Section 296-848-40030. Clean-up facilities and lunchrooms.

You must:

• Provide the following facilities for employees who could experience eye or skin irritation from exposure to inorganic arsenic or who work in exposure control areas:

– Clean change rooms with separate storage for street clothes and personal protective equipment (PPE).

– Shower facilities.

• Make sure employees who could experience eye or skin irritation from exposure to inorganic arsenic or who work in exposure control areas:

– Shower at the end of the work shift;

AND

– Wash their hands and face before eating.

• Provide lunchrooms for employees working in exposure control areas that are:

– Located so they are readily accessible to the employees.

– Temperature controlled.

– Under positive pressure compared to surrounding areas.

– Provided with a filtered air supply.

Note:	Lunchrooms may be located within exposure control areas, but are considered separate from the exposure control area.

• Do the following when exposures in exposure control areas exceed an eight-hour time-weighted average of 100 micrograms of arsenic per cubic meter of air (µg/m3):

– Provide facilities for employees working in exposure control areas where they can remove excess contamination from protective clothing and shoes.

– Make sure employees vacuum protective clothing and clean or change shoes before entering showers, change rooms, or lunchrooms.

Reference:	To see additional requirements for hygiene facilities:
	• Go to the Safety and health core rules, chapter 296-800 WAC.
	• Find Drinking water, bathrooms, washing facilities, and waste disposal, WAC 296-800-230.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 05-01-173, § 296-848-40030, filed 12/21/04, effective 5/1/05.]

RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 05-01-173, § 296-848-40030, filed 12/21/04, effective 5/1/05.

Rules

296-800,296-800-230,