The rules in this chapter are 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.

Safety Standards for Electrical Workers, 296-45 WAC, consist of the requirements for safeguarding employees against electrical hazards in their workplace; requirements for electric equipment and wiring in locations classified as hazardous.

The rules included in this chapter apply to any and all waterfront operations for longshore, stevedore and waterfront  related operations, cargo handling, and related terminal operations and equipment under the jurisdiction of the  Department of  Labor and  Industries.

Chapter 296-901 WAC, GHS is the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. The GHS is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labeling of chemicals.

This manual contains basic safety and health rules that affect all employers and should cover almost all commercial diving operations. This manual also covers search and rescue and other public safety diving operations.

Construction Checklist - Safety

Administrative Rules and the DOSH Administrative Manual affords employers the right to administrative and judicial review of alleged violations, initial penalties and abatement periods.

Construction work shall mean and include all or any part of excavation, construction, erection, alteration, repair, demolition, and dismantling, of buildings and other structures.

The Core rules contains basic safety and health rules that affect all employers and should cover almost everything small, nonmanufacturing employers need for a safe and healthful workplace.

Employees use this form to report work place conditions which jeopardize workers safety and health.

Notice is not required for any asbestos project involving less than forty-eight (48) square feet of surface area, or less than ten (10) linear feet of pipe unless the surface area of the pipe is greater than forty-eight (48) square feet. Get instructions to complete the form.

Pamphlet/booklet: Describes the benefits of free employer consultations offered by L&I's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). These services include on-site safety and/or industrial hygiene consultations, ergonomics assistance and risk management advice.

Employees use this complaint form to report work place conditions which jeopardize workers safety and health.

Safety Standards - WAC 296-817, Hearing Loss Prevention (Noise)

This chapter applies to all confined spaces and provides requirements to protect employees from the hazards of entering and working in confined spaces.

This chapter applies to portable and fixed ladders, including job-made wooden ladders, ladder safety, the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling ladders.

Laundry Machinery and Operations applies to moving parts of equipment used in laundries and to conditions peculiar to this industry, with special reference to the point of operation of laundry machines in an establishment wherein the washing, ironing, or other finishing of clothes, or any other textiles is done.

Safety Standards for Shipbuilding, Ship Repairing and Shipbreaking Chapter 296-304 WAC

Pamphlet/booklet: Describes the benefits of free employer consultations offered by L&I's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). These services include on-site safety and/or industrial hygiene consultations, ergonomics assistance and risk management advice.

The DOSH Consultation Manual provides guidance regarding some of the internal operations of L&I and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). The contents of the manuals are not enforceable by any person or entity against the Department of Labor and Industries or the State of Washington.