Title 49 — Title 49 LABOR REGULATIONS
40 chapters · 645 sections in this title.
RCW 49.17.470 Entertainers and adult entertainment establishments—Employee training—Panic buttons—Recording of allegations—Safety and security requirements—Enforcement—Definitions.
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(1)(a) The department shall develop or contract for the development of training for entertainers. The training must include, but not be limited to:(i) Education about the rights and responsibilities of entertainers, including with respect to working as an employee or independent …
RCW 49.17.480 Asbestos plan requirements in RCW 70A.450.070(1)(b)—Penalties.
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(1) The asbestos plan requirements in RCW 70A.450.070(1)(b) are an industrial health or safety standard adopted under the authority of this chapter.(2) A violation of the requirements of RCW 70A.450.070(1)(b) is subject to the penalties established under RCW 49.17.180 and 49.17.1…
RCW 49.17.485 Personal protective devices and equipment—Public health emergency.
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(1) The requirements of this section apply only during a public health emergency. For the purposes of this section, "public health emergency" means a declaration or order relating to controlling and preventing the spread of any infectious or contagious disease that covers the jur…
RCW 49.17.490 Temporary workers—Safety—Staffing agency and worksite employer duties.
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(1) Before the assignment of an employee to a worksite employer, a staffing agency must:(a) Inquire about the worksite employer's safety and health practices and hazards at the actual workplace where the employee will be working to assess the safety conditions, workers tasks, and…
RCW 49.17.500 Adoption of policies requiring the use of a smoke evacuation system during a surgical procedure.
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(1) A health care employer shall adopt policies that require the use of a 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.(2)…
RCW 49.17.505 Surgical smoke evacuation account.
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(1) The surgical smoke evacuation account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Revenues to the account consist of appropriations and transfers by the legislature and all other funding directed for deposit into the account. Only the director of the department of labor…
RCW 49.17.510 High voltage lines and equipment—Automated external defibrillators.
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(1) Any employer with employees who operate, maintain, or construct high voltage lines and equipment or who conduct line-clearance tree trimming in close proximity to high voltage lines and equipment shall:(a) Make an automated external defibrillator available and accessible to e…
RCW 49.17.520 Rules related to preventing musculoskeletal injuries.
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(1) The department may adopt rules related to preventing musculoskeletal injuries and disorders that provide standards for an industry or risk classification, subject to the limits in this section.(2)(a) Within a 12-month period, the department may not adopt more than one set of …
RCW 49.17.525 Funding for equipment.
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(1) The director is authorized, in the director's discretion, to provide funding to employers to purchase additional equipment that may be needed to comply with a rule adopted under RCW 49.17.520. The maximum amount of funding each year is two percent of the premiums paid into th…
RCW 49.17.530 Construction workers—Accommodations—Menstruation and expression of milk.
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(1) The director shall adopt rules, pursuant to this section, to address safety and health issues specific to workers performing construction activities who menstruate or express milk, or both. The rules must be included in the rules governing construction safety standards and mu…
RCW 49.17.535 Working minors—Notification of hazard.
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The department shall make a good faith effort to notify an employer within 10 calendar days when the department immediately identifies a hazard that could cause injury to a minor worker during an inspection conducted under this chapter. Such notice does not eliminate or modify an…
RCW 49.17.900 Short title.
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This act shall be known and cited as the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973.[ 1973 c 80 s 29.]