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Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
1, 2-Dibromo- 3-chloropropane	296-62	07342 - 07346	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane, a cancer-causing agent.
Abrasive Blasting	296-818		Applies to all abrasive blasting operations where an abrasive is forcibly applied to a surface using any of the following: Pneumatic pressure; Hydraulic pressure; Centrifugal force.
Accident Prevention	296-800	140	Requirements for your safety and health plan
Accident reporting and investigation	296-800	320	Rules about the reporting of a death or a hospitalization of 2 or more employees and investigating accidents.
Acrylonitrile	296-62	07336 - 7340	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing agent.
Actinolite	296-62	077	To protect employees from occupational exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite.
Administrative Rules	296-900		This chapter applies to the requirements and information regarding administration of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), chapter 49.17 RCW.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
A-frames	296-24	293	Rules for A-frames used for material handling.
Agriculture, Safety standards for	296-307		Safety rules for agriculture
Air contaminants - General (Agriculture only)	296-62	075 - 7515	Permissible exposure limits (PELs) for employees when exposed to different types of air contaminants.
Airborne Contaminants	296-841		Applies to any workplace with potential or actual employee exposure to respiratory hazards
Anhydrous Ammonia	296-826		Applies to employers who use, handle, store, distribute, or transport anhydrous ammonia.
Anthophyllite	296-62	077	To protect employees from occupational exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite.
Arsenic	296-848		This chapter applies to all occupational exposure to inorganic arsenic.
Asbestos	296-62	077	To protect employees from occupational exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Asbestos removal and encapsulation.	296-65		Rules for certification of removers & testing.
Automatic sprinkler systems	296-24	56525	Requirements for automatic sprinkler systems
Benzene	296-849		This chapter applies to all occupational exposure to benzene.
Bloodborne Pathogens	296-823		Provides requirements to protect employees from exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) that may contain bloodborne pathogens. Examples of bloodborne pathogens are the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Butadiene	296-62	07460	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with Butadiene, a cancer-causing agent.
Cadmium	296-62	074 - 07451	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with Cadmium, a cancer-causing agent.
Carcinogens (General)	296-62	073 - 07316	General requirements for protecting employees from contact with known carcinogens (cancer causing agents).
Charter boats, Safety requirements for	296-115		Rules for charter boats not covered by the United States Coast Guard
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Coke Ovens	296-62	200	To protect employees from occupational exposure to coke (carbonized coal) oven emissions.
Commercial diving operations, standards for	296-37		Rules for commercial diving operations
Compressed Air Tools	296-807	140	This section applies to portable, hand-held compressed air powered tools. It also applies to airhose and plastic pipe used to supply compressed air to these tools.
Compressed air work, Safety standards	296-36		Rules for protecting workers when working with compressed air.
Compressed gas cylinders	296-24	920 - 940	Requirements for determining the safe condition of compressed gas cylinders under an employer’s control.
Compressed gases	296-24	295 - 325	General requirements for handling, storage and utilization of compressed gases. Also, contains specific requirements for: Acetylene; Hydrogen; Oxygen; Nitrous oxide
Confined Spaces	296-809		Protecting employees from occupational hazards related to permit-required confined spaces such as tanks, pits, or storage bins.
Construction, Safety Standards for	296-155		Rules for the construction industry
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Conveyors	296-806	420	Applies to hazards related to conveyors and conveying systems, including bulk material, package, or unit handling types. These requirements are designed to protect employees operating, maintaining, cleaning, and working around conveyors.
Core Rules	296-800		The basic safety and health rules needed by most employers in Washington State.
Cotton Dust	296-62	14533 - 14543	Protecting employees from occupational exposure to cotton dust.
Crawler locomotive and truck cranes	296-24	240	Rules for crawler locomotive and truck cranes
Derricks	296-24	245	Rules for derricks
Dip Tanks	296-835		The requirements for guarding against the hazards of dip tanks.
