WAC
296-304-010
Scope and application.
296-304-01001
Definitions.
296-304-01003
Reference specifications, standards, and codes.
296-304-01005
Fire protection in shipyards.
296-304-01007
Fire safety plan
296-304-01009
Precautions for hot work.
296-304-01011
Fire watches.
296-304-01013
Fire response.
296-304-01015
Hazards of fixed extinguishing systems on board vessels and vessel
sections.
296-304-01017
Land-side fire protection systems.
296-304-01019
Training.
296-304-01021
Competent person.
296-304-01023
Appendix A-Model fire safety plan.
296-304-020
Confined and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres in
shipyard
employment.
296-304-02001
Reserved.
296-304-02003
Precautions and the order of testing before entering confined
and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres.
296-304-02005
Cleaning and other cold work.
296-304-02007
Hot work.
296-304-02009
Maintenance of safe conditions.
296-304-02011
Warning signs and labels.
296-304-02013
Appendix A--Compliance assistance guidelines for confined and
enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres.
296-304-02015
Appendix B--Confined and enclosed spaces and other dangerous atmospheres
in shipyard employment.
296-304-030
Surface preparation and preservation--Scope and application.
296-304-03001
Toxic cleaning solvents.
296-304-03003
Chemical paint and preservative removers.
296-304-03005
Mechanical paint removers.
296-304-03007
Painting.
296-304-03009
Flammable liquids.
296-304-040
Welding, cutting, and heating--Scope and application.
296-304-04001
Ventilation and protection in welding, cutting and heating.
296-304-04003
Fire prevention. (Note: This section was repealed effective
12/01/05).
296-304-04005
Welding, cutting and heating in way of preservative coatings.
296-304-04007
Welding, cutting and heating of hollow metal containers and structures
not covered by WAC 296-304-02003.
296-304-04009
Gas welding and cutting.
296-304-04011
Arc welding and cutting.
296-304-04013
Use of fissionable material in shipbreaking, shipbuilding and
ship repairing.
296-304-050
Scaffolds, ladders and other working surfaces--Scope and application.
296-304-05001
Scaffolds or staging.
296-304-05003
Ladders.
296-304-05005
Guarding of deck openings and edges.
296-304-05007
Access to vessels.
296-304-05009
Access to and guarding of dry docks and marine railways.
296-304-05011
Access to cargo spaces and confined spaces.
296-304-05013
Working surfaces.
296-304-060
General working conditions--Scope and application.
296-304-06001
Housekeeping.
296-304-06003
Illumination.
296-304-06005
Utilities.
296-304-06007
Work in confined or isolated spaces.
296-304-06009
Work on or in the vicinity of radar and radio.
296-304-06011
Work in or on lifeboats.
296-304-06013
Health and sanitation.
296-304-06015
First aid.
296-304-070
Gear and equipment for rigging and materials handling-Scope and
application.
296-304-07001
Inspection.
296-304-07003
Ropes, chains and slings.
296-304-07005
Shackles and hooks.
296-304-07007
Chain falls and pull-lifts.
296-304-07009
Hoisting and hauling equipment.
296-304-07011
Use of gear.
296-304-07013
Qualification of operators.
296-304-080
Tools and related equipment--Scope and application.
296-304-08001
General precautions.
296-304-08003
Portable electric tools.
296-304-08005
Hand tools.
296-304-08007
Abrasive wheels.
296-304-08009
Power-actuated fastening tools.
296-304-08011
Internal combustion engines, other that ship's equipment.
296-304-090
Personal protective equipment (PPE)--General requirements.
296-304-09001
Hazard assessment and equipment selection.
296-304-09003
Training.
296-304-09005
Eye and face protection.
296-304-09007
Respiratory protection.
296-304-09009
Hearing protection.
296-304-09011
Head protection.
296-304-09013
Foot protection.
296-304-09015
Hand and body protection.
296-304-09017
Livesaving equipment.
296-304-09019
Fall protection--General requirement.
296-304-09021
Personal fall arrest system (PFAS).
296-304-09023
Positioning device systems.
296-304-100
Ship's machinery and piping systems--Scope and application.
296-304-10001
Ship's boilers.
296-304-10003
Ship's piping system.
296-304-10005
Ship's propulsion system.
296-304-10007
Ship's deck machinery.
296-304-110
Portable, unfired pressure vessels, drums and containers, other
than ship's equipment--Scope and application.
296-304-11001
Portable air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels.
296-304-11003
Drums and containers.
296-304-120
Electrical machinery--Electrical circuits and distribution boards.
296-304-130
Gear certification--General provisions.
296-304-13001
Purpose and scope.
296-304-13003
Definition of terms.
296-304-140
Procedure governing accreditation--Scope and application.
296-304-14001
Application for accreditation.
296-304-14003
Action upon accreditation.
296-304-14005
Duration and renewal of accreditation.
296-304-14007
Criteria governing accreditation to certificate vessels' cargo
gear.
296-304-14009
Voluntary amendment or termination of accreditation.
296-304-14011
Suspension or revocation of accreditation.
296-304-14013
Reconsideration and review.
296-304-150
Duties of person accredited to certificate vessels' cargo gear--
Scope
and application.
296-304-15001
General duties--Exemptions.
296-304-15003
Recordkeeping and related procedures concerning records in custody
of accredited persons.
