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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part N - COTTON DUST › Section 296-62-14543 - Appendix E - Vertical elutriator equivalency protocol

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(a) Samples to be taken -- In order to
				ascertain equivalency, it is necessary to collect a total of 100 samples from
				at least 10 sites in a mill. That is, there should be 10 replicate readings at
				each of 10 sites. The sites should represent dust levels which vary over the
				allowable range of 0.5 to 2 times the permissible exposure limit. Each sample
				requires the use of two vertical elutriators (VE's) and at least one but not
				more than two alternative devices (AD's). Thus, the end result is 200 VE
				readings and either 100 or 200 AD readings. The 2 VE readings and the 1 or 2 AD
				readings at each time and site must be made simultaneously. That is, the two
				VE's and one or two AD's must be arranged together in such a way that they are
				measuring essentially the same dust levels.
(b) Data averaging -- The two VE readings
				taken at each site are then averaged. These averages are to be used as the 100
				VE readings. If two alternate devices were used, their test results are also
				averaged. Thus, after this step is accomplished, there will be 100 VE readings
				and 100 AD readings.
(c)
				Differences -- For each of the 100 sets of measurements (VE and AD) the
				difference is obtained as the average VE reading minus the AD reading. Call
				these differences Di. Thus, we have.
Di = VEi -
				  ADi, i = 1,2, . . . ,100 (1)
Next we compute the arithmetic mean and standard deviations
				  of the differences, using equations (2) and (3), respectively.
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where N equals the number of differences (100 in this case),
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is the arithmetic mean and SD is the
				  standard deviation.
We next calculate the critical value as T =
				  KSD + |
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| where K = 1.87, based on 100 samples.
(d) Equivalency test. The next step is to
				obtain the average of the 100 VE readings. This is obtained by equation (4)
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We next multiply 0.25 by
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VE. If T < 0.25
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VE, we can say that the alternate device
				  has passed the equivalency test.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.040 and
					 49.17.050. 86-16-009 (Order
					 86-28), § 296-62-14543, filed
					 7/25/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-200 - Coke oven emissions

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Scope and application. This section applies to the control of
				  employee exposure to coke oven emissions.
Order 77-14, § 296-62-200, filed
					 7/25/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20001 - Definitions

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For the purpose of this section:
Authorized person.
Any person specifically
				  authorized by the employer whose duties require the person to enter a regulated
				  area, or any person entering such an area as a designated representative of
				  employees for the purpose of exercising the opportunity to observe monitoring
				  and measuring procedures under WAC
				  296-62-20025.
Beehive oven.
A coke oven in which the products
				  of carbonization other than coke are not recovered, but are released into the
				  ambient air.
Coke oven.
A retort in which coke is produced by
				  the destructive distillation or carbonization of coal.
Coke oven battery.
A structure containing a
				  number of slot-type coke ovens.
Coke oven emissions.
The benzenesoluble fraction
				  of total particulate matter present during the destructive distillation or
				  carbonization of coal for the production of coke.
Director.
The director of the department of
				  labor and industries or their authorized representative.
Emergency.
Any occurrence such as, but not
				  limited to, equipment failure which is likely to, or does, result in any
				  massive release of coke oven emissions.
Existing coke oven battery.
A battery in
				  operation or under construction on January 20, 1977, and which is not
				  rehabilitated.
Green push.
Coke which when removed from the
				  oven results in emissions due to the presence of unvolatized coal.
Pipeline charging.
Any apparatus used to
				  introduce coal into an oven which uses a pipe or duct permanently mounted onto
				  an oven and through which coal is charged.
Rehabilitated coke oven battery.
A battery which
				  is rebuilt, overhauled, renovated, or restored such as from the pad up, after
				  January 20, 1977.
Sequential charging.
A procedure, usually
				  automatically timed, by which a predetermined volume of coal in each larry car
				  hopper is introduced into an oven such that no more than two hoppers commence
				  or finish discharging simultaneously although, at some point, all hoppers are
				  discharging simultaneously.
Stage charging.
A procedure by which a
				  predetermined volume of coal in each larry car hopper is introduced into an
				  oven such that no more than two hoppers are discharging
				  simultaneously.
Order 77-14, § 296-62-20001, filed
					 7/25/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20003 - Permissible exposure limit