Discrimination, pursuant to RCW 49.17.160.	296-360		Rules that give direction to the department in enforcing RCW 49.17.160, ; Discrimination against employee filing complaint, instituting proceedings, or testifying prohibited -- Procedure -- Remedy.
Electrical workers, safety standards for	296-45		Rule to protect workers when using electrical power generation, control, transmission, and distribution lines and equipment.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Electrical workers, safety standards for - Hazardous locations	296-24	956 - 985	Requirements for safeguarding employees against electrical hazards in their workplace; Requirements for electric equipment and wiring in locations classified as hazardous.
Electrical, Basic Requirements (Core Rules)	296-800	280	Basic rules for electrical
Elevating Work Platforms	296-869		Applies to the following types of elevating work platforms: Aerial lifts; Manually propelled elevating work platforms; Self-propelled elevating work platforms; Boom-supported elevating work platforms.
Emergency Response	296-824		To protect employees who work in emergency response operations for the releases or threat of releases of hazardous substances without regard to the location of the hazard.
Emergency Washing	296-800	15030 - 15040	Requirements for emergency showers, eye/face washing, hand-held drench hoses, or other similar units used in Agriculture
Employee emergency plans and fire prevention plans	296-24	567	Requirements for employee emergency plans and fire prevention plans
Employee Medical and Exposure Records	296-802		The purpose of this chapter is to provide employees and their designated representatives the right to access relevant medical and exposure records. It also describes the procedures WISHA will follow when accessing confidential medical information.
Ethylene Oxide	296-855		Applies to all occupational exposure to ethylene oxide.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Exit Routes and Employee Alarm Systems	296-800	310	Minimum requirements for exit routes and alarm systems.
Explosives, safety standards for the possession and handling of	296-52		Covers all aspects of manufacture, possession, storage, selling, purchase, transportation, and use of explosives or blasting agents.
Fall Restraint and Fall Arrest	296-155	245 - 24525	Requirements for employers to provide and enforce the use of fall protection for employees in construction, alteration, repair, maintenance (including painting and decorating), demolition workplaces, and material handling
Fire alarm signaling systems	296-24	56527	Requirements for fire alarm signaling systems
Fire Brigades	296-811		Applies to any workplace that chooses to establish a fire brigade.
Fire extinguishers	296-800	300	Minimum requirements for portable fire extinguishers
Fire fighters, Safety standards for	296-305		Rules for fire fighters.
Fire suppression & detection	296-24	592 - 635	Requirements for fire suppression equipment: Standpipe and hose systems; Automatic sprinkler systems; Fixed extinguishing systems; General; Dry chemical; Gaseous agent; Water spray and foam; Fire detection systems.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
First aid	296-800	150	Rules to make sure your employees get fast and effective first aid.
Flammables and combustibles	296-24	330	Requirements for safe handling, storage and use of flammable and combustible liquids.
Floor & wall openings & holes, guarding	296-24	750	Requirements for safeguarding walking & working surfaces, floor and wall openings and holes.
Floors	296-800	260	Rules for guarding holes and openings in floors
Forklifts and Other Powered Industrial Trucks	296-863		This chapter applies to powered industrial trucks that use electric motors or internal combustion engines.
Formaldehyde	296-856		Applies to all occupational exposure to formaldehyde. Formaldehyde includes formaldehyde gas, its solutions, and materials that release formaldehyde.
General Occupational Health Standards	296-62		The rules in this chapter are designed to protect the health of employees and help to create a healthy workplace by establishing requirements to control health hazards. Requirements for chemical hazard communication programs, workplace lighting levels and exposure records are in chapter 296-800 WAC, the safety and health core rules.
General Safety and Health Standards	296-24		Designed to protect the safety and health of employees by creating a healthy work environment by establishing requirements to control safety hazards in the workplace.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
General Safety Standards - Purpose and Scope	296-24	003 - 012	Consolidation of all safety rules of general application for employers including organization, purpose, and definitions applicable to Chapter 24, General Safety and Health Rules
Grain handling facilities, Safety standards for	296-99		Rules for all grain handling facilities including the waterfront dock areas at marine terminals.