296-304-15005
Recordkeeping and related procedures concerning records in custody
of the vessel.
296-304-160
Certification of vessels' cargo gear-Scope and application.
296-304-16001
General.
296-304-16003
Initial tests of cargo gear and tests after alterations, renewals
or repairs.
296-304-16005
Periodic tests, examinations and inspections.
296-304-16007
Heat treatment.
296-304-16009
Exemptions from heat treatment.
296-304-16011
Grace periods.
296-304-16013
Gear requiring welding.
296-304-16015
Damaged components.
296-304-16017
Marking and posting of safe working loads.
296-304-16019
Requirements governing braking devices and power sources.
296-304-16021
Means of derrick attachment.
296-304-16023
Limitations on use of wire rope.
296-304-16025
Limitations on use of chains.
296-304-170
Certification of vessels--Tests and proof loads--Heat treatment--Competent
person--Scope and application.
296-304-17001
Visual inspection before tests.
296-304-17003
Unit proof tests--Winches, derricks, and gear accessory thereto.
296-304-17005
Unit proof tests--Cranes and gear accessory thereto.
296-304-17007
Limitation on safe working loads and proof loads.
296-304-17009
Examinations subsequent to unit tests.
296-304-17011
Proof tests--Loose gear.
296-304-17013
Specially designed blocks and components.
296-304-17015
Proof tests--Wire rope.
296-304-17017
Proof tests after repairs or alterations.
296-304-17019
Order of tests.
296-304-17021
Heat treatment.
296-304-17023
Competent persons.
296-304-180
Accreditation to certificate shore-based equipment--Scope and
application.
296-304-18001
Eligibility for accreditation to certificate shore-based material
handling devices covered by chapter 296-56 WAC of the safety and
health regulations for longshoring.
296-304-18003
Provisions respecting application for accreditation, action upon
the application, and related matters.
296-304-190
Duties of persons accredited to certificate shore-based material
handling devices--General duties, exemptions.
296-304-200
Certification of shore-based material handling devices--Scope
and application.
296-304-20001
General provisions.
296-304-20003
Unit proof test and examination of cranes.
296-304-20005
Annual examination of cranes.
296-304-20007
Unit proof test and examination of derricks.
296-304-20009
Annual examinations of derricks.
296-304-20011
Determination of crane or derrick safe working loads and limitations
in absence of manufacturer's data.
296-304-20013
Safe working load reduction.
296-304-20015
Safe working load increase.
296-304-20017
Nondestructive examination.
296-304-20019
Wire rope.
296-304-20021
Heat treatment.
296-304-20023
Examination of bulk cargo loading or discharging spouts or suckers.
296-304-20025
Documentation.
WAC
296-304-010 Scope and application.
(1) The provisions and standards of the general
safety and health standards, chapters 296-24,
296-62
and 296-800 WAC, and such other codes and standards
as are promulgated by the department of labor and industries which
are applicable to all industries, shall be applicable in the ship
repairing, shipbuilding, or shipbreaking industries whenever the
employees are covered under the Washington State Industrial Safety
and Health Act, chapter 49.17 RCW. The rules of this chapter and
the rules of the aforementioned chapters 296-24,
296-62,
and 296-800
WAC are applicable to all ship repairing, shipbuilding, and shipbreaking
industries and operations, provided that such rules shall not
be applicable to those operations under the exclusive safety jurisdiction
of the federal government.
(2) The responsibility for compliance with these
regulations is placed upon “employers” as defined
in WAC
296-304-01001.
(3) It is not the intent of these regulations
to place additional responsibilities or duties on owners, operators,
agents or masters of vessels unless such persons are acting as
employers, nor is it the intent of these regulations to relieve
such owners, operators, agents or masters of vessels from responsibilities
or duties now placed upon them by law, regulation or custom.
(4) The responsibilities placed upon the competent
person herein shall be deemed to be the responsibilities of the
employer.
[Statutory Authority:
RCW 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060; 98-02-006, (Order 96-18),
§ 296-304-010, filed 12/26/97, effective 3/1/98; Statutory Authority:
RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].050 and [49.17].060; 95-22-015, § 296-304-010,
filed 10/20/95, effective 1/16/96. Statutory Authority: Chapter
49.17 RCW. 95-04-006, § 296-304-010, filed 1/18/95, effective
3/10/95; 89-11-035 (Order 89-03), § 296-304-010, filed 5/15/89,
effective 6/30/89; Order 75-6, § 296-304-010, filed 3/10/75; Order
74-25, 296-304-010, filed 5/7/74.]
WAC
296-304-01001 Definitions.
“Alarm” –
A signal or message from a person or device that indicates that
there is a fire, medical emergency, or other situation that requires
emergency response or evacuation. At some shipyards, this may
be called an “incident” or a “call for service.”
“Alarm system”
– A system that warns employees at the worksite of danger.
“Anchorage” –
A secure point to attach lifelines, lanyards, or deceleration
devices.
“Body belt” –
A strap with means to both secure it around the waist and to attach
it to a lanyard, lifeline, or deceleration device. Body belts
may be used only in fall restraint or positioning device systems
and may not be used for fall arrest. Body belts must be at least
one and five-eighths inches (4.13 cm) wide.
