Section 296-843-20020. Training for postemergency response.  


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  • You must:
    • Provide workers who participate only in limited postemergency response clean-up operations with a minimum of eight hours of training, when these conditions are met:
    – Cleanup is at a site that is a hazardous waste operation only because of an emergency response.
    – Clean-up work is directly supervised by someone who has completed at least forty hours of training in hazardous waste operations as required in this chapter.
    – Written documentation is maintained at the work site supporting less than twenty-four hours of training.
    – The work:
    ■ Is performed in an area that has been monitored and fully characterized by a qualified person as an area where employee exposure cannot exceed PELs or other published exposure levels.
    ■ Does not require using respiratory protection.
    ■ Does not require entry into permit-required confined spaces.
    ■ Involves minimal health risks from skin exposure and absorption that are effectively controlled by PPE.
    – Workers have received training in your emergency response plan and hazard communication program.
    Reference:
    For additional information, see WAC 296-843-160, Emergency response, and WAC 296-901-140, Hazard communication.
    You must:
    • Make sure workers complete any other safety and health training needed to perform assigned clean-up tasks in a safe and healthful manner.
    – Training may include topics such as the following:
    ■ Safety hazards and controls.
    ■ The content and availability of the site-specific health and safety plan.
    ■ Decontamination procedures.
    ■ Operating procedures related to assigned clean-up tasks.
    ■ PPE use and limitations.
    ■ Hands-on exercises for PPE and decontamination.
    ■ Information about heat stress and hypothermia.
    • Make sure workers have been trained within the last twelve months.
    [Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060 and 29 C.F.R. 1910 Subpart Z. WSR 14-07-086, § 296-843-20020, filed 3/18/14, effective 5/1/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 04-02-053, § 296-843-20020, filed 1/5/04, effective 5/1/04.]
RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060 and 29 C.F.R. 1910 Subpart Z. WSR 14-07-086, § 296-843-20020, filed 3/18/14, effective 5/1/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. WSR 04-02-053, § 296-843-20020, filed 1/5/04, effective 5/1/04.

Rules

296-843-160,296-901-140,