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The employer must ensure that no employee is exposed to coke
				  oven emissions at concentrations greater than 150 micrograms per cubic meter of
				  air (150 ug/m3), averaged over any 8-hour
				  period.
Order 77-14, § 296-62-20003, filed
					 7/25/77.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20005 - Regulated areas

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(1)  The
				employer must establish regulated areas and must limit access to them to
				authorized persons.
(2)  The
				employer must establish the following as regulated areas:
(a)  The coke oven battery including topside
				and its machinery, pushside and its machinery, coke side and its machinery, and
				the battery ends; the wharf; and the screening station;
(b)  The beehive oven and its
				machinery.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20007 - Exposure monitoring and measurement

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(1)
				 Monitoring program.
(a)  Each
				employer who has a place of employment where coke oven emissions are present
				must monitor employees employed in the regulated area to measure their exposure
				to coke oven emissions.
(b)  The
				employer must obtain measurements which are representative of each employee's
				exposure to coke oven emissions over an eight-hour period. All measurements
				must determine exposure without regard to the use of respiratory
				protection.
(c)  The employer must
				collect full-shift (for at least seven continuous hours) personal samples,
				including at least one sample during each shift for each battery and each job
				classification within the regulated areas including at least the following job
				classifications:
(i)  Lidman;
(ii)  Tar chaser;
(iii)  Larry car operator;
(iv)  Luterman;
(v)  Machine operator, coke side;
(vi)  Benchman, coke side;
(vii)  Benchman, pusher side;
(viii)  Heater;
(ix)  Quenching car operator;
(x)  Pusher machine operator;
(xi)  Screening station operator;
(xii)  Wharfman;
(xiii)  Oven patcher;
(xiv)  Oven repairman;
(xv)  Spellman; and
(xvi)  Maintenance personnel.
(d)  The employer must repeat the
				monitoring and measurements required by subsection (1) of this section at least
				every three months.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20009 - Methods of compliance

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The employer must control employee exposure to coke oven
				  emissions by the use of engineer controls, work practices and respiratory
				  protection as follows:
(1)  Priority
				of compliance methods.
(a)  Existing coke
				oven batteries.
(i)  The employer must
				institute the engineer and work practice controls listed in subsections (2),
				(3) and (4) of this section in existing coke oven batteries at the earliest
				possible time, but not later than January 20, 1980, except to the extent that
				the employer can establish that such controls are not feasible. In determining
				the earliest possible time for institution of engineer and work practice
				controls, the requirement, effective August 27, 1971, to implement feasible
				administrative or engineer controls to reduce exposures to coal tar pitch
				volatiles, must be considered. Wherever the engineer and work practice controls
				which can be instituted are not sufficient to reduce employee exposures to or
				below the permissible exposure limit, the employer must nonetheless use them to
				reduce exposures to the lowest level achievable by these controls and must
				supplement them by the use of respiratory protection which complies with the
				requirements of WAC
				296-62-20011.
(ii)  The engineer and work practice controls
				required under subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section are minimum
				requirements generally applicable to all existing coke oven batteries. If,
				after implementing all controls required by subsections (2), (3) and (4) of
				this section, or after January 20, 1980, whichever is sooner, employee
				exposures still exceed the permissible exposure limit, employers must implement
				any other engineer and work practice controls necessary to reduce exposure to
				or below the permissible exposure limit except to the extent that the employer
				can establish that such controls are not feasible. Whenever the engineer and
				work practice controls which can be instituted are not sufficient to reduce
				employee exposures to or below the permissible exposure limit, the employer
				must nonetheless use them to reduce exposures to the lowest level achievable by
				these controls and must supplement them by the use of respiratory protection
				which complies with the requirements of WAC
				296-62-20011.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20011 - Respiratory protection

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(1)
				General.
For employees who use respirators required by this section,
				  the employer must provide each employee with an appropriate respirator that
				  complies with the requirements of this section. Compliance with the permissible
				  exposure limit may not be achieved by the use of respirators except
				  during:
(a) Periods necessary to
				install or implement feasible engineering and work-practice controls;
(b) Work operations, such as maintenance and
				repair activity, for which engineering and work-practice controls are
				technologically not feasible;
(c)
				Work operations for which feasible engineering and work-practice controls are
				not yet sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible
				exposure limit;
(d)
				Emergencies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20013 - Protective clothing and equipment