Guardrails	296-24	75011	Railing, toeboards, and cover specifications.
Hazard Communication (Chemical)	296-800	170	Rules to make sure employees understand and know the hazards of the chemicals they work with.
Hazardous Waste	296-843		Rules for hazardous waste sites and operations.
Hearing Loss Prevention (Noise)	296-817		We are reviewing the hearing conservation rules, updating, and rewriting the rules for clarity, ease of use, and understanding.
Heat Stress	296-62	09013	Requirements for protection of workers from temperature or humidity excesses.
Helicopters Used as Lifting Machines	296-829		Chapter 296-829 WAC applies to helicopters when used to carry loads, suspended with a cargo sling, powered hoist, or other attaching methods.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Hexavalent Chromium	296-62	08003 - 08029	Applies to occupational exposures to chromium (VI) in all forms and compounds in general industry; construction; shipyards, marine terminals, and longshoring, with some exceptions
Hoists	296-24	237	Rules for the construction, use and maintenance of chain and electric hoists; Rules for air hoists
Housekeeping	296-800	220	Rules for housekeeping, drainage and storage
Jacks	296-807	170	This section applies to portable hand- or power-operated: Hydraulic jacks; Mechanical ratchet jacks; Mechanical screw jacks.
Labs	296-828		Applies to the laboratory use of hazardous chemicals.
Ladders, Portable and Fixed	296-876		Applies to portable and fixed ladders, including job-made wooden ladders.
Late Night Retail Worker Crime Prevention	296-832		Crime protection requirements for a retail establishment operating between 11pm and 6am. (Does not include restaurants, hotels, taverns, or any lodging facilities)
Laundry machinery and operations Safety standards for.	296-303		Rules for laundries
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Lead	296-62	07521	Specific requirements for protecting employees from occupational chemical exposure to lead.
Lighting	296-800	210	Minimum requirements for lighting
Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG)	296-24	475	To protect employees against the hazards of storing and handling liquefied petroleum gases through design, construction, location, and installation and operation requirements.
Lockout/Tagout	296-803		This chapter applies to the service and maintenance of machines and equipment, including piping systems, if employees could be injured by the: unexpected energization or start up of the machine or equipment or release of stored energy.
Logging operations, Safety standards	296-54		Rules for logging
Longshore, stevedore and related waterfront operations, Safety standards-	296-56		Rules for longshore, stevedore and related waterfront operations.
Machine Safety	296-806		This chapter applies if you have machines or machine operations in your workplace.
Man lifts	296-24	900	Requirements for the construction, maintenance, inspection and operation of manlifts.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Material Safety Data Sheets and Label Preparation	296-839		This chapter sets minimum requirements for content and distribution of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and labels for hazardous chemicals.
Methylene Chloride	296-62	07450 - 07477	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with Methylene chloride a cancer-causing agent.
Methylenedianiline	296-62	076	Specific requirements for protecting employees from occupational chemical exposure to Methylenedianiline.
Motor Vehicles	296-865		Rules for safe care and use of motor vehicles and trailers
Non-Ionizing Radiation Hazards	296-62	09005	Requirements to protect workers from exposure to hazardous levels of nonionizing radiation.
Occupational Health - General Information	296-62	005 - 050	General information for Chapter 62
Open area guarding	296-24	21513	Requirements to make sure that covers and/or guardrails are provided for open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, etc.
Overhead and gantry cranes	296-24	235	Rules for overhead and gantry cranes
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Personal protective equipment (PPE)	296-800	160	Minimum requirements for personal protective equipment
Portable Power Tools	296-807		This chapter applies to the tools and equipment shown in Table 1 of this chapter.
