(1) Each employee must wear foot protection that covers and supports the ankle, such as heavy-duty boots.
(2) Each employee who operates a chain saw must wear cut resistant foot protection that will protect the employee against contact with a running chain saw.
For example: | Leather logging boots, insulated rubber pacs, and rubber boots with cut protection will meet the cut-resistant requirement of this section. |
(3) All employees whose duties require them to walk on logs or boomsticks must wear sharp-calked boots, or the equivalent.
EXCEPTION 1: | When calks are ineffective because of ice, snow, or other conditions and other footwear does not provide suitable protection, employees must be prohibited from working on logs or boomsticks. |
EXCEPTION 2: | The employer may allow employees to wear nonslip boots instead of calks when the nonslip boots provide greater employee protection than calks (such as at scaling stations, log sorting yards, etc.). The nonslip boots must still provide firm ankle support and secure footing. |
(4) Foot protection must be maintained in serviceable condition.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050,
49.17.060, and chapter
49.17 RCW. WSR 17-17-131, § 296-54-51170, filed 8/22/17, effective 10/22/17. Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010, [49.17].040 and [49.17].050. WSR 99-17-117, § 296-54-51170, filed 8/18/99, effective 12/1/99.]