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(1)
				 Provision and Use. The employer must provide and ensure the use
				of appropriate protective clothing and equipment, such as but not limited to:
(a)  Flame resistant jacket and
				pants;
(b)  Flame resistant
				gloves;
(c)  Face shields or vented
				goggles which comply with WAC
				296-800-160;
(d)  Footwear providing insulation from hot
				surfaces;
(e)  Safety shoes which
				comply with WAC
				296-800-160;
				and
(f)  Protective helmets which
				comply with WAC
				296-800-160.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20015 - Hygiene facilities and practices

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(1)
				 Change rooms. The employer must provide clean change rooms
				equipped with storage facilities for street clothes and separate storage
				facilities for protective clothing and equipment whenever employees are
				required to wear protective clothing and equipment in accordance with WAC
				296-62-20013.
(2)  Showers.
(a)
				 The employer must ensure that employees working in the regulated
				area shower at the end of the work shift.
(b)
				 The employer must provide shower facilities in accordance with
				WAC
				296-800-230.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20017 - Medical surveillance

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(1) 
				General requirements.
(a)  Each employer must
				institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who are employed in
				the regulated areas at least 30 days per year.
(b)  This program must provide each employee
				covered under subsection (1)(a) of this section with an opportunity for medical
				examinations in accordance with this section.
(c)  The employer must inform any employee
				who refuses any required medical examination of the possible health
				consequences of such refusal and must obtain a signed statement from the
				employee indicating that the employee understands the risk involved in the
				refusal to be examined.
(d)  The
				employer must ensure that all medical examinations and procedures are performed
				by or under the supervision of a licensed physician, and are provided without
				cost to the employee.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20019 - Employee information and training

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(1)
				 Training program.
(a)  The
				employer must institute a training program for employees who are employed in
				the regulated area and shall assure their participation.
(b)  The training program must be provided as
				of January 20, 1977, for employees who are employed in the regulated area at
				that time or at the time of initial assignment to a regulated area.
(c)  The training program must be provided at
				least annually for all employees who are employed in the regulated area, except
				that training regarding the occupational safety and health hazards associated
				with exposure to coke oven emissions and the purpose, proper use, and
				limitations of respiratory protective devices must be provided at least
				quarterly until January 20, 1978.
(d)
				 The training program must include informing each employee of:
(i)  The information contained in the
				substance information sheet for coke oven emissions (Appendix A);
(ii)  The purpose, proper use, and
				limitations of respiratory protective devices in addition to other information
				as required by chapter 296-842 WAC (see WAC
				296-842-11005,
				296-842-16005,
				and
				296-842-19005
				).
(iii)  The purpose for and a
				description of the medical surveillance program required by WAC
				296-62-20017
				including information on the occupational safety and health hazards associated
				with exposure to coke oven emissions;
(iv)
				 A review of all written procedures and schedules required under
				WAC
				296-62-20009;
				and
(v)  A review of this
				standard.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20021 - Communication of hazards

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(1) 
				Hazard communication - General. The employer must include coke oven emissions
				in the program established to comply with the Hazard Communication Standard
				(HCS), WAC
				296-901-140.
				The employer must ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers
				of chemicals and substances associated with coke oven processes and to safety
				data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the provisions of HCS and WAC
				296-62-20019.
				The employer must ensure that at least the following hazard is addressed:
				Cancer.
(2)  Signs.
(a)  The employer must post signs in the
				regulated area bearing the legends:
DANGER
COKE OVEN EMISSIONS
MAY CAUSE CANCER
DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE
WEAR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IN THIS AREA
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY
(b)  In addition, the employer must post
				signs in the areas where the permissible exposure limit is exceeded bearing the
				legend:
WEAR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IN THIS AREA
(c)  The employer must ensure that no
				statement appears on or near any sign required by this section which
				contradicts or detracts from the effects of the required sign.
(d)  The employer must ensure that signs
				required by this subsection are illuminated and cleaned as necessary so that
				the legend is readily visible.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20023 - Recordkeeping

