Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-45 - Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution › Section 296-45-075 - Employer's safety program

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
			 The employer must hold safety meetings at least once a month, which meetings
			 will be held at a reasonable time and place as selected by the employer. The
			 employer must require all employees subject to provisions of this chapter to
			 attend said meetings: Provided, That employees whose presence is otherwise
			 required by reason of an emergency or whose function is such that they cannot
			 leave their station or cease their work without serious detriment to the
			 service provided, such as dispatcher, may be excused from such meeting under
			 those circumstances. Minutes must be kept of each safety meeting and retained
			 for a period of one year.
(2) The
			 employer or a representative(s) designated must investigate all accidents or
			 injuries of a serious nature and, where possible, take the proper remedial
			 steps to prevent the occurrence of similar accidents.
(3) The employer must furnish instructions
			 stating the proper procedure in event of an emergency, which must include the
			 names of those individuals to be notified and methods of contacting
			 them.
(4) The employer must provide
			 and make available to all employees accident reports and safety suggestion
			 forms or other approved methods. Safety suggestion forms should, where
			 possible, be used for suggesting the elimination of hazardous conditions and
			 such reported suggestions must be retained (for one year) by the employer or an
			 authorized representative.
(5) For
			 work-related injuries and illnesses involving any employee that resulted in
			 death, inpatient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye, the employer
			 must comply with the recordkeeping and reporting regulations located in chapter
			 296-27 WAC.
(6) Nothing contained
			 within this chapter will prohibit an employer or an authorized representative
			 from disciplining employees for failure to comply with the provisions of this
			 or any other safety code.
(7)
			 Existing conditions related to the safety of the work to be performed must be
			 determined and communicated to employees before work on or near electric lines
			 or equipment is started. Such conditions include, but are not limited to, the
			 nominal voltages of lines and equipment, the maximum switching transient
			 voltages, the presence of hazardous induced voltages, the presence and
			 condition of protective grounds and equipment grounding conductors, the
			 condition of poles, environmental conditions relative to safety, and the
			 locations of circuits and equipment, including power and communication lines
			 and fire protective signaling circuits.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 .
				  01-11-038, § 296-45-075, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.010, [49.17].040,[49.17].050 and
				  [49.17].060. 98-07-009, § 296-45-075, filed 3/6/98, effective
				  5/6/98.