“Body harness” –
Straps to secure around an employee so that fall arrest forces
are distributed over at least the thighs, shoulders, chest and
pelvis with means to attach it to other components of a personal
fall arrest system.
“Class II standpipe system”
– A one and one-half inch (3.8 cm) hose system which provides
a means for the control or extinguishment of incipient stage fires.
“Cold work” –
Work that does not involve riveting, welding, burning, or other
fire-producing or spark-producing operations.
“Contract employer”
– An employer, such as a painter, joiner, carpenter, or
scaffolding subcontractor, who performs work under contract to
the host employer or to another employer under contract to the
host employer at the host employer’s worksite. This excludes
employers who provide incidental services that do not influence
shipyard employment (such as mail delivery or office supply services.
“Competent Person” – A person
who can recognize and evaluate employee exposure to hazardous
substances or to other unsafe conditions and can specify the necessary
protection and precautions necessary to ensure the safety of employees
as required by these standards.
“Confined space”
– A small compartment with limited access such as a double
bottom tank, cofferdam, or other small, confined space that can
readily create or aggravate a hazardous exposure.
“Connector” –
A device used to connect parts of a personal fall arrest system
or parts of a positioning device system together. It may be:
• An independent component of the system
(such as a carabiner); or
• An integral component of part of the system (such as
a buckle or D-ring sewn into a body belt or body harness or
a snaphook spliced or sewn to a lanyard or self-retracting lanyard).
“Dangerous atmosphere”
– An atmosphere that may expose employees to the risk of
death, incapacitation, injury acute illness, or impairment of
ability to self-rescue (i.e., escape unaided from a confined or
enclosed space).
“Deceleration device”
– A mechanism, such as a rope grab, rip stitch lanyard,
specially woven lanyard, tearing or deforming lanyard, or automatic
self-retracting lifeline/lanyard, that serves to dissipate a substantial
amount of energy during a fall arrest, or to limit the energy
imposed on an employee during fall arrest.
“Deceleration distance”
– The additional vertical distance a falling employee
travels, excluding lifeline elongation and free fall distance,
before stopping, from the point at which the deceleration device
begins to operate. It is measured from the location of an employee’s
body belt or body harness attachment point at the moment of activation
(at the onset of fall arrest forces) of the deceleration device
during a fall, to the location of that attachment point after
the employee comes to a full stop.
“Designated area” –
An area established for hot work after an inspection that is free
of fire hazards.
“Director” –
The director of the department of labor and industries or a designated
representative.
“Drop test” –
A method utilizing gauges to ensure the integrity of an oxygen
fuel gas burning system. The method requires that the burning
torch is installed to one end of the oxygen and fuel gas lines
and then the gauges are attached to the other end of the hoses.
The manifold or cylinder supply valve is opened and the system
is pressurized. The manifold or cylinder supply valve is then
closed and the gauges are watched for at least sixty seconds.
Any drop in pressure indicates a leak.
“Emergency operations”
– Activities performed by fire response organizations that
are related to: Rescue, fire suppression, emergency medical care,
and special operations or activities that include responding to
the scene of an incident and all activities performed at that
scene.
“Employee” –
Any person engaged in ship repairing, ship building, or ship breaking
or related employment as defined in these standards.
“Employer” –
An employer with employees who are employed, in whole or in part,
in ship repair, ship building, and ship breaking, or related employment
as defined in these standards.
“Enclosed space”
– A space, other than a confined space, that is enclosed
by bulkheads and overhead. It includes cargo holds, tanks, quarters,
and machinery and boiler spaces.
“Equivalent” –
Alternative designs, materials, or methods to protect against
a hazard which the employer can demonstrate will provide an equal
or greater degree of safety for employees than the method or item
specified in the standard.
“Fire hazard” – A condition
or material that may start or contribute to the spread of fire.
“Fire protection”
– Methods of providing fire prevention, response, detection,
control, extinguishment, and engineering.
“Fire response”
– The activity taken by the employer at the time of an emergency
incident involving a fire at the worksite, including fire suppression
activities carried out by internal or external resources or a
combination of both, or total or partial employee evacuation of
the area exposed to the fire.
“Fire response employee”
– A shipyard employee who carries out the duties and responsibilities
of shipyard fire fighting in accordance with the fire safety plan.
“Fire response organization”
– An organized group knowledgeable, trained, and skilled
in shipyard fire fighting operations that responds to shipyard
fire emergencies, including: Fire brigades, shipyard fire departments,
private or contractual fire departments, and municipal fire departments.
“Fire suppression”
– The activities involved in controlling and extinguishing
fires.
“Fire watch” –
The activity of observing and responding to the fire hazards associated
with hot work in shipyard employment and the employees designated
to do so.
“Fixed extinguishing system”
– A permanently installed fire protection system that either
extinguishes or controls fire occurring in the space it protects.
“Flammable liquid”
– Any liquid having a flashpoint below 100oF
(37.8oC), except any mixture having components with
flashpoints of 100oF (37.8oC) or higher,
the total of which make up ninety-nine percent or more of the
total volume of the mixture.
“Free fall” –
To fall before a personal fall arrest system begins to apply force
to arrest the fall.
“Free fall distance”
– The vertical displacement of the fall arrest attachment
point on the employee’s body harness between onset of the
fall and just before the system begins to apply force to arrest
the fall. This distance excludes deceleration distance, and lifeline/lanyard
elongation, but includes any deceleration device slide distance
or self-retracting lifeline/lanyard extension before the device
operates and fall arrest forces occur.