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(1)  Exposure
				measurements. The employer must establish and maintain an accurate record of
				all measurements taken to monitor employee exposure to coke oven emissions
				required in WAC
				296-62-20007.
(a)  This record must include:
(i)  Name, Social Security number, and job
				classification of the employees monitored;
(ii)
				 The date(s), number, duration and results of each of the samples
				taken, including a description of the sampling procedure used to determine
				representative employee exposure where applicable;
(iii)  The type of respiratory protective
				devices worn, if any;
(iv)  A
				description of the sampling and analytical methods used and evidence of their
				accuracy; and
(v)  The environment
				variables that could affect the measurement of employee exposure.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20025 - Observation of monitoring

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(1) 
				Employee observation. The employer must provide affected employees or their
				representatives an opportunity to observe any measuring or monitoring of
				employee exposure to coke oven emissions conducted pursuant to WAC
				296-62-20007.
(2)  Observation procedures.
(a)  Whenever observation of the measuring or
				monitoring of employee exposure to coke oven emissions requires entry into an
				area where the use of protective clothing or equipment is required, the
				employer must provide the observer with and assure the use of such equipment
				and must require the observer to comply with all other applicable safety and
				health procedures.
(b)  Without
				interfering with the measurement, observers shall be entitled to:
(i)  An explanation of the measurement
				procedures;
(ii)  Observe all steps
				related to the measurement of coke oven emissions performed at the place of
				exposure; and
(iii)  Record the
				results obtained.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20027 - Appendix A - Coke oven emissions substance information sheet

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APPENDIX A
COKE OVEN EMISSIONS
SUBSTANCE INFORMATION SHEET
I.SUBSTANCE IDENTIFICATION
(1) Substance: Coke oven emissions
(2) Definition: The benzene-soluble fraction
				of total particulate matter present during the destructive distillation or
				carbonization of coal for the production of coke.
(3) Permissible exposure limit: 150
				micrograms per cubic meter of air determined as an average over an 8-hour
				period.
(4) Regulated areas: Only
				employees authorized by your employer should enter a regulated area. The
				employer is required to designate the following areas as regulated areas: the
				coke oven battery, including topside and its machinery, pushside and its
				machinery, and the screening station; and the wharf, the beehive ovens and
				machinery.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part O - COKE OVEN › Section 296-62-20029 - Appendix B - Industrial hygiene and medical surveillance guidelines

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APPENDIX B
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND MEDICAL
SURVEILLANCE GUIDELINES
I.INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE GUIDELINES
(1) Sampling. (Benzene-Soluble Fraction Total
				Particulate Matter.)
Samples collected should be full shift (8-hour) samples.
				  Sampling should be done using a personal sampling pump with pulsation damper at
				  a flow rate of 2 liters per minute. Samples should be collected on 0.8
				  micrometer pore size silver membrane filters (37 mm diameter) preceded by
				  Gelman glass fiber type A filters encased in three-piece plastic (polystyrene)
				  field monitor cassettes. The cassette face cap should be on and the plug
				  removed. The rotameter should be checked every hour to ensure that proper flow
				  rates are maintained.
A minimum of three full-shift samples should be collected for
				  each job classification on each battery, at least one from each shift. If
				  disparate results are obtained for particular job classification, sampling
				  should be repeated. It is advisable to sample each shift on more than one day
				  to account for environmental variables (wind, precipitation, etc.) which may
				  affect sampling. Differences in exposures among different work shifts may
				  indicate a need to improve work practices on a particular shift. Sampling
				  results from different shifts for each job classification should not be
				  averaged. Multiple samples from same shift may be used to calculate an average
				  exposure for a particular job classification.
(2) Analysis.
(a) All extraction glassware is cleaned with
				dichromic acid cleaning solution, rinsed with tap water, then deionized water,
				acetone, and allowed to dry completely. The glassware is rinsed with nanograde
				benzene before use. The Teflon cups are cleaned with benzene then with
				acetone.
(b) Pre-weigh the 2 ml
				Perkin-Elmer Teflon cups to one hundredth of a milligram on a Perkin-Elmer
				autobalance AD 2 Tare weight of the cups is about 50 mg.
(c) Place the silver membrane filter and
				glass fiber filter into a 15 ml test tube.
(d) Extract with 5 ml of benzene for five
				minutes in an ultrasonic cleaner.
(e) Filter the extract in 15 ml medium glass
				fritted funnels.
(f) Rinse test
				tube and filters with two 1.5 ml aliquots of benzene and filter through the
				fritted glass funnel.
(g) Collect
				the extract and two rinses in a 10 ml Kontes graduated evaporative
				concentrator.
(h) Evaporate down to
				a 1 ml while rinsing the sides with benzene.
(i) Pipet 0.5 ml into the Teflon cup and
				evaporate to dryness in a vacuum oven at 40°C for 3 hours.
(j) Weight the Teflon cup and the weight gain
				is due to the benzene soluble residue in half the sample.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-500 - Hazardous drugs

