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.

Book (loose-leaf manual): Helps contractors properly classify for industrial insurance purposes the work being performed by their employees on new wood-frame building construction projects.

General billing information for those providers that bill the department.

Manual: This manual is for providers who bill the Crime Victims Compensation Program for mental health services for crime victims.

Fillable form to purchase the Workers’ Compensation Adjudicator (WCA), Claims Management (CM), and Policy Manuals (all 3 manuals on 1 CD) the costs will be added up automatically, the total amount enclosed column will be the amount you need to send as payment.

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.

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.

This bill form is used by providers and injured workers to bill the department for services such as dental care; glasses; medical equipment; nursing home services; interpreter services; services workers pay for out of pocket; and other services. Information on how to bill the department can be found in the General Provider Billing Manual (F248-100-000).

Bill form for prescription charges. May be used by a pharmacy to submit drug charges, or by a worker to request reimbursement for prescriptions paid out of pocket. See the General Provider Billing Manual (F248-100-000) for information on completing this form.

This chapter applies to employer reporting requirements for workers compensation insurance.

This chapter applies to employer classifications for workers compensation insurance.

This chapter applies to rates and experience rating rules for workers compensation insurance.

Instructions for completing a Direct Entry bill to submit to the Crime Victims Compensation Program. Direct entry allows you to submit or adjust bills using a free online billing form through Provider Express Billing (PEB).

Book: Developed by mill workers, mill managers and L&I, this manual describes the risks of musculoskeletal injury in lumber-handling jobs. Identifies controls to reduce hazards,increase efficiency and reduce injuries.

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.

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.

The purpose this of section, Chapter 296-67 WAC, Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, contains requirements for preventing or minimizing the consequences of catastrophic releases of toxic, reactive, flammable, or explosive chemicals. These releases may result in toxic, fire, or explosion hazards.

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

This chapter applies if you have machines or machine operations in your workplace. Machines and their moving parts create the potential for workplace injuries.

Used by L&I to assign industrial insurance classifications for workers of temporary help agencies. The first file is a PDF of the Temporary Services Guide to Workers' Compensation Insurance. The second file is a 2003 Excel file. This file is a cross match of non temporary help classifications and the temporary help risk classification associated with that risk class. The third file is a 2003 Excel file. This is a reverse look up for temporary help risk classification and the non temporary classes associated with a temporary help class. File contains an instructions worksheet for the reverse look up worksheet.

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.