“Gangway” –
A ramp-like or stair-like means to board or leave a vessel including
accommodation ladders, gangplanks and brows.
“Hazardous substance”
– A substance likely to cause injury because it is explosive,
flammable, poisonous, corrosive, oxidizing, irritant, or otherwise
harmful.
“Hose systems”
– Fire protection systems consisting of a water supply,
approved fire hose, and a means to control the flow of water at
the output end of the hose.
“Host employer”
– An employer who is in charge of coordinating work or who
hires other employers to perform work at a multiemployer workplace.
“Hot work” –
Riveting, welding, burning or other fire or spark producing operations.
“Incident management system”
– A system that defines the roles and responsibilities to
be assumed by personnel and the operating procedures to be used
in the management and direction of emergency operations; the system
is also referred to as an “incident command system (ICS).”
“Incipient stage fire” – A
fire, in the initial or beginning stage, which can be controlled
or extinguished by portable fire extinguishers, Class II standpipe
or small hose systems without the need for protective clothing
or breathing apparatus.
“Inerting” –
The displacement of the atmosphere in a permit space by noncombustible
gas (such as nitrogen) to such an extent that the resulting atmosphere
is noncombustible. This procedure produces an IDLH oxygen-deficient
atmosphere.
“Interior structural fire fighting
operations” – The physical activity of fire
response, rescue, or both involving a fire beyond the incipient
stage inside of buildings, enclosed structures, vessels, and vessel
sections.
“Lanyard” –
A flexible line of rope, wire rope, or strap which generally has
a connector at each end for connecting the body belt or body harness
to a deceleration device, lifeline, or anchorage.
“Lifeline” –
A component consisting of a flexible line to connect to an anchorage
at one end to hang vertically (vertical lifeline), or to connect
to anchorages at both ends to stretch horizontally (horizontal
lifeline), and which serves as a means for connecting other components
of a personal fall arrest system to the anchorage.
“Lower levels”
– Those areas or surfaces to which an employee can fall.
Such areas or surfaces include but are not limited to ground levels,
floors, ramps, tanks, materials, water, excavations, pits, vessels,
structures, or portions thereof.
“Multiemployer workplace”
– A workplace where there is a host employer and at least
one contract employer.
“Personal alert safety system
(PASS)” – A device that sounds a loud signal
if the wearer becomes immobilized or is motionless for thirty
seconds or more.
“Personal fall arrest system”
– A system used to arrest an employee in a fall from a working
level. It consists of an anchorage, connectors, body harness and
may include a lanyard, a deceleration device, a lifeline, or a
suitable combination.
“Physical isolation”
– The elimination of a fire hazard by removing the hazard
from the work area (at least thirty-five feet for combustibles),
by covering or shielding the hazard with a fire-resistant material,
or physically preventing the hazard from entering the work area.
“Physically isolated”
– Positive isolation of the supply from the distribution
piping of a fixed extinguishing system. Examples of ways to physically
isolate include: Removing a spool piece and installing a blank
flange; providing a double block and bleed valve system; or completely
disconnecting valves and piping from all cylinders or other pressure
vessels containing extinguishing agents.
“Portable unfired pressure vessel”
– A pressure container or vessel used aboard ship, other
than the ship’s equipment, containing liquids or gases under
pressure. This does not include pressure vessels built to Department
of Transportation regulations under 49 CFR Part 178, Subparts
C and H.
“Positioning device system”
– A body belt or body harness system rigged to allow an
employee to be supported at an elevated vertical surface, such
as a wall or window, and to be able to work with both hands free
while leaning.
“Powder actuated fastening tool”
– A tool or machine that drives a stud, pin, or fastener
by means of an explosive charge.
“Protected space”
– Any space into which a fixed extinguishing system can
discharge.
“Proximity fire fighting” –
Specialized fire fighting operations that require specialized
thermal protection and may include the activities of rescue, fire
suppression, and property conservation at incidents involving
fires producing very high levels of conductive, convective, and
radiant heat such as aircraft fires, bulk flammable gas fires,
and bulk flammable liquid fires. Proximity fire fighting operations
usually are exterior operations but may be combined with structural
fire fighting operations. Proximity fire fighting is not entry
fire fighting.
“Qualified instructor”
– A person with specific knowledge, training, and experience
in fire response or fire watch activities to cover the material
found in WAC 296-304-01019(2) or (3).
“Qualified person”
– A person who has successfully demonstrated the ability
to solve or resolve problems related to the subject matter and
work by possessing a recognized degree or certificate of professional
standing or by extensive knowledge, training, and experience.
“Related employment”
– Any employment related to or performed in conjunction
with ship repairing, ship building, or ship breaking work, including,
but not limited to, inspecting, testing, and serving as a watchman.
“Rescue” –
Locating endangered persons at an emergency incident, removing
those persons from danger, treating the injured, and transporting
the injured to an appropriate health care facility.
“Restraint (tether) line”
– A line from an anchorage, or between anchorages, to which
the employee is secured so as to prevent the employee from walking
or falling off an elevated work surface.
Note: A restraint
line is not necessarily designed to withstand forces resulting
from a fall.
