PERMANENT RULES
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Effective Date of Rule: December 1, 2006.
Purpose: Chapter 296-876 WAC, Ladders, portable and fixed, the training requirements that are currently located in chapter 296-876 WAC were inadvertently repealed in a rule making that was adopted as WSR 06-16-020 on July 24, 2006. The purpose of this adoption is to put the training requirements back into this chapter.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 06-17-137 on September 6 [August 22], 2006.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Adopted as proposed.
These requirements, currently in this rule, were inadvertently repealed in a recent rule making with an effective date of December 1, 2006. They will be returned to the chapter under new numbers, with an effective date of December 1, 2006, so that there is no loss of protection.
Adding two new sections relating to training:
WAC 296-876-150 Training -- Section contents.
• Created this summary page and moved the existing WAC 296-876-500 to this section.
WAC 296-876-15005 Training.
• Crated this section and moved the existing WAC 296-876-50005 to this section.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 24, 2006.
Judy Schurke
Acting Director
OTS-9131.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 296-876-150
Training -- Section contents.
Your responsibility:
To train employees who use ladders.
Training.
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You must:
• Train employees to recognize ladder hazards and the procedures to minimize these hazards.
• Have a competent person train employees that use ladders in at least the following topics:
– The proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling ladders.
– The maximum intended load capacities of ladders that are used.
– The requirements of this chapter.
• Retrain employees as necessary to make sure they know and understand the content of the original training.
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