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This chapter provides minimum requirements for developing a
				  hazardous drugs control program when occupational exposure to hazardous drugs
				  is reasonably anticipated. It is designed to provide effective,
				  assessment-based precautions to minimize or eliminate occupational exposure to
				  hazardous drugs.
IMPORTANT:
Occupational exposure to hazardous drugs is also covered
				  under WAC
				  296-800-170, Employer chemical
				  hazard communication -- Introduction. In addition the employer must follow the
				  requirements in WAC
				  296-800-160, personal protective
				  equipment (PPE) and chapter 296-842 WAC, Respirators. Whenever there is a
				  conflict between rule requirements the most protective requirement will take
				  precedent.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060, and 2011 c 39.
					 12-02-053, § 296-62-500, filed 1/3/12, effective
					 1/1/14.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50005 - Scope

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(1)  This chapter
				applies to all employers in health care facilities regardless of the setting
				that have employees with occupational exposure to hazardous drugs.
(2)  Chapter application.
(a)  The requirements in this rule only apply
				to the hazardous drugs being used in the workplace.
(b)  If hazardous drugs are being used in the
				workplace the requirements in this rule only apply if there is reasonably
				anticipated occupational exposure as defined in WAC
				296-62-50010.
(c)  If there is reasonably anticipated
				occupational exposure to one or more hazardous drugs, the employer must develop
				a hazardous drugs control program as required in section WAC
				296-62-50015.
(d)  For purposes of making the
				determinations in this section about scope and application, occupational
				exposure is that exposure which would be reasonably anticipated in the absence
				of engineering controls or PPE.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50015 - Hazardous drugs control program

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(1) Each health care facility covered under
				the scope of this chapter must develop and implement a written hazardous drugs
				control program. Elements of the hazardous drugs control program may be located
				in other documents such as the employer's accident prevention program or other
				policies and procedures as long as they are referenced in the program. The
				hazardous drugs control program must, at a minimum, include the following:
(a) A written inventory of hazardous drugs in
				the workplace.
(b) A current hazard
				assessment for hazardous drugs for which there is reasonably anticipated
				occupational exposure.
(c)
				Hazardous drugs policies and procedures including, but not limited to:
(i) Engineering controls (equipment use and
				maintenance).
(ii) Personal
				protective equipment.
(iii) Safe
				handling practices (receiving and storage, labeling, preparing, administering,
				and disposing of hazardous drugs).
(iv) Cleaning, housekeeping, and waste
				handling.
(v) Spill
				control.
(vi) Personnel issues
				(such as exposure of pregnant workers).
(vii) Training.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50020 - Hazard assessment

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(1)
				Each health care facility covered under the scope of this chapter must conduct
				hazard assessments in order to determine the appropriate precautions to be
				taken. These assessments may be limited to the hazardous drugs for which there
				is reasonably anticipated occupational exposure.
(2) Assessments must include the following
				elements as appropriate:
(a) Personal
				protective equipment.
(b)
				Engineering controls (e.g., ventilated cabinets, closed-system drug transfer
				devices, glovebags, and needleless systems).
(c) Physical layout of work areas.
(d) Types of hazardous drugs being
				handled.
(e) Volume, frequency,
				packaging, and form of hazardous drugs handled (tablets, coated versus
				uncoated, powder versus liquid).
(f) Equipment maintenance.
(g) Decontamination and cleaning.
(h) Waste handling.
(i) Potential hazardous drug exposures during
				work operations, such as drug preparation and administration.
(j) Spill response.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50025 - Engineering controls

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(1)
				Evaluate and implement appropriate engineering controls to eliminate or
				minimize employee exposure. Examples of engineering controls include, but are
				not limited to:
(a) Closed system transfer
				devices.
(b) Safer sharps
				devices.
(c) Safety
				interlocks.
(d) Ventilated
				cabinets.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50030 - Personal protective equipment (PPE)

