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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 296. Labor and Industries, Department of |
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Chapter 296-870. Powered platforms. |
Section 296-870-70045. Suspended equipment guardrail system.
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- (1) You must make sure each working platform of a suspended unit has a guardrail system on all sides that consists of a top guardrail, midrail, and a toeboard.(2) You must make sure the top guardrail is:(a) At least thirty-eight inches (950 mm) high; and(b) Able to withstand at least a two hundred pound (890 n) force in any downward or outward direction.(3) You must make sure the midrail is able to withstand at least a seventy-five pound (333 n) force in any downward or outward direction.(4) You must make sure material encloses the area:(a) Between the top guardrail and the toeboard on the ends and outboard side of the platform; and(b) Between the midrail and the toeboard on the inboard side of the platform.(5) You must make sure the material surrounding the platform is:(a) Able to withstand a load of one hundred pounds (45.4 kg) applied horizontally over any area of one square foot (.09 m2); and(b) Has openings small enough to not allow passage of life lines and potential falling objects.(6) You must make sure toeboards are all of the following:(a) Capable of withstanding, without failure, a force of at least fifty pounds (222 n) applied at any point in a downward or horizontal direction;(b) At least four inches (9 cm) from their top edge to the level of the platform floor;(c) Securely fastened in place at the outermost edge of the platform;(d) Installed so there is not more than a one-half inch (1.3 cm) gap between the bottom of the toeboard and the platform floor;(e) Solid or with openings not more than one inch (2.5 cm) in the greatest dimension.