296-307-065 How must slow-moving
vehicles be marked?
296-307-070 Motor vehicles.
296-307-07001 How must motor vehicles be maintained?
296-307-07003 How must motor vehicles be operated?
296-307-07005 Who may operate motor vehicles? 296-307-07007 What requirements
apply to motor vehicle brakes?
296-307-07009 How must motor vehicles be loaded and unloaded?
296-307-07011 What safety equipment must motor vehicles have?
296-307-07013 What rules apply to vehicles used to transport
employees?
296-307-073 What requirements apply to changing and changing
storage batteries? 296-307-076 How must farm field
equipment be guarded?
(1) You must ensure that all farm tractors and other slow-moving
farm vehicles and equipment used on public roads have lamps, reflectors,
and a slow-moving vehicle emblem. From one-half hour after sunset
to one-half hour before sunrise, slow-moving vehicles must have
lights and reflectors.
The slow-moving vehicle emblem is a fluorescent yellow-orange
triangle with a dark red reflective border. (See figure.) The
emblem must be used on public roads only by vehicles designed
to move slowly (25 M.P.H. or less).
(1) You must maintain all motor vehicles and their parts in good
repair and safe condition.
(2) You must not use tires that are worn beyond the point of
safety.
(3) Employees must report to you any motor vehicle or other farm
equipment that is in unsafe operating condition. You must ensure
that the vehicle or equipment is removed from service and repaired
before use.
(4) Before an employee performs service or repair work under
hydraulic or mechanical raised dump truck beds, blades, discs,
or other equipment, the raised portion of the equipment must be
manually pinned or blocked to prevent falling.
(1) Vehicles must be driven at safe operating speed.
(2) Truck drivers must operate equipment at a safe speed for
roadway conditions.
(3) When an employee backing a truck has obstructed vision, the
employee must be assisted by a signaler. The signaler must have
a clear view of the rear of the truck and the operator of the
truck.
(4) Truck drivers must sound their horn before starting to back,
and intermittently while backing.
(5) Shut off motors before refueling. Take care to prevent fuel
from spilling on hot parts.
(1) You must ensure that motor vehicles have brakes that will
safely hold the maximum load on maximum grades.
(2) Trucks parked on an incline must have the steered wheels
turned into the curb and must have at least one “driver”
wheel chocked on each side, independent of the braking system.
Exception: If the truck has a functioning
secondary braking system, the turned wheels and chock are not
required.
(3) You must ensure that trailers have working air brakes, or
another approved type. Air must be cut into the trailer brake
system at the time that the trailer is coupled to the truck.
(4) The driver must test truck and trailer brakes before driving
down a steep grade.
(1) You must ensure that employees load and unload motor vehicles
safely.
(2) All loads transported on trucks or truck and trailer combinations
must be properly secured and distributed. Loads must not exceed
the safe operating load for the roadway condition and the capacity
of the bridges, trestles, and other structures.
All motor vehicles must have standard lights, horn, flags, flares,
and other safety equipment that conforms to the state of Washington
motor vehicles laws.
WAC
296-307-07013 What rules apply to vehicles used to transport
employees?
You must ensure that motor vehicles used regularly to transport
employees meet the following requirements:
(1) The vehicles are well equipped, covered against the weather,
and maintained in good mechanical condition at all times.
(2) A sufficient number of properly secured seats are provided
in each vehicle to accommodate the number of employees transported.
When emergency conditions make it necessary to transport more
employees than the seating capacity can accommodate, all employees
must ride within the vehicle. No employee may ride on fenders
or running boards of the vehicle.
(3) No employees may ride in or on any vehicle with their legs
hanging over the end or sides. All trucks without tail gates should
have safety bars.
(4) The vehicles have storage strong enough to retain sharp tools
that could present a hazard to employees being transported.
(5) All dump-trucks used to transport employees have an adequate
safety chain or locking device to ensure that the body of the
truck is not raised while employees are riding in it.
(6) Explosives or highly inflammable materials are not carried
in or on the vehicle while it is used to transport employees.
(7) Exhaust systems are installed and maintained in proper condition,
and are designed to eliminate the employee exposure to exhaust
gases and fumes.
(8) Within the cab, crew trucks must carry only the number of
passengers for which they are designed. In any seating arrangement,
the driver must be able to maintain full freedom of motion. The
driver's normal vision must be free from obstruction by passengers
or the seating arrangement.