“Rope grab” –
A deceleration device that travels on a lifeline and automatically,
by friction, engages the lifeline and locks to arrest the fall
of an employee. A rope grab usually uses the principle of inertial
locking, cam/level locking or both.
“Shall” or “must”
– Mandatory.
“Ship breaking” – Breaking down a vessel’s
structure to scrap the vessel, including the removal of gear,
equipment or any component part of a vessel.
“Ship building”
– Construction of a vessel, including the installation of
machinery and equipment.
“Ship repairing”
– Repair of a vessel including, but not limited to, alterations,
conversions, installations, cleaning, painting, and maintenance.
“Shipyard fire fighting”
– The activity of rescue, fire suppression, and property
conservation involving buildings, enclosed structures, vehicles,
vessels, aircraft, or similar properties involved in a fire or
emergency situation.
“Small hose system”
– A system of hoses ranging in diameter from 5/8”
(1.6 cm) up to 1 ½” (3.8 cm) which is for the use
of employees and which provides a means for the control and extinguishment
of incipient stage fires.
“Standpipe”- A
fixed fire protection system consisting of piping and hose connections
used to supply water to approved hose lines or sprinkler systems.
The hose may or may not be connected to the system.
“Vessel” –
Every watercraft for use as a means of transportation on water,
including special purpose floating structures not primarily designed
for or used as a means of transportation on water.
Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 07-03-163 (Order 06-30), §
296-304-01001, filed 01/24/07, effective 04/01/07. Statutory Authority:
RCW 49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 05-19-086 (Order 05-25),
§ 296-304-01001, filed 09/20/05, effective 12/01/05. Statutory
Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, RCW 49.17.050, and 49.17.060.
03-04-099 (Order 02-31), § 296-304-01001, filed 02/04/03,
effective 08/01/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, 49.17.050,
49.17.060; 98-02-006 (Order 96-18), § 296-304-03001, filed
12/26/97, effective 3/1/98; Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17
RCW. 95-04-006 (Order 94-23), § 296-304-01001, filed 1/18/95,
effective 3/10/95; Order 76-7, § 296-304-01001, filed 3/1/76;
Order 74-25, § 296-304-01001, filed 5/7/74.]
WAC
296-304-01003 Reference specifications, standards, and codes.
Specifications, standards, and codes of agencies
of the U.S. government, to the extent specified in the text, form
a part of these regulations. In addition, the specifications,
standards, and codes of organizations which are not agencies of
the U.S. government, in effect on the date of the promulgation
of these regulations as listed below, to the extent specified
in the text, form a part of these standards:
National Fire Protection Association, 60 Batterymarch
Street, Boston, Mass. 02110,
Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., 207 East
Ohio Street, Chicago, Ill. 60611,
United States of America Standard Safety Code
for Portable Wood Ladders, A14.1-1975, United States of America
Standards Institute, Inc., 10 East 40th Street, New York, N.Y.
10016,
United States of America Standard Safety Code
for Portable Metal Ladders, A14.2-1972, United States of America
Standards Institute, Inc., 10 East 40th Street, New York, N.Y.
10016,
United States of America Standard Safety Code
for Head, Eye, and Respiratory Protection, Z2.1-1959,United
States of America Standards Institute, Inc., 10 East 40th Street,
New York, N.Y. 10016,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Rules for Construction
of Unfired Pressure Vessels, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, 345 East 47th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017,
Threshold Limit Values, American Conference
of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 1014 Broadway, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45202,
United States of America Standards Safety Code
for the Use, Care, and Protection of Abrasive Wheels, B7.1-1964,
United States of America Standards Institute, Inc., 10 East
40th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016.
[Statutory Authority:
RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 03-04-099
(Order 02-31), § 296-304-01003, filed 02/04/03, effective
08/01/03. Order 74-25, § 296-304-01003, filed 5/7/74.]
WAC
296-304-01005 Fire protection in shipyards.
(1) Purpose. The purpose of
this section is to require employers to protect all employees
from fire hazards in shipyard employment, including employees
engaged in fire response activities.
(2) Scope. This section covers
employers with employees engaged in shipyard employment aboard
vessels and vessel sections, and on land-side operations regardless
of geographic location.
(3) Employee participation.
The employer must provide ways for employees or employee representatives,
or both to participate in developing and periodically reviewing
programs and policies adopted to comply with this section.
(4) Multiemployer worksites.
(a) Host employer responsibilities. The host
employer's responsibilities are to:
(i) Inform all employers at the worksite
about the content of the fire safety plan including hazards,
controls, fire safety and health rules, and emergency procedures;
(ii) Make sure the safety and health responsibilities
for fire protection are assigned as appropriate to other employers
at the worksite; and
(iii) If there is more than one host employer,
each host employer must communicate relevant information about
fire-related hazards to other host employers. When a vessel
owner or operator (temporarily) becomes a host shipyard employer
by directing the work of ships' crews on repair modification
of the vessel or by hiring other contractors directly, the
vessel owner or operator must also comply with these provisions
for host employers.
(b) Contract employer responsibilities.
The contract employer's responsibilities are to:
(i) Make sure that the host employer knows
about the fire-related hazards associated with the contract
employer's work and what the contract employer is doing to
address them; and
(ii) Advise the host employer of any previously
unidentified fire-related hazards that the contract employer
identifies at the worksite.
