WSR 99-02-023

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

[Filed December 30, 1998, 11:00 a.m., effective March 30, 1999]

Date of Adoption: December 30, 1998.

Purpose: Chapter 296-24 WAC, General safety and health standards.

Subject: First aid relating to longshore, stevedore, and related waterfront operations. State-initiated adopted amendments are made to delete a reference to chapter 296-56 WAC in WAC 296-24-06105, which exempts applicability of chapter 296-24 WAC first aid requirements to longshore, stevedore, and related waterfront industries. This exemption previously existed because first aid requirements were included in the vertical standard.

However, under a separate rule amendment adoption (see this Washington State Register for other WISHA rule adoptions), the department replaced existing first aid requirements in chapter 296-56 WAC with a reference to first aid requirements in chapter 296-24 WAC. Deletion of the exemption in chapter 296-24 WAC was necessary to make first aid requirements applicable to longshore, stevedore and related waterfront operations.

Both rules are adopted and become effective on March 30, 1999.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 296-24-06105 What workplaces does this rule apply to?

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 49.17.040.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-20-079 on October 6, 1998.

Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: No public comments were received on this proposal. Therefore, WISHA is adopting the rule as proposed.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: March 30, 1999.

December 30, 1998

Gary Moore

Director

OTS-2485.1

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 98-06-061, filed 3/2/98, effective 6/1/98)

WAC 296-24-06105  What workplaces does this rule apply to? This rule applies to all workplaces, except for the ones listed below. They are, instead covered by separate individual rules (vertical standards):

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 98-06-061, § 296-24-06105, filed 3/2/98, effective 6/1/98.]

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