Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-304 - Safety standards for ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking › Section 296-304-15001 - General duties-Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
			 Except as noted in WAC
			 296-304-13001 and
			 296-304-15001(8),
			 the requirements set forth in WAC
			 296-304-160 through
			 296-304-16025 and
			 296-304-170 through
			 296-304-17023 must be strictly
			 adhered to in all testing, examinations, inspections and heat
			 treatments.
(2) Supervision of all
			 testing, examinations, inspections, and heat treatments must be carried out
			 only by such persons as are listed in the application for accreditation or
			 subsequent supplements thereto, submitted pursuant to this section.
(3) The certificates issued by an accredited
			 person must be signed and all register entries made only by an authorized agent
			 of such accredited person. No certification must be issued until any
			 deficiencies considered by the accredited person to constitute a currently
			 unsatisfactory condition have been corrected. Replacement parts must be of
			 equal or better quality as original equipment and suitable for the purpose. In
			 the event deficiencies remain uncorrected and no certification may therefore be
			 issued, the accredited person must inform the nearest district office of the
			 department of labor and industries of the circumstances.
(4) Dynamometers or other recording test
			 equipment owned by an accredited person must have been tested for accuracy
			 within the six months next preceding application for accreditation or renewal
			 of same. Such test must be performed with calibrating equipment which has been
			 checked in turn so that indications are traceable to the U.S. Bureau of
			 Standards. A copy of test reports must accompany the application. Where test
			 equipment is not the property of the accredited person, that person must not
			 issue any certificate based upon the use of such equipment unless its owner has
			 made available a certificate of accuracy based on the requirements of this
			 section, obtained within 1 year prior to such use, and stating the errors of
			 the equipment. Reasonable standards of accuracy must be met and proof loads
			 adjusted as necessary.
(5) An
			 accredited person must, upon request, provide the nearest local office of the
			 department of labor and industries with advance information as to scheduled
			 testing or of such other functions as are performed and facilitate the
			 department of labor and industries observation of any such activities as it may
			 desire to witness: Provided, however, That tests need not be delayed, except
			 when specifically requested by the department of labor and industries under
			 unusual circumstances.
(6) All
			 cargo gear registers or certificates issued by an accredited person must be
			 made on forms prescribed or approved by the department of labor and
			 industries.
(7) Unless otherwise
			 instructed by the director in specific instances, any person accredited under
			 WAC 296-304-14007(1)
			 must accept certificates relating to loose gear or wire rope tests or to heat
			 treatments which are issued by the manufacturer of the gear concerned, by
			 another person accredited specifically by the director for this purpose, or by
			 any other person whose certificates are acceptable to the department of labor
			 and industries. Such certificates must either be attached as a part of the
			 vessel's certification or must be used as the basis for the issuance of the
			 accredited person's own loose gear, wire rope, or heat treatment certificates.
			 In the latter case, the original certificates must be kept on file by the
			 accredited person as part of the permanent record of the vessel
			 concerned.
(8) In case of practical
			 difficulties or unnecessary hardships, the director in his discretion may grant
			 exemptions from any provision of WAC
			 296-304-150 through
			 296-304-15005,
			 296-304-160 through
			 296-304-16025 and
			 296-304-170 through
			 296-304-17023.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  49.17.010,
				  49.17.040,
				  49.17.050,
				  49.17.060. 07-03-163, §
				  296-304-15001, filed 1/24/07, effective 4/1/07; Order 74-25, §
				  296-304-15001, filed 5/7/74.