Powder Actuated Fastening Systems	296-807	150	This section applies to any powder actuated fastening system designed to use the expanding gases from a powder load to propel a stud, pin, fastener, or other object into hard structural material.
Power Lawnmowers	296-807	160
Powered Platforms	296-870		Covers permanent powered platform installations dedicated to interior or exterior building maintenance of a specific structure or group of structures.
Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, Safety standards for	296-67		Rules for employers who have highly hazardous chemicals.
Protecting sources	296-800	340	Tells who and how the department protects sources who report occupational safety and health concerns
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills and converters, Safety standards for	296-79		Rules for the pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Railroads	296-860		Requirements for railroad clearances and walkways in rail yards and plants including logging railroad yards such as mill yards, maintenance yards and sorting yards
Recordkeeping and Reporting	296-27		Requirements for employers to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
Releasing accident investigation reports	296-800	330	Rules telling what and how the department will release information in their accident investigation reports
Respirators	296-842		Applies to all use of respirators at work.
Rigging	296-24	294	Rules for all types of rigging including slings.
Right-to-Know fee assessment.	296-63		Rules for the department to assess and collect Right-to-Know fees.
Rolling railroad cars	296-24	21511	Rules for working with rolling railroad cars
Safety Bulletin Board	296-800	190	Rule for having a safety bulletin board.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Safety committees/meeting	296-800	130	Rules for your safety committee or safety meetings
Sanitation	296-800	230	Rules for drinking water, bathrooms, washing facilities and waste disposal.
Sawmills and woodworking operations, Safety standards for	296-78		Rules for sawmills and woodworking operations
Scaffolds	296-874		This chapter applies to suspended and supported scaffolds, including their supporting structures and anchorage points.
Ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking, Safety standards for	296-304		Rules for shipyards, ship building and other similar operations
Ski area facilities and operations, Safety standards for	296-59		Rules for ski areas
Split Rims	296-864		Applies to the protection of employees who service split rim wheels and single-piece rim wheels used on large vehicles.
Spray Finishing	296-24	370	Rules that apply to spray finishing operations that use flammable and combustible material
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Stairs	296-800	250	Minimum requirements for stairs and stair railings
Stairs, Fixed Stairs	296-24	765	Requirements for design, location, and safeguarding of fixed stairways.
Steam Piping	296-24	73511	Requirements for safeguarding of steam pipes.
Structural integrity	296-800	270	Rules for the minimum requirements for workplace structural integrity
Telecommunications, safety standards for.	296-32		Rules for employees working with telecommunication systems
Temporary Worker Housing	296-833		Rules for employers who provide or require their employees to live in temporary housing.
Textile industry, Safety standards for the	296-301		Rules for the textile industry
Thiram	296-62	07519	Specific requirements for protecting employees from occupational chemical exposure to Thiram.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Tobacco Smoke	296-800	240	Rules for environmental tobacco smoke.
Trade Secrets	296-816		This chapter applies to both withholding trade secret information from material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and employee exposure records; and providing trade secret information in medical emergencies and nonemergency situations.
Trade Secrets (Agriculture Only)	296-62	053	Requirements for employer protection of trade secrets. The requirements in WAC 296-62-05305 through 296-62-05325 apply only to agriculture. The requirements for all other industries relating to trade secrets have been moved to chapter 296-816 WAC, Protecting trade secrets.
Tremolite	296-62	077	To protect employees from occupational exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite.
Use of Mechanical Equipment and Clearance limits	296-24	21501	Allows for safe clearances when using mechanical equipment for material handling
Vinyl chloride	296-62	07329	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing agent.
Walking and Working Surfaces	296-24	73501 - 73507	Requirements for safeguarding walking and working surfaces.
Welding, Cutting and Brazing	296-24	680 - 722	To protect employees from the workplace hazards of welding, cutting and brazing and welding gases.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Window Cleaning	296-878		Safe window cleaning requirements.
WISHA Poster	296-800	200	Rule for having and posting a Job Safety & Health Poster