Section 296-800-100. Introduction.

Section 296-800-110. Employer responsibilities: Safe workplace—Summary.

Section 296-800-11005. Provide a workplace free from recognized hazards.

Section 296-800-11010. Provide and use means to make your workplace safe.

Section 296-800-11015. Prohibit employees from entering, or being in, any workplace that is not safe.

Section 296-800-11020. Construct your workplace so it is safe.

Section 296-800-11025. Prohibit alcohol and narcotics from your workplace.

Section 296-800-11030. Prohibit employees from using tools and equipment that are not safe.

Section 296-800-11035. Establish, supervise, and enforce rules that lead to a safe and healthy work environment that are effective in practice.

Section 296-800-11040. Control chemical agents.

Section 296-800-11045. Protect employees from biological agents.

Section 296-800-120. Rule.

Section 296-800-12005. Employee responsibilities.

Section 296-800-130. Safety committees/safety meetings—Summary.

Section 296-800-13020. Establish and conduct safety committees.

Section 296-800-13025. Follow these rules to conduct safety meetings.

Section 296-800-140. Accident prevention program.

Section 296-800-14005. Develop a formal, written accident prevention program.

Section 296-800-14020. Develop, supervise, implement, and enforce safety and health training programs that are effective in practice.

Section 296-800-14025. Make sure your accident prevention program is effective in practice.

Section 296-800-150. Rule summary.

Section 296-800-15005. Make sure that first-aid trained personnel are available to provide quick and effective first aid.

Section 296-800-15020. Make sure appropriate first-aid supplies are readily available.

Section 296-800-15030. Make sure emergency washing facilities are functional and readily accessible.

Section 296-800-15035. Inspect and activate your emergency washing facilities.

Section 296-800-15040. Make sure supplemental flushing equipment provides sufficient water.

Section 296-800-160. Summary.

Section 296-800-16002. Compliance duties owed to each employee.

Section 296-800-16005. Do a hazard assessment for PPE.

Section 296-800-16010. Document your hazard assessment for PPE.

Section 296-800-16015. Select appropriate PPE for your employees.

Section 296-800-16020. Provide PPE to your employees.

Section 296-800-16025. Train your employees to use PPE.

Section 296-800-16030. Retrain employees to use PPE, if necessary.

Section 296-800-16035. Document PPE training.

Section 296-800-16040. Require your employees to use necessary PPE on the job.

Section 296-800-16045. Keep PPE in safe and good condition.

Section 296-800-16050. Make sure your employees use appropriate eye and face protection.

Section 296-800-16055. Make sure your employees use appropriate head protection.

Section 296-800-16060. Make sure your employees use appropriate foot protection.

Section 296-800-16065. Make sure your employees use appropriate hand protection.

Section 296-800-16070. Make sure your employees are protected from drowning.

Section 296-800-170. Employer chemical hazard communication—Introduction.

Section 296-800-17005. Develop, implement, maintain, and make available a written Chemical Hazard Communication Program.

Section 296-800-17007. Include multiemployer workplaces in your program if necessary.

Section 296-800-17010. Identify and list all the hazardous chemicals present in your workplace.

Section 296-800-17015. Obtain and maintain material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for each hazardous chemical used.

Section 296-800-17020. Make sure material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are readily accessible to your employees and NIOSH.

Section 296-800-17025. Label containers holding hazardous chemicals.

Section 296-800-17030. Inform and train your employees about hazardous chemicals in your workplace.

Section 296-800-17035. Follow these rules for laboratories using hazardous chemicals.

Section 296-800-17040. Follow these rules for handling chemicals in factory-sealed containers.

Section 296-800-17045. Translate certain chemical hazard communication documents upon request.

Section 296-800-17050. Attempt to obtain a material safety data sheet (MSDS) upon request.

Section 296-800-17055. Items or chemicals exempt from the rule, and exemptions from labeling.

Section 296-800-180. Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) as exposure records.

Section 296-800-18005. Preserve exposure records for at least 30 years.

Section 296-800-18010. Inform current employees of exposure records.

Section 296-800-18015. Provide access to exposure records.

Section 296-800-18020. Transfer records when ceasing to do business.

Section 296-800-190. Summary/rule.

Section 296-800-19005. Provide a safety bulletin board in your workplace.

Section 296-800-200. WISHA poster.

Section 296-800-20005. Post and keep a WISHA poster in your workplace.

Section 296-800-210. Lighting.

Section 296-800-21005. Provide and maintain adequate lighting.

Section 296-800-220. Housekeeping, drainage, and storage—Summary.

Section 296-800-22005. Keep your workplace clean.

Section 296-800-22010. Sweep and clean your workplace to minimize dust.

Section 296-800-22015. Keep your workplace free of obstacles that interfere with cleaning.

Section 296-800-22020. Control pests in your workplace.

Section 296-800-22022. Make sure floors are maintained in a safe condition.

Section 296-800-22025. Keep your workroom floors dry, when practical.

Section 296-800-22030. Provide proper drainage.

Section 296-800-22035. Store things safely.

Section 296-800-22040. Control vegetation in your storage areas.

Section 296-800-230. Summary.

