(1) Purpose and scope.
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Important:
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This section covers areas where a hazardous atmosphere
or substance may exist, except where one or more of the following sections
apply:
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1.
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WAC
296-56-60049 Hazardous
cargo
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2.
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WAC
296-56-60051 Handling explosives
or hazardous materials
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3.
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WAC
296-56-60055 Carbon
monoxide
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4.
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WAC
296-56-60057 Fumigants,
pesticides, insecticides and hazardous preservatives
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5.
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WAC
296-56-60107 Terminal facilities
handling menhaden and similar species of fish
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6.
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WAC
296-56-60235 Welding, cutting and
heating (hot work)
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7.
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WAC
296-56-60237 Spray painting
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(2) You must
make a determination of hazard:
(a) Whenever
a room, building, vehicle, railcar or other space contains or has contained a
hazardous atmosphere, a designated and appropriately equipped person must test
the atmosphere before entry to determine whether a hazardous atmosphere
exists.
(b) Records of results of
any tests required by this section must be maintained for at least thirty
days.
(3) You must make
sure tests are made by a designated person to ensure that the atmosphere is not
hazardous when mechanical ventilation is used to maintain a safe
atmosphere.
(4) You must make sure
only designated persons enter hazardous atmospheres. The following provisions
apply:
(a) Persons entering a space
containing a hazardous atmosphere must be protected by respiratory and
emergency protective equipment meeting the requirements of chapter
296-842
WAC;
(b) Persons entering a space
containing a hazardous atmosphere must be instructed in the nature of the
hazard, precautions to be taken, and the use of protective and emergency
equipment. Standby observers, similarly equipped and instructed, must
continuously monitor the activity of employees within such space; and
(c) Except for emergency or rescue
operations, employees must not enter into any atmosphere which has been
identified as flammable or oxygen deficient (less than nineteen and one-half
percent oxygen). Persons who may be required to enter flammable or oxygen
deficient atmospheres in emergency operations must be instructed in the dangers
attendant to those atmospheres and instructed in the use of self-contained
breathing apparatus, which must be utilized.
(d) To prevent inadvertent employee entry
into spaces that have been identified as having hazardous, flammable or oxygen
deficient atmospheres, appropriate warning signs or equivalent means must be
posted at all means of access to those spaces.
(5) You must make sure only designated
employees protected from the harmful effects of asbestos as required by WAC
296-62-07517 and chapter
296-65
WAC, clean up spills when the packaging of asbestos cargo
leaks.
Notes
Wash. Admin. Code
§
296-56-60053
Amended by
WSR
15-24-102, Filed 12/1/2015, effective
1/5/2016
Statutory Authority:
RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050,
49.17.060. 05-03-093, §
296-56-60053, filed 1/18/05, effective 3/1/05. Statutory Authority:
RCW
49.17.010,[49.17].040 and [49.17].050.
99-10-071, § 296-56-60053, filed 5/4/99, effective 9/1/99. Statutory
Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW and
RCW
49.17.040, [49.17].050 and [49.17].060.
92-22-067 (Order 92-06), § 296-56-60053, filed 10/30/92, effective
12/8/92. Statutory Authority:
RCW
49.17.040 and
49.17.050. 86-03-064 (Order
86-02), § 296-56-60053, filed 1/17/86; 85-01-022 (Order 84-24), §
296-56-60053, filed 12/11/84.
