Wash. Admin. Code § 296-831-310 - Install an appropriate entertainer alarm system(s)
(1) Adult
entertainment establishments must make sure that an alarm system, with a
distinctive (not confused with fire alarm, etc.) signal, is installed for the
purposes of communicating entertainer violence related emergencies to
employer-designated responders.
(2)
Establishments must make sure alarm systems:
(a) Communicate the use/triggering of panic
buttons.
(b) Identify the location
of all panic buttons which have been used/triggered.
(c) Latch, or continue to both communicate
the use/triggering of panic buttons, and identify the location of panic buttons
which have been used/triggered, without requiring ongoing action(s) of the
person that used the panic button. For example, entertainers must not be
required to hold a button down to keep the alarm triggering.
(d) Are recognizable above surrounding noise
and light levels by establishment designated responder(s) in all relevant
portions of the establishment in which designated responders are acting in this
role. Areas far enough away from an alarm, or where building materials or walls
are in the alarms path, may reduce the effectiveness of the alarm to the point
that it is no longer recognizable.
(3) For the purposes of this rule, panic
button alarm systems can be categorized based on whether the entertainer's
point of use features a silent (discreet), or a recognizable
(audible/visual/tactile) alarm from the entertainer's and customer's
perspective. Discreet panic buttons reduce the likelihood of escalating a
confrontation towards violence, but at the same time prevent other entertainers
and personnel in the area from knowing a panic button was used/triggered.
Regardless of which method is used, associated hazards must be further
mitigated by implementing either of the below, or a similarly protective,
strategy:
(a) A multistage alarm (normally
discreet at the panic button point of use, but switches to audible/recognizable
at the point of use if the alarm system detects a malfunction that would
prevent response actions); or
(b) A
multicomponent alarm (discreet at the panic button point of use, but nonaudible
alarm components (lights, etc.) provided within adjacent booths/rooms/etc., and
above/adjacent/on the entrance to booth(s)/room(s)/etc., to communicate to
designated responders both the use, and location, of a panic button alarm in
the area.
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