systems and may adjust the type or significance of each
						  criteria.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-12010 - Inspection techniques

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During an inspection, WISHA staff may:
(1) Take samples, photographs,
			 videotapes, or audiotapes.
(2) Conduct tests or
			 interviews.
(3) Ask
			 employees to wear sampling devices.
(4) Privately question, on or off
			 the worksite, any:
(a)
			 Employer.
(b) Employer
			 representative.
(c)
			 Owner.
(d)
			 Operator.
(e)
			 Employee.
(f) Employee
			 representative.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-12015 - Complaints

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(1)
			 Employees or employee representatives may file a written complaint if
			 they believe they have been exposed to a hazard that is a violation
			 of WISHA safety and health requirements.
What to expect from
				WISHA:
(2)
			 After receiving a written complaint from an employee or employee
			 representative, WISHA reviews the allegations and responds according
			 to Table 2, WISHA Responses to Employee Complaints.
Table 2 WISHA Responses to Employee
				Complaints
For this
						  determination:
WISHA will take the following
						  actions:
The complaint is within WISHA jurisdiction
						  and an inspection does not appear to be needed at this
						  time
* Call the employer to discuss the
						  complaint
* Set a deadline for the employer to respond
						  in writing
* Fax or mail a complaint notification letter
						  to the employer. Before the complaint is faxed or mailed, the
						  following names will be removed unless specific permission is given
						  to include them:
- The name of the person submitting the
						  complaint
- The names of any employees identified in
						  the complaint
* Evaluate the employer's response, and do
						  one of the following:
- Close the complaint because the issues have
						  been addressed, and send a copy of the employer's response to the
						  person filing the complaint
- Inspect the workplace
Note:
* If the complaint is closed and additional
						  information is received from the person filing the complaint
						  disputing the employer's written response, WISHA may schedule an
						  inspection
* If the person who filed the original
						  complaint requests in writing that WISHA review a decision not to
						  conduct an inspection, WISHA will review the decision and notify the
						  person in writing of the results
* If the person requesting the review is not
						  satisfied with the results of the review, they may request a second
						  review by the assistant director or designee
The complaint is within WISHA jurisdiction
						  and an inspection needs to be conducted
* Conduct an inspection
* Issue a citation and notice that shows one
						  of the following:
- Violations found
- No violations were found
* Send a letter to the person filing the
						  complaint with inspection results
Reference:
For citation and
						  notice information, turn to citation and notice, WAC
						  296-900-130
The complaint is not within WISHA
						  jurisdiction
* Send a written response to the person
						  filing the complaint explaining the matter is not within WISHA
						  jurisdiction
Note:
WISHA may make a referral to the
						  proper authority
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050,
				  49.17.060. 06-06-020,
				  § 296-900-12015, filed 2/21/06, effective
				  6/1/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-130 - Citation and notice

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Summary:
Employer responsibility:
To notify employees when a citation and notice
				is received.
You must meet the
						  requirements...
in this section:
Citation and notice
WAC
						  296-900-13005
Copies of future citations and
						  notices
WAC
						  296-900-13010
Posting citation and notices
WAC
						  296-900-13015
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050,
				  49.17.060. 07-03-163,
				  § 296-900-130, filed 1/24/07, effective 4/1/07; 06-06-020,
				  § 296-900-130, filed 2/21/06, effective
				  6/1/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-13005 - Citation and notice

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Definition:
(1) A citation and notice is a
			 document issued to an employer notifying them of:
(a) Inspection results.
(b) Any specific violations of
			 WISHA safety and health requirements.
(c) Any monetary penalties
			 assessed.
(d) Employer
			 certification of correction requirements.
(e) WISHA will mail a citation and
			 notice to you as soon as possible but not later than six months
			 following any inspection or investigation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-13010 - Copies of future citation and notices

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Employees or their representatives wishing to
				receive copies of citation and notices during the next twelve months
				must:
(1) Submit a
			 request for copy of citation and notice form to the following:
Department of Labor and Industries
Standards and Information
P. O. Box 44638 Olympia,
WA 98504-4638
Note:
A request for copy of citation and notice
						  form can be obtained by:
1. Calling 360-902-5553.
2. Contacting the local L&I
						  office.
Reference:
For a list of the local
				L&I offices, see the resources section of the Safety and health
				core rules, chapter 296-800 WAC.
What to expect from
				WISHA:
(2)
			 WISHA may decide who will receive copies of the citation and notices
			 if more than one employee or employee representative requests a
			 copy.
(3) WISHA may deny
			 a request for copies of citation and notices if the person filing the
			 request is not an employee or employee representative.
(4) If WISHA grants the request for
			 copies of citation and notices, the employee or employee
			 representative will:
(a) Receive an
			 approval document from WISHA.
(b) Receive all citation and
			 notices issued to that employer for the next twelve months.
(c) Continue receiving citation and
			 notices for an additional twelve months if a one-year extension is
			 requested and approved.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-900 - Administrative rules › Section 296-900-13015 - Posting citation and notices

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(1) You must
			 immediately notify employees of a citation and notice by posting it and any
			 correspondence related to an employee complaint on the safety bulletin board
			 for seven working days, excluding weekends and holidays, or until all
			 violations are corrected, whichever time period is longer. As an option, an
			 employer may use electronic means to supplement the bulletin board, such as
			 with telework employees.
(2) You
			 must use any other appropriate means to notify employees who may receive
			 notices posted on the safety bulletin board.
Examples of other appropriate means include sending a copy by
				mail or electronically to any of the following:
(a) A designated employee
			 representative.
(b) Safety
			 representatives.
(c) The safety
			 committee.