[Statutory
Authority: RCW 49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 05-19-086 (Order
05-25), § 296-304-01005, filed 09/20/05, effective 12/01/05.
WAC
296-304-01007 Fire safety plan.
(1) Employer responsibilities. The employer
must develop and implement a written fire safety plan that covers
all the actions that employers and employees must take to ensure
employee safety in the event of a fire. (See Appendix A to this
section for a model fire safety plan.)
(2) Plan elements. The employer must include
the following information in the fire safety plan:
(a) Identification of the significant fire
hazards;
(b) Procedures for recognizing and reporting
unsafe conditions;
(c) Alarm procedures;
(d) Procedures for notifying employees of
a fire emergency;
(e) Procedures for notifying fire response
organizations of a fire emergency;
(f) Procedures for evacuation;
(g) Procedures to account for all employees
after an evacuation; and
(h) Names, job titles, or departments for
individuals who can be contacted for further information about
the plan.
(3) Reviewing the plan with employees. The employer
must review the plan with each employee at the following times:
(a) By March 1, 2006, for employees who are
currently working;
(b) Upon initial assignment for new employees;
and
(c) When the actions the employee must take
under the plan change because of a change in duties or a change
in the plan.
(4) Additional employer requirements. The employer
also must:
(a) Keep the plan accessible to employees,
employee representatives, and WISHA;
(b) Review and update the plan whenever necessary,
but at least annually;
(c) Document that affected employees have
been informed about the plan as required by this subsection;
and
(d) Ensure any outside fire response organization
that the employer expects to respond to fires at the employer's
worksite has been given a copy of the current plan.
(5) Contract employers. Contract employers in
shipyard employment must have a fire safety plan for their employees,
and this plan must comply with the host employer's fire safety
plan.
Statutory
Authority: RCW 49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 07-17-034 (Order
07-12), § 296-304-01007, filed 08/07/07, effective 12/01/07.
[Statutory Authority: Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, .040,
.050, and .060. 05-19-086 (Order 05-25), § 296-304-01007,
filed 09/20/05, effective 12/01/05.
WAC 296-304-01009 Precautions for hot work.
(1) General requirements.
(a) Designated areas. The employer may designate
areas for hot work in sites such as vessels, vessel sections,
fabricating shops, and subassembly areas that are free of fire
hazards.
(b) Nondesignated areas.
(i) Before authorizing hot work in a nondesignated
area, the employer must visually inspect the area where hot
work is to be performed, including adjacent spaces, to ensure
the area is free of fire hazards, unless a marine chemist's
certificate or shipyard competent person's log is used for
authorization.
(ii) The employer shall authorize employees
to perform hot work only in areas that are free of fire hazards,
or that have been controlled by physical isolation, fire watches,
or other positive means.
Note: The requirements
of (b) of this subsection apply to all hot work operations in
shipyard employment except those covered by WAC
296-304-02007.
(2) Specific requirements.
(a) Maintaining fire hazard-free conditions.
The employer must keep all hot work areas free of new hazards
that may cause or contribute to the spread of fire. Unexpected
energizing and energy release are covered by WAC
296-304-120. Exposure to toxic and hazardous substances
is covered in chapter 296-841
WAC, Airborne contaminants; chapter 296-802
WAC, Employee medical and exposure records; and WAC 296-800-170,
Employer chemical hazard communication -Introduction.
(b) Fuel gas and oxygen supply lines and torches.
The employer must make sure that:
(i) No unattended fuel gas and oxygen hose
lines or torches are in confined spaces;
(ii) No unattended charged fuel gas and
oxygen hose lines or torches are in enclosed spaces for more
than fifteen minutes;
(iii) All fuel gas and oxygen hose lines
are disconnected at the supply manifold at the end of each
shift; and
(iv) All disconnected fuel gas and oxygen
hose lines are rolled back to the supply manifold or to open
air to disconnect the torch; or extended fuel gas and oxygen
hose lines are not reconnected at the supply manifold unless
the lines are given a positive means of identification when
they were first connected and the lines are tested using a
drop test or other positive means to ensure the integrity
of fuel gas and oxygen burning system.
[Statutory
Authority: RCW 49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 07-05-062, 07-06-005
(Order 06-38), § 296-304-01009, filed 02/20/07, effective
04/01/07. Statutory Authority: Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010,
.040, .050, and .060. 05-19-086 (Order 05-25), § 296-304-01009,
filed 09/20/05, effective 12/01/05.
WAC 296-304-01011 Fire watches.
(1) Written fire watch policy. The employer
must create and keep current a written policy that specifies the
following requirements for employees performing fire watch in
the workplace:
(a) The training employees must be given (WAC
296-304-01019(3) contains detailed fire watch training requirements);
(b) The duties employees are to perform;
(c) The equipment employees must be given;
and
(d) The personal protective equipment (PPE)
that must be made available and worn as required by WAC 296-304-090.
