296-307-030 What are the required
elements of an accident prevention program?
296-307-033 How often must safety meetings be held?
296-307-036 What items go on the safety bulletin board?
296-307-039 First-aid rule summary
206-307-03905 Make sure that first-aid trained personnel are
available to provide quick and effective first aid.
296-307-03920 Make sure appropriate first-aid supplies are
readily available. 296-307-03930 Make sure emergency
washing facilities are functional and readily accessible. 296-307-03935 Inspect and activate
your emergency washing facilities. 296-307-03940 Make sure supplemental
flushing equipment provides sufficient water. 296-307-03945 Definitions. 296-307-045 What are the requirements
of the safe place standard?
296-307-030
What are the required elements of an accident
prevention program?
(1) You must instruct all employees in safe working practices
at the beginning of employment. Your instruction must be tailored
to the types of hazards to which employees are exposed.
(2) You must develop a written accident prevention program tailored
to the needs of your agricultural operation and to the types of
hazards involved.
(3) Your accident prevention program must contain at least the
following elements:
(a) How, when, and where to report injuries and illnesses,
and the location of first-aid facilities.
(b) How to report unsafe conditions and practices.
(c) The use and care of personal protective equipment.
(d) What to do in emergencies. See WAC
296-307-35015 for emergency action plan requirements.
(e) Identification of hazardous chemicals or materials and
the instruction for their safe use.
(f) An on-the-job review of the practices necessary to perform
job assignments in a safe and healthful manner.
(4) At least once a month, you must conduct a walk-around safety
inspection of active job sites, the materials and equipment involved,
and operating procedures. A representative chosen by employees
must be invited and allowed to accompany you.
(1) Foreman-crew safety meetings must be held at least monthly
or whenever there are significant changes in job assignments.
These meetings must be tailored to the particular operation or
activity occurring at the time.
(2) The meeting minutes must document subjects discussed and
attendance.
(3) Short-term operations that last less than one month, such
as harvesting, do not require foreman-crew safety meetings but
only require initial safety orientation for the operations.
(4) You must maintain copies of the minutes of each foreman-crew
safety meeting at the location where the majority of employees
report to work each day.
(5) You must retain minutes of foreman-crew safety meetings for
one year and be able to show us copies if we ask to see them.
(1) You must provide a bulletin board or posting area large enough
to display the required safety and health poster, “Job Safety
and Health Protection” (F416-081-909), and other safety
education material.
(2) The bulletin board must be readily visible in a place where
employees gather during some part of the work day. (For example,
at the entrance to a field, a parking area, or in a farm building.)
(3) If for any reason any employee is unable to read the notices
posted on the bulletin board, you must ensure that the message
of the required poster explaining employee rights is communicated
to the employee in terms he or she understands. This same requirement
applies to variance applications, denials or grants, and to any
other notice affecting the employee's rights under WISHA.
Make sure appropriate first-aid supplies are readily available.
Note:
• Employers who require their
employees to provide first aid must comply with the bloodborne
pathogen rule, chapter 296-823
WAC.
• Additional requirements relating to first-aid are also
located in the following sections:
- WAC
296-307-07013(12), What rules apply to vehicles used to
transport employees?
- WAC
296-307-16175, First-aid requirements to operators of
temporary worker housing.
- WAC
296-307-16380, First-aid requirements for operators of
cherry harvest camps.
Definitions:
First aid: The extent
of treatment you would expect from a person trained in basic
first aid, using supplies from a first-aid kit.
Emergency medical service:
Medical treatment and care given at the scene of any medical
emergency or while transporting any victim to a medical facility.
You can get copies of these rules by calling
1-800-4BE SAFE (1-800-423-7233), or by going to http://www.lni.wa.gov.
WAC
296-307-03905 Make sure that first-aid trained personnel are
available to provide quick and effective first-aid.
You must
Comply with the first-aid training requirements of 29 CFR 1910.151(b)
which states:
"In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital
in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment
of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately
trained to render first aid."
Make
sure emergency washing facilities are functional and readily accessible.
You must
Provide an emergency shower: - When there is potential for major
portions of an employee's body to contact corrosives, strong
irritants, or toxic chemicals
- That delivers water to cascade over the user's entire body
at a minimum rate of 20 gallons (75 liters) per minute for 15
minutes or more.
