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

IMPORTANT:

• Sharing chemical hazard information at multiemployer workplaces is required for the success of your hazard communication program and the success of other employers' programs.

• This section applies to a site where you or your employees work if:

– Your employees may be exposed to hazardous chemicals used by another employer;

OR

– Another employer's employees may be exposed to hazardous chemicals you or your employees use.

Examples include employees of construction companies, cleaning services, or maintenance contractors visiting or working on-site.

You must:

• Include, in your written Chemical Hazard Communication Program, the methods you will use to share the following hazard information with other employers when their employees share a workplace with you and are potentially exposed to chemicals you produce, use, or store:

– How you will provide other employers with a copy of the relevant material safety data sheets (MSDSs), or provide access to the MSDSs in a specified location.

– How you will inform the other employers of any precautionary measures needed to protect employees during normal operating conditions and in foreseeable emergencies.

– A description of how you will inform other employers of the labeling system you use.

Note:	You may rely on another employer's Chemical Hazard Communication Program to share the information required if the program meets the requirements of this rule.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 03-18-090, § 296-800-17007, filed 9/2/03, effective 11/1/03.]

RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 03-18-090, § 296-800-17007, filed 9/2/03, effective 11/1/03.