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(1) When there is reasonably anticipated
				exposure to hazardous drugs each health care facility must conduct a PPE
				assessment and provide and ensure use of appropriate PPE in accordance with WAC
				296-800-160, personal protective
				equipment (PPE), and chapter 296-842 WAC, Respirators.
(2) Use appropriate PPE whenever handling
				body fluids and contaminated laundry.
(3) Gloves.
(a) Use powder-free chemotherapy gloves when
				handling chemotherapy drugs or when there is potential contact with
				chemotherapy contaminated items or surfaces.
(b) Provide latex-free gloves to employees
				with latex sensitivities.
(c) Wear
				two pairs of gloves when there is a significant risk of breakage or
				contamination or permeation, e.g., during compounding, extended handling
				periods, and cleaning up large hazardous drug spills.
(d) Change gloves per glove manufacturer's
				instruction, type of occupational exposure, or when torn, punctured, or
				contaminated.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50035 - Safe handling practices

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(1) Receiving and storage.
(a) Label hazardous drug containers in
				accordance with WAC
				296-901-140 Hazard
				communication.
(b) Store and
				transport hazardous drugs in a manner that minimizes the risk of
				breakage.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50040 - Cleaning and housekeeping

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(1)
				Establish procedures for cleaning and decontamination of areas and equipment
				where hazardous drugs are present.
(2) Do not clean contaminated equipment in
				unventilated areas.
(3) Clean work
				surfaces before and after each continuous activity and at the end of the work
				shift.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060, and 2011 c 39.
					 12-02-053, § 296-62-50040, filed 1/3/12, effective
					 1/1/14.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50045 - Spill control

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Develop written spill response procedures in accordance with
				  chapter 296-824 WAC Emergency response and WAC
				  296-800-150, first-aid summary
				  for emergency washing requirements.
Note:
See chapter 296-824 WAC, Emergency response
						  for requirements regarding response to spills that create significant safety
						  and health risks, and WAC
						  296-800-150, first-aid summary
						  for emergency washing requirements.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060, and 2011 c 39.
					 12-02-053, § 296-62-50045, filed 1/3/12, effective
					 1/1/14.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50050 - Training

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(1) Provide
				effective hazardous drugs training to all employees with occupational exposure
				at the time of their initial job assignment and whenever a new hazardous drug
				or a new process related to handling a hazardous drug that the employees have
				not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area.
(2) Include the training elements listed in
				WAC 296-901-14016, Inform and train
				your employees about hazardous chemicals in your workplace.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060, and 2011 c 39.
					 12-02-053, § 296-62-50050, filed 1/3/12, effective
					 7/1/14.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R - HAZARDOUS DRUGS › Section 296-62-50055 - Implementation plan

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The department will work with stakeholders to implement this
				  chapter by doing the following:
(1) 
				Establish a hazardous drugs advisory committee to discuss new NIOSH
				recommendations, scientific and technological developments and other
				unanticipated issues related to rule implementation. This committee will
				include employer and employee representatives of the health care industry and
				representatives of affected state agencies. It may provide recommendations to
				the department regarding appropriate actions.
(2)  Work with trade associations, labor
				unions and other representatives from the health care industry to develop model
				programs for implementation of these rules in a variety of health care
				facilities and settings. The department will provide education, training and
				consultation services to ensure that these model programs are widely
				distributed and can be effectively utilized.
(3)
				 Establish a hazardous drugs web page, and post relevant
				resources, sample programs and forms.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 49.17.010,
					 49.17.040,
					 49.17.050,
					 49.17.060, and 2011 c 39.
					 12-02-053, § 296-62-50055, filed 1/3/12, effective
					 1/1/14.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R-1 - SURGICAL SMOKE › Section 296-62-51010 - Scope and application

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(1) This section
				applies to surgical smoke exposures in hospitals, as defined in
				RCW
				70.41.020, and ambulatory surgical
				facilities, as defined in
				RCW
				70.230.010.
(2) Exposures to surgical smoke in other
				health care settings and exposures to similar smokes, particulates, vapors, and
				gases in other settings are covered under chapter 296-841 WAC, Airborne
				contaminants, and other applicable substance specific standards.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R-1 - SURGICAL SMOKE › Section 296-62-51020 - Definitions