(9) All enclosed crew trucks have an emergency exit in addition
to the regular entrance.
(10) Trucks used for hauling gravel may be used as crew trucks
if they meet the following requirements:
(a) Steps in proper places;
(b) Wooden floors;
(c) Securely fastened seats;
(d) Truck is properly covered; and
(e) Compliance with all other general regulations covering
crew trucks.
(11) Half-ton vehicles must haul no more than six persons including
driver. Three-quarter-ton vehicles must haul no more than eight
persons including driver.
(12) The vehicle is equipped with the first-aid supplies required
by WAC 296-307-03920,
two blankets, and a fire extinguisher.
Note: Additional requirements relating to
first aid are located in WAC
296-307-039.
(13) Heating units with open fires are not used in vehicles transporting
crews.
WAC
296-307-073 What requirements apply to changing and charging
storage batteries?
(1) Battery changing installations must be located in areas designated
for that purpose.
(2) Facilities must be provided for:
Flushing and neutralizing
spilled electrolyte;
Fire protection;
Protecting charging
apparatus from damage by trucks; and
Adequate ventilation
of fumes from gassing batteries.
(3) Racks used to support batteries should be made of or covered
with materials that will not create sparks.
(4) A conveyor, overhead hoist, or equivalent material handling
equipment must be provided for handling batteries.
(5) Reinstalled batteries must be properly positioned and secured
in the vehicle.
(6) A carboy tilter or siphon must be provided for handling electrolyte.
(7) When mixing water and acid for charging batteries, pour acid
into water; do not pour water into acid.
(8) Vehicles must be properly positioned and the brake applied
before attempting to change or charge batteries.
(9) When charging batteries, the vent caps should be kept in
place to avoid electrolyte spray. You must ensure that vent caps
function. The battery (or compartment) cover(s) must be open for
cooling.
(10) Precautions shall be taken to prevent open flames, sparks,
or electric arcs in battery charging areas.
(11) Tools and other metallic objects must be kept away from
the tops of uncovered batteries.
“Farm field equipment” means tractors or implements,
including self-propelled implements, used in agricultural operations.
(1) All power transmission components must be guarded according
to
WAC 296-307-280.
(2) The manufacturer's instruction manual, if published by the
manufacturer and currently available, must be the source of information
for the safe operation and maintenance of field equipment.
(3) You must ensure that all power takeoff shafts, including
rear, mid-mounted or side-mounted shafts, are guarded by a master
shield, as follows:
(a) The rear power takeoff has a master shield. The master
shield is strong enough to prevent permanent deformation of
the shield when a 250-pound operator mounts or dismounts the
tractor using the shield as a step.
(b) Power takeoff driven equipment is guarded to prevent employee
contact with rotating members of the power drive system. When
the tractor master shield must be removed to use specific power
takeoff driven equipment, the equipment must provide protection
from the part of the tractor power takeoff shaft that protrudes
from the tractor.
(c) Signs are placed at prominent locations on the tractor
and on power takeoff driven equipment requiring that safety
shields are kept in place.
(4) The following functional components must be shielded to a
degree consistent with the intended function and operator's vision
of the component.
Snapping
or husking rolls;
Straw
spreaders and choppers;
Cutterbars;
Flail
rotors;
Rotary
beaters;
Mixing
augers;
Feed
rolls;
Conveying
augers;
Rotary
tillers; and
Similar
units that must be exposed for proper function
(5) Where removing a guard or access door will expose an employee
to any component that continues to rotate after the power is disengaged,
you must provide, in the immediate area:
(a) A safety sign warning the employee to look and listen for
evidence of rotation and to wait until all components have stopped
before removing the guard or access door.
(b) A readily visible or audible warning of rotation on equipment
manufactured after October 25, 1976.
(6) If the mounting steps or ladder and the handholds of the
propelling vehicle are made inaccessible by installation of other
equipment, other steps and handholds must be provided on the equipment.
(7) You must ensure that the operator's steps and platform have
a slip-resistant covering to minimize the possibility of slipping.
(8) Powered machines not driven by an individual motor must have
a clutch or other effective means of stopping.
(9) All friction clutches must have sufficient clearance and
be kept adjusted to prevent drag or creeping when disengaged.
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