Washington Administrative Code

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 oppor…

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.[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 19-01-094, §…

(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 machin…

(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 o…

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 pract…

(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 res…

(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…

(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 WA…

(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 opportu…

(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…

(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 su…

(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 …

(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 observa…

appendix acoke oven emissionssubstance information sheeti. 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 …

appendix bindustrial hygiene and medicalsurveillance guidelinesi. 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 pul…

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…

(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.…

Biological safety cabinet. A ventilated cabinet for compounding pharmaceutical ingredients, personnel, product, and environmental protection having an open front with inward airflow for personnel protection, downward high-efficiency air (HEPA)-filtered laminar airflow for product…

(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 othe…

(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 expo…

(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.(2) V…

(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…

(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.(2) Preparation and administration.(a) Provide designated work areas for t…

(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.[Sta…

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…

(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…

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 implementa…

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.500. WSR 23-23-164, § 296-62-510, filed 11/21/23, effective 1/1/24.]

(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, an…

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 ma…

(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 smok…

(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) S…

(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 …

Equipment cost reimbursement.(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 unde…

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. WSR 86-23-003 (Order 86-38), § 296-63-001, filed 11/6/86.]

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.[Statut…

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 e…

(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 bas…

(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 app…

(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…

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. WSR 86-23-003 (Order 86-38), § 296-63-013, filed 11/6/86.]

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. WSR 86-23-003 (Order 86-38), § 296-63-015, filed 11/6/86.]

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 standar…

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this standard.Affidavit. A declaration in writing made under oath before a person authorized to administer oaths, especially for use as evidence in court.Approved. Approved by the depa…

An approved asbestos worker training course must consist of four days of training with a minimum of thirty-two hours. This initial training course must provide, at a minimum, information on the following topics:(1) The physical characteristics of asbestos including types, fiber s…

An approved asbestos supervisor training course must consist of at least five days of training. This initial training course must include lectures, demonstrations, at least fourteen hours of hands-on training, course review and a written examination. Audio-visual materials, where…

(1) To qualify for an asbestos worker certificate, an individual must:(a) Successfully complete an approved thirty-two-hour asbestos worker training course;(b) Achieve a score of at least seventy percent on a fifty question multiple choice closed book examination approved by the …

(1) To qualify for an asbestos supervisor certificate, an individual must:(a) Have at least 1600 hours of experience in one or more of the following disciplines:(i) Asbestos abatement;(ii) Asbestos project design;(iii) Consultation on asbestos abatement projects;(iv) Asbestos ope…

(1) Basic and refresher asbestos training courses may be sponsored by any individual, person, or other entity having department approval. Refresher courses must be conducted as separate and distinct courses and cannot be combined with any other training.(2) Prior to receiving dep…

(1) In order to obtain certification, an asbestos contractor must submit an application to the department. The application must provide the following information:(a) A list of asbestos supervisors (include certification number) working for the company;(b) A statement certifying t…