Section 296-843-20010. Train workers, supervisors and managers before work begins on the site.

IMPORTANT:

• The eighty-hour training requirement does NOT apply to law enforcement personnel entering illicit drug labs, securing the premises, and obtaining evidence. Attendance at a forty-hour training course, such as presented by the criminal justice training commission, is acceptable.

• These training requirements do not apply to workers engaged in limited postemergency response activities provided they meet the conditions described in WAC 296-843-20020.

You must:

• Make sure workers have received twenty-four-, forty- or eighty-hour training as required by Table 3 before participating in hazardous waste operations.

• Make sure workers also receive site-specific training that thoroughly covers at least the following:

– The personnel responsible for employee safety and health.

– Safety, health, and other hazards known or suspected at the site.

– Use of personal protective equipment.

– Work practices to minimize worker's risk from the hazards.

– Use of engineering and other controls and equipment on the site.

– Medical surveillance provided.

– Recognition of signs and symptoms that might indicate overexposure to site hazards.

– The contents of the site-specific health and safety plan (HASP) required by this chapter.

Note:	The site-specific training can be provided as part of the twenty-four-, forty- or eighty-hour training or as part of the employee briefings provided all training and information requirements of WAC 296-843-200 are met.

Table 3

Training Requirements

Note:	When calculating "training hours," WISHA assumes a "normal" workday of eight hours with sufficient time for lunch and other breaks.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 04-02-053, § 296-843-20010, filed 1/5/04, effective 5/1/04.]

RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 04-02-053, § 296-843-20010, filed 1/5/04, effective 5/1/04.

Rules

296-843-20020,296-843-200,