Section 296-800-23005. Provide safe drinking (potable) water in your workplace.

Section 296-800-23010. Clearly mark the water outlets that are not fit for drinking (nonpotable).

Section 296-800-23015. Make sure that systems delivering not-fit-for-drinking (nonpotable) water prevent backflow into drinking water systems.

Section 296-800-23020. Provide bathrooms for your employees.

Section 296-800-23025. Provide convenient and clean washing facilities.

Section 296-800-23040. Make sure eating areas are safe and healthy.

Section 296-800-23045. Follow these requirements if you provide food service to your employees.

Section 296-800-23050. Dispose of garbage and waste safely.

Section 296-800-23055. Remove garbage and waste in a way that does not create a health hazard.

Section 296-800-23060. Provide a separate lunchroom if employees are exposed to toxic substances if they are allowed to eat and drink on the job site.

Section 296-800-23065. Provide showers when required for employees working with chemicals.

Section 296-800-23070. Provide change rooms when required.

Section 296-800-23075. Make sure any work clothes you provide are dry.

Section 296-800-240. Summary.

Section 296-800-24005. Prohibit tobacco smoke in your office work environment.

Section 296-800-250. Summary.

Section 296-800-25005. Provide fixed stairs where required.

Section 296-800-25010. Provide stairs that minimize hazards.

Section 296-800-25015. Provide handrails and stair railings.

Section 296-800-260. Summary.

Section 296-800-26005. Guard or cover floor openings and floor holes.

Section 296-800-26010. Protect open-sided floors and platforms.

Section 296-800-270. Summary.

Section 296-800-27005. Do not overload floors or roofs.

Section 296-800-27010. Make sure that floors are safe.

Section 296-800-27015. Make sure floors can support equipment that moves or has motion.

Section 296-800-27020. Post approved load limits (weight limits) for floors.

Section 296-800-280. Basic electrical rules.

Section 296-800-28005. Inspect all electrical equipment your employees use to make sure the equipment is safe.

Section 296-800-28010. Make sure all electrical equipment is used for its approved or listed purpose.

Section 296-800-28015. Make sure electrical equipment used or located in wet or damp locations is designed for such use.

Section 296-800-28020. Make sure electrical equipment that is not marked is not used.

Section 296-800-28022. Identify disconnecting means.

Section 296-800-28025. Maintain electrical fittings, boxes, cabinets and outlets in good condition.

Section 296-800-28027. Working space around electrical equipment.

Section 296-800-28030. Maintain all flexible cords and cables in good condition and use safely.

Section 296-800-28035. Guard electrical equipment to prevent your employees from electrical hazards.

Section 296-800-28040. Make sure electrical equipment is effectively grounded.

Section 296-800-28045. Make sure electrical equipment has overcurrent protection.

Section 296-800-300. Summary—Portable fire extinguishers.

Section 296-800-30005. Provide portable fire extinguishers in your workplace.

Section 296-800-30010. Select and distribute portable fire extinguishers in your workplace.

Section 296-800-30015. Make sure that portable fire extinguishers are kept fully charged, in operable condition, and left in their designated places.

Section 296-800-30020. Inspect and test all portable fire extinguishers.

Section 296-800-30025. Train your employees to use portable fire extinguishers.

Section 296-800-310. Summary.

Section 296-800-31005. Provide an adequate number of exit routes.

Section 296-800-31010. Make sure that exit routes are large enough.

Section 296-800-31015. Make sure that exit routes meet their specific design and construction requirements.

Section 296-800-31020. Make sure that each exit route leads outside.

Section 296-800-31025. Provide unobstructed access to exit routes.

Section 296-800-31030. Exit doors must be readily opened from the inside.

Section 296-800-31035. Use side-hinged doors to connect rooms to exit routes.

Section 296-800-31040. Provide outdoor exit routes that meet these requirements.

Section 296-800-31045. Minimize danger to employees while they are using emergency exit routes.

Section 296-800-31050. Mark exits adequately.

Section 296-800-31053. Provide adequate lighting for exit routes and signs.

Section 296-800-31055. Maintain the fire retardant properties of paints or other coatings.

Section 296-800-31060. Maintain emergency safeguards.

Section 296-800-31065. Maintain exit routes during construction and repair.

Section 296-800-31067. Provide doors in freezer or refrigerated rooms that open from the inside.

Section 296-800-31070. Install and maintain an appropriate employee alarm system.

Section 296-800-31075. Establish procedures for sounding emergency alarms.

Section 296-800-31080. Test the employee alarm system.

Section 296-800-320. Summary.

Section 296-800-32010. Make sure equipment involved in a work-related accident is not moved.

Section 296-800-32015. Assign people to assist the department of labor and industries.

Section 296-800-32020. Conduct a preliminary investigation for all serious injuries.

Section 296-800-32025. Document the preliminary investigation findings.

Section 296-800-330. Releasing accident investigation reports.

Section 296-800-340. Protecting the identity of the source of confidential information.

Section 296-800-360. Rule.

Section 296-800-36005. Comply with standards national organizations or of federal agencies when referenced in WISHA rules.

Section 296-800-370. Definitions.