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The following definitions apply to this section:
Smoke evacuation system.
Equipment designed to
				  capture and neutralize surgical smoke at the point of origin, before the smoke
				  makes contact with the eyes or the respiratory tract of occupants in the room.
				  Smoke evacuation systems may be integrated with the energy generating device or
				  separate from the energy generating device.
Surgical smoke.
The by-product that results from
				  contact with tissue by a tool that performs a surgical function using heat,
				  laser, electricity, or other form of energy.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R-1 - SURGICAL SMOKE › Section 296-62-51030 - Surgical smoke program

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(1) Employers must
				have a written surgical evacuation smoke program for any procedure that may
				generate surgical smoke.
(2) The
				surgical smoke evacuation program must have the following elements:
(a) Selection of surgical smoke evacuation
				systems.
(b) Required use of a
				surgical smoke evacuation system during any planned surgical procedure that is
				likely to generate surgical smoke which would otherwise make contact with the
				eyes or respiratory tract of the occupants of the room.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R-1 - SURGICAL SMOKE › Section 296-62-51040 - Surgical smoke evacuation systems

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(1) Employers must
				control employee exposure to surgical smoke with surgical smoke evacuations
				systems, as feasible.
(2) Surgical
				smoke evacuation systems must capture and neutralize surgical smoke before it
				makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tracts of room occupants.
(a) Surgical smoke should be captured as
				close to the point of origin or point at which it is released from the body of
				the patient as feasible.
(b) The
				system must neutralize the smoke in a manner that protects the safety of room
				occupants by filtering, safely exhausting outside or to a building exhaust
				system, or otherwise treating the air in a manner that protects the safety and
				health of the room occupants and other employees.
Note:
Subject to funding being made available by the
							 legislature, between January 2, 2025, and June 30, 2025, hospitals that meet
							 certain criteria may apply for reimbursement of up to $1,000 per operating room
							 for smoke evacuation systems that were purchased and installed on or before
							 January 1, 2025.
See WAC
							 296-62-51070 Appendix A for
							 details.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R-1 - SURGICAL SMOKE › Section 296-62-51060 - Effective dates

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(1) Chapter 296-62
				WAC, Part R-1, is effective January 1, 2024.
(2) WAC
				296-62-51030 and
				296-62-51040 do not apply to the
				following establishments until January 1, 2025:
(a) Hospitals certified as critical access
				hospitals under 42 U.S.C.
				Sec. 1395i-4;
(b) Hospitals with fewer than 25 licensed
				acute care beds;
(c) Hospitals
				certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as sole community
				hospitals; and
(d) Hospitals that
				qualify as a medicare dependent hospital.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-62 - General occupational health standards › Part R-1 - SURGICAL SMOKE › Section 296-62-51070 - Appendix A-Nonmandatory-Reimbursement for smoke evacuation systems. Equipment cost reimbursement

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(1) Subject to
				funding being made available by the legislature, the following hospitals may
				apply for reimbursement of costs for purchase and installation of surgical
				smoke evacuation equipment:
(a) Hospitals
				certified as critical access hospitals under
				42 U.S.C. Sec.
				1395i-4;
(b) Hospitals with fewer than 25 licensed
				acute care beds;
(c) Hospitals
				certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as sole community
				hospitals; and
(d) Hospitals that
				qualify as a medicare dependent hospital.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-001 - Purpose and scope

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This chapter establishes a fee assessment under the Worker and
				Community Right to Know Act in accordance with
				RCW
				49.70.170.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040 and
				  49.17.050. 86-23-003 (Order
				  86-38), § 296-63-001, filed
				  11/6/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-003 - Definitions

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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions
				of this section shall apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Department" means the department of
			 labor and industries.
(2)
			 "Director" means the director of the department of labor and industries or
			 his/her designee.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040 and
				  49.17.050. 86-23-003 (Order
				  86-38), § 296-63-003, filed
				  11/6/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-005 - Selected industries

