Labor & Industries (L&I), Washington State

Portable Power Tools

Chapter 296-807, WAC

For printing

Exemption:

WAC 296-807-110 doesn't apply to:

• Concrete vibrators

• Concrete breakers

• Powered tampers

• Jack hammers

• Rock drills

• Garden appliances

• Household and kitchen appliances

• Personal care appliances

• Medical or dental equipment

• Fixed machinery.

Make sure switches are safe

WAC 296-807-11005

Exemptions:

• Some tools can use a lock-on feature with the constant pressure switch if the lock-on feature can be turned off with a single motion of the same finger(s) that turned it on. You can use a lock-on feature with these hand-held tools:

- Drills

– Tappers

– Fastener drivers

– Grinders using a wheel greater than 2 inches in diameter

– Disc sanders

– Belt sanders

– Reciprocating saws

– Saber, scroll and jig saws using a blade with a shank width greater than 1/4 inch

– Other similarly operating powered tools.

• You can use a positive "on-off" switch with these hand-held tools:

  – Platen sanders

  – Grinders using a wheel 2 inches or less in diameter

  – Routers

  – Planers

  – Laminate trimmers

  – Nibblers

  – Shears

  – Saber, scroll and jig saws using a blade with a shank width of 1/4 inch (± .05 inch) or less.

Note:

The shank width of saber, scroll and jig saw blades is measured at the narrowest point on the blade shank.