(2) Posting fire watches. The employer must
post a fire watch if during hot work any of the following conditions
are present:
(a) Slag, weld splatter, or sparks might pass
through an opening and cause a fire;
(b) Fire-resistant guards or curtains are
not used to prevent ignition of combustible materials on or
near decks, bulkheads, partitions, or overheads;
(c) Combustible material closer than thirty-five
feet (10.7 m) to the hot work in either the horizontal or vertical
direction cannot be removed, protected with flame-proof covers,
or otherwise shielded with metal or fire-resistant guards or
curtains;
(d) The hot work is carried out on or near
insulation, combustible coatings, or sandwich-type construction
that cannot be shielded, cut back, or removed, or in a space
within a sandwich-type construction that cannot be inerted;
(e) Combustible materials adjacent to the
opposite sides of bulkheads, decks, overheads, metal partitions,
or sandwich-type construction may be ignited by conduction or
radiation;
(f) The hot work is close enough to cause
ignition through heat radiation or conduction on the following:
(i) Insulated pipes, bulkheads, decks, partitions,
or overheads; or
(ii) Combustible materials and/or coatings;
(g) The work is close enough to unprotected
combustible pipe or cable runs to cause ignition; or
(h) A marine chemist, a Coast Guard-authorized
person, or a shipyard competent person, as defined in WAC 296-304-020,
requires that a fire watch be posted.
(3) Assigning employees to fire watch duty.
(a) The employer must not assign other duties
to a fire watch while the hot work is in progress.
(b) Employers must ensure that employees assigned
to fire watch duty:
(i) Have a clear view of and immediate access
to all areas included in the fire watch;
(ii) Are able to communicate with workers
exposed to hot work;
(iii) Are authorized to stop work if necessary
and restore safe conditions within the hot work area;
(iv) Remain in the hot work area for at
least thirty minutes after completion of the hot work, unless
the employer or its representative surveys the exposed area
and makes a determination that there is no further fire hazard;
(v) Are trained to detect fires that occur
in areas exposed to the hot work;
(vi) Attempt to extinguish any incipient
stage fires in the hot work area that are within the capability
of available equipment and within the fire watch's training
qualifications, as defined in WAC 296-304-01019;
(vii) Alert employees of any fire beyond
the incipient stage; and
(viii) If unable to extinguish fire in the
areas exposed to the hot work, activate the alarm.
(c) The employer must ensure that employees
assigned to fire watch are physically capable of performing
these duties.
[Statutory
Authority: RCW 49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 05-19-086 (Order
05-25), § 296-304-01011, filed 09/20/05, effective 12/01/05.
WAC 296-304-01013 Fire response.
(1) Employer responsibilities. The employer
must:
(a) Decide what type of response will be provided
and who will provide it; and
(b) Create, maintain, and update a written
policy that:
(i) Describes the internal and outside fire
response organizations that the employer will use; and
(ii) Defines what evacuation procedures
employees must follow, if the employer chooses to require
a total or partial evacuation of the worksite at the time
of a fire.
(2) Required written policy information.
(a) Internal fire response. If an internal
fire response is to be used, the employer must include the following
information in the employer's written policy:
(i) The basic structure of the fire response
organization;
(ii) The number of trained fire response
employees;
(iii) The fire response functions that may
need to be carried out;
(iv) The minimum number of fire response
employees necessary, the number and types of apparatuses,
and a description of the fire suppression operations established
by written standard operating procedures for each type of
fire response at the employer's facility;
(v) The type, amount, and frequency of training
that must be given to fire response employees; and
(vi) The procedures for using protective
clothing and equipment.
(b) Outside fire response. If an outside fire
response organization is used, the employer must include the
following information in the written policy:
(i) The types of fire suppression incidents
to which the fire response organization is expected to respond
at the employer's facility or worksite;
(ii) The liaisons between the employer and
the outside fire response organizations; and
(iii) A plan for fire response functions
that:
(A) Addresses procedures for obtaining
assistance from the outside fire response organization;
(B) Familiarizes the outside fire response
organization with the layout of the employer's facility
or worksite, including access routes to controlled areas,
and site-specific operations, occupancies, vessels or vessel
sections, and hazards; and
(C) Sets forth how hose and coupling connection
threads are to be made compatible and includes where the
adapter couplings are kept; or
(D) States that the employer will not
allow the use of incompatible hose connections.
(c) A combination of internal and outside
fire response. If a combination of internal and outside fire
response is to be used, the employer must include the following
information, in addition to the requirements in (a) and (b)
of this subsection, in the written policy:
(i) The basic organizational structure of
the combined fire response;
(ii) The number of combined trained fire
responders;
(iii) The fire response functions that may
need to be carried out;
(iv) The minimum number of fire response
employees necessary, the number and types of apparatuses,
and a description of the fire suppression operations established
by written standard operating procedures for each particular
type of fire response at the worksite; and
(v) The type, amount, and frequency of joint
training with outside fire response organizations if given
to fire response employees.
(d) Employee evacuation. The employer must
include the following information in the employer's written
policy:
(i) Emergency escape procedures;
(ii) Procedures to be followed by employees
who may remain longer at the worksite to perform critical
shipyard employment operations during the evacuation;
(iii) Procedures to account for all employees
after emergency evacuation is completed;
(iv) The preferred means of reporting fires
and other emergencies; and
(v) Names or job titles of the employees
or departments to be contacted for further information or
explanation of duties.
(e) Rescue and emergency response. The employer
must include the following information in the employer's written
policy:
(i) A description of the emergency rescue
procedures; and
(ii) Names or job titles of the employees
who are assigned to perform them.