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Fees shall only be assessed to employers engaged in business
				operations in the following industries, as classified by the current industry
				classification system used by the bureau of labor statistics:
(1) Agriculture and forestry
			 industries.
(2) Mining, quarrying,
			 and oil and gas extraction.
(3)
			 Construction industries.
(4)
			 Manufacturing industries.
(5)
			 Transportation, pipeline, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary
			 services.
(6) Automotive repair,
			 services, and garages.
(7)
			 Miscellaneous repair services.
(8)
			 Health services.
(9) Educational
			 services.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040 and
				  49.17.050. 86-23-003 (Order
				  86-38), § 296-63-005, filed
				  11/6/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-007 - Fee assessment

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(1)
			 The department shall assess an annual fee to each employer in the selected
			 industries identified in WAC
			 296-63-003.
(2) The fee shall only be assessed to
			 employers who reported ten thousand four hundred or more worker hours to the
			 department.
(3) The fee assessment
			 shall be based on reported worker hours for the prior calendar year.
(4) One full-time equivalent employee is
			 equal to two thousand eighty worker hours.
(5) The fee assessment shall be two dollars
			 and fifty cents for each full-time equivalent employee. Any fraction of a
			 full-time equivalent employee shall be counted as one full-time equivalent
			 employee.
(6) The annual fee shall
			 not exceed fifty thousand dollars for an individual employer.
(7) All fees collected by the department
			 shall be deposited in the worker and community right to know fund.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040 and
				  49.17.050. 86-23-003 (Order
				  86-38), § 296-63-007, filed
				  11/6/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-009 - Exemption requests

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(1) Employers
			 who do not have hazardous chemicals at their workplace may submit a written
			 request for exemption to the department. Submission of an exemption request
			 does not relieve an employer of his/her obligation to pay the fee assessment
			 until such time as the request is approved. Employers granted exemptions will
			 be removed from the listing of employers to be assessed a fee beginning with
			 the current billing period.
(2)
			 Exemptions shall only be considered for an employer's entire workplace
			 consisting of all activities reported to the department under the same employer
			 identification number.
(3) Each
			 request for exemption must contain the following information:
(a) Firm name and employer identification
			 number;
(b) Complete mailing
			 address;
(c) Complete location
			 (such as street) address;
(d) A
			 certified statement in the form required by
			 RCW
			 9A.72.085 that a hazardous chemical survey of
			 the employer's premises has been completed by a qualified person, the identity
			 and qualifications of the person completing the survey, and that no hazardous
			 chemicals as defined by WAC
			 296-901-140 are present at the
			 workplace.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-011 - Fraudulent exemption requests

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(1) The department may assess a civil penalty
			 against any employer who submits a fraudulent exemption request. Such penalty
			 assessment shall be consistent with
			 RCW
			 49.17.180(1), and shall not
			 exceed seventy thousand dollars.
(2) In addition, the director may cause a
			 record of such fraudulent exemptions submission to be referred to the
			 prosecuting attorney of the county wherein such submission occurred.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 91-24-017 (Order
				  91-07), § 296-63-011, filed 11/22/91, effective 12/24/91. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040 and
				  49.17.050. 86-23-003 (Order
				  86-38), § 296-63-011, filed
				  11/6/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-013 - Appeals

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An employer may appeal the fee assessment or penalties in
				accordance with
				RCW
				49.70.170(4).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040 and
				  49.17.050. 86-23-003 (Order
				  86-38), § 296-63-013, filed
				  11/6/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-63 - Right to know fee assessment › Section 296-63-015 - Fee assessment not received

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When fee assessments are not received by the department,
				penalties shall be assessed to the delinquent employer in accordance with
				chapter 49.70 RCW and
				RCW
				49.70.177.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040 and
				  49.17.050. 86-23-003 (Order
				  86-38), § 296-63-015, filed
				  11/6/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-65 - Asbestos removal and encapsulation › Section 296-65-001 - Purpose and scope

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This standard regulates asbestos removal and encapsulation,
				requires contractor certification, specifies minimum training for supervisors
				and workers on asbestos projects, requires notification of asbestos projects,
				and establishes a training course approval program. This standard applies to
				the removal or encapsulation of any materials containing more than one percent
				asbestos.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060.
				  97-19-014, § 296-65-001, filed 9/5/97, effective 11/5/97. Statutory
				  Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 89-21-018 (Order 89-10), § 296-65-001, filed
				  10/10/89, effective 11/24/89. Statutory Authority: SSB 4209, 1985 c 387.
				  85-21-080 (Order 85-30), § 296-65-001, filed
				  10/22/85.