Provide an emergency eyewash: - When there is potential for an
employee's eyes to be exposed to corrosives, strong irritants,
or toxic chemicals
- That irrigates and flushes both eyes simultaneously while
the user holds their eyes open
- With an on-off valve that activates in one second or less
and remains on without user assistance until intentionally turned
off
- That delivers at least 0.4 gallons (1.5 liters) of water per
minute for 15 minutes or more.
Note: Chemicals that require emergency
washing facilities:
You can determine whether chemicals
in your workplace require emergency washing facilities by looking
at the material safety data sheet (MSDS) or similar documents.
The MSDS contains information about first-aid requirements and
emergency flushing of skin or eyes
For chemicals developed in the
workplace, the following resources provide information about
first-aid requirements:
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical
Hazards
..*DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-140
..*http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/ggdstart.html
- Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical
Agents American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
(ACGIH).
You must
Make sure emergency washing facilities:
- Are located so that it takes no more
than 10 seconds to reach
- Are kept free of obstacles blocking their use
- Function correctly
- Provide the quality and quantity of water that is satisfactory
for emergency washing purposes.
Note:
If water in emergency washing
facilities is allowed to freeze, they won’t function correctly.
Precautions need to be taken to prevent this from happening
The travel distance to an emergency
washing facility should be no more than 50 feet (15.25 meters)
For further information on the
design, installation, and maintenance of emergency washing facilities,
see American National Standards Institute (ANSI) publication
Z358.1 - 1998, Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment. Emergency
washing facilities that are designed to meet ANSI Z358.1 - 1998
also meet the requirements of this standard. The ANSI standard
can be obtained from the American National Standards Institute,
1430 Broadway, New York, New York 10018.
Reference:
Training in the location and use
of your emergency washing facilities is required under the employer
chemical hazard communication rule, WAC
296-307-550, and the accident prevention program rule, WAC
296-307-030.
WAC
296-307-03935 Inspect and activate your emergency washing facilities.
You must
Make sure all plumbed emergency washing facilities
are inspected once a year to make sure they function correctly.
Note:
Inspections should include:
Examination of the piping
Making sure that water is available
at the appropriate temperature and quality
Activation to check that the valves
and other hardware work properly
Checking the water flow rate.
You must
Make sure plumbed emergency eyewashes and
hand-held drench hoses are activated weekly to check the proper
functioning of the valves, hardware, and availability of water
Make sure all self-contained eyewash
equipment and personal eyewash units are inspected and maintained
according to manufacturer instructions.
- Inspections to check proper operation
must be done once a year
- Sealed personal eyewashes must be replaced after the manufacturer's
expiration date.
Note: Most manufacturers recommend
replacing fluid in open self-contained eyewashes every 6 months.
The period for sealed containers is typically 2 years.
As used in first aid, WAC
296-307-039, is a substance that causes destruction of living
tissue by chemical action, including acids with a pH of 2.5 or
below or caustics with a pH of 11.0 or above.
Emergency washing facilities
Emergency washing facilities are
emergency showers, eyewashes, eye/face washes, hand-held drench
hoses, or other similar units.
Hand-held drench
hoses
Hand-held drench hoses are single-headed
emergency washing devices connected to a flexible hose that can
be used to irrigate and flush the ace or other body parts.
Personal eyewash units
Personal eyewash units are portable, supplementary
units that support plumbed units or self-contained units, or both,
by delivering immediate flushing for less than 15 minutes.
Strong irritant
As used in First Aid, WAC
296-307-039, is a chemical that is not corrosive, but causes
a strong, temporary inflammatory effect on living tissue by chemical
action at the site of contact.
Toxic chemical
As used in First Aid, WAC
296-307-039, is a chemical that produces serious injury or
illness when absorbed through any body surface.
What are the requirements of the safe place
standard?
(1) You must furnish to each employee a place of employment free
from recognized controllable hazards likely to cause serious injury
or death.
(2) You must furnish and require employees to use any safety
devices and safeguards that are needed to control recognized hazards.
All agricultural methods, operations, and processes must be designed
to promote the safety and health of employees.
(3) You must not require an employee to engage in any duty or
enter any place that is not safe.
(4) The following are prohibited:
(a) Removing, displacing, damaging, destroying or carrying
off any safety device, safeguard, notice or warning intended
for use in any place of employment.
(b) Interfering in any way with the use of any safety device,
method or process adopted for the protection of any employee.
(5) Intoxicating beverages or narcotics in or around worksites.
Employees under the influence of alcohol or narcotics are prohibited
from the worksite.
EXCEPTION: This rule does not apply to anyone
taking prescription drugs and/or narcotics as directed by a physician
providing such use does not endanger the employee or others.
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