(3) Medical requirements for shipyard fire response
employees. The employer must ensure that:
(a) All fire response employees receive medical
examinations to assure that they are physically and medically
fit for the duties they are expected to perform;
(b) Fire response employees, who are required
to wear respirators in performing their duties, meet the medical
requirements of WAC
296-842 WAC, Respirators.
(c) Each fire response employee has an annual
medical examination; and
(d) The medical records of fire response employees
are kept in accordance with chapter 296-802
WAC, Employee medical and exposure records.
(4) Organization of internal fire response functions.
The employer must:
(a) Organize fire response functions to ensure
enough resources to conduct emergency operations safely;
(b) Establish lines of authority and assign
responsibilities to ensure that the components of the internal
fire response are accomplished;
(c) Set up an incident management system to
coordinate and direct fire response functions, including:
(i) Specific fire emergency responsibilities;
(ii) Accountability for all fire response
employees participating in an emergency operation; and
(iii) Resources offered by outside organizations;
and
(d) Provide the information required in this
subsection to the outside fire response organization to be used.
(5) Personal protective clothing and equipment
for fire response employees.
(a) General requirements. The employer must:
(i) Supply to all fire response employees,
at no cost, the appropriate personal protective clothing and
equipment they may need to perform expected duties; and
(ii) Ensure that fire response employees
wear the appropriate personal protective clothing and use
the equipment, when necessary, to protect them from hazardous
exposures.
(b) Thermal stability and flame resistance.
The employer must:
(i) Ensure that each fire response employee
exposed to the hazards of flame does not wear clothing that
could increase the extent of injury that could be sustained;
and
(ii) Prohibit wearing clothing made from
acetate, nylon, or polyester, either alone or in blends, unless
it can be shown that:
(A) The fabric will withstand the flammability
hazard that may be encountered; or
(B) The clothing will be worn in such
a way to eliminate the flammability hazard that may be encountered.
(c) Respiratory protection. The employer must:
(i) Provide self-contained breathing apparatus
(SCBA) to all fire response employees involved in an emergency
operation in an atmosphere that is immediately dangerous to
life or health (IDLH), potentially IDLH, or unknown;
(ii) Provide SCBA to fire response employees
performing emergency operations during hazardous chemical
emergencies that will expose them to known hazardous chemicals
in vapor form or to unknown chemicals;
(iii) Provide fire response employees who
perform or support emergency operations that will expose them
to hazardous chemicals in liquid form either:
(A) SCBA; or
(B) Respiratory protective devices certified
by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) under 42 CFR Part 84 as suitable for the specific
chemical environment;
(iv) Ensure that additional outside air
supplies used in conjunction with SCBA result in positive
pressure systems that are certified by NIOSH under 42 CFR
Part 84;
(v) Provide only SCBA that meet the requirements
of NFPA 1981-2002 Standard on Open-Circuit Self-Contained
Breathing Apparatus for the Fire Service (incorporated by
reference, see WAC 296-304-01003);
and
(vi) Ensure that the respiratory protection
program and all respiratory protection equipment comply with
chapter 296-842
WAC, Respiratory protection.
(d) Interior structural firefighting operations.
The employer must:
(i) Supply at no cost to all fire response
employees exposed to the hazards of shipyard fire response,
a helmet, gloves, footwear, and protective hoods, and either
a protective coat and trousers or a protective coverall; and
(ii) Ensure that this equipment meets the
applicable recommendations in NFPA 1971-2000 Standard on Protective
Ensemble for Structural Fire Fighting (incorporated by reference,
see WAC 296-304-01003).
(e) Proximity fire fighting operations. The
employer must provide, at no cost, to all fire response employees
who are exposed to the hazards of proximity fire fighting, appropriate
protective proximity clothing that meets the applicable recommendations
in NFPA 1976-2000 Standard on Protective Ensemble for Proximity
Fire Fighting (incorporated by reference, see WAC 296-304-01003).
(f) Personal alert safety system (PASS) devices.
The employer must:
(i) Provide each fire response employee
involved in fire fighting operations with a PASS device; and
(ii) Ensure that each PASS device meets
the recommendations in NFPA 1982-1998 Standard on Personal
Alert Safety Systems (PASS) (incorporated by reference, see
WAC 296-304-01003).
(g) Life safety ropes, body harnesses, and
hardware. The employer must ensure that:
(i) All life safety ropes, body harnesses,
and hardware used by fire response employees for emergency
operations meet the applicable recommendations in NFPA 1983-2001,
Standard on Fire Service Life Safety Rope and System Components
(incorporated by reference, see WAC 296-304-01003);
(ii) Fire response employees use only Class
I body harnesses to attach to ladders and aerial devices;
and
(iii) Fire response employees use only Class
II and Class III body harnesses for fall arrest and rappelling
operations.
(6) Equipment maintenance.
(a) Personal protective equipment. The employer
must inspect and maintain personal protective equipment used
to protect fire response employees to ensure that it provides
the intended protection.
(b) Fire response equipment. The employer
must:
(i) Keep fire response equipment in a state
of readiness;
(ii) Standardize all fire hose coupling
and connection threads throughout the facility and on vessels
and vessel sections by providing the same type of hose coupling
and connection threads for hoses of the same or similar diameter;
and
(iii) Ensure that either all fire hoses
and coupling connection threads are the same within a facility
or vessel or vessel section as those used by the outside fire
response organization, or supply suitable adapter couplings
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