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Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
1, 2-Dibromo- 3-chloropropane	296-62	07342 - 07346	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane, a cancer-causing agent.
Abrasive Blasting	296-818		Applies to all abrasive blasting operations where an abrasive is forcibly applied to a surface using any of the following: Pneumatic pressure; Hydraulic pressure; Centrifugal force.
Accident Prevention	296-800	140	Requirements for your safety and health plan
Accident reporting and investigation	296-800	320	Rules about the reporting of a death or a hospitalization of any employee and investigating accidents.
Acrylonitrile	296-62	07336 - 7340	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with acrylonitrile, a cancer-causing agent.
Administrative Rules	296-900		This chapter applies to the requirements and information regarding administration of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), chapter 49.17 RCW.
A-frames	296-24	293	Rules for A-frames used for material handling.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Agricultural employment standards	296-131		Apply to persons employed in agricultural labor. The standards in this chapter beginning at WAC 296-131-100 apply only to minors employed in agricultural labor. The standards in this chapter do not apply to the immediate family members of the officers of any business engaged in agricultural production of crops or livestock.
Agriculture, Safety standards for	296-307		Safety rules for agriculture
Air contaminants - General (Agriculture only)	296-62	075 - 7515	Permissible exposure limits (PELs) for employees when exposed to different types of air contaminants.
Airborne Contaminants	296-841		Applies to any workplace with potential or actual employee exposure to respiratory hazards
Ambulatory surgery center payment	296-23B		Billing, procedures covered, and payment regulations for abulatory surgery centers.
Amusement rides or structures	296-403A		Various requirements for amusement rides and structures
Anhydrous Ammonia	296-826		Applies to employers who use, handle, store, distribute, or transport anhydrous ammonia.
Apprenticeship	296-05		The Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Act (chapter 49.04 RCW) establishes the Washington state apprenticeship and training council (WSATC) and designates as its administrative arm the apprenticeship section of the department of labor and industries.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Arsenic	296-848		This chapter applies to all occupational exposure to inorganic arsenic.
Asbestos Benefits	296-14	600	Rule on the payment of benefits on asbestos-related disease claims.
Asbestos removal and encapsulation.	296-65		Rules for certification of removers & testing.
Asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite	296-62	077	To protect employees from occupational exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite.
Attendant services	296-33		Regulations for attendant services, including insurance coverage and who may receive attendant services.
Automatic sprinkler systems	296-24	56525	Requirements for automatic sprinkler systems
Benzene	296-849		This chapter applies to all occupational exposure to benzene.
Bloodborne Pathogens	296-823		Provides requirements to protect employees from exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) that may contain bloodborne pathogens. Examples of bloodborne pathogens are the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV).
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Board of boiler rules -- procedure	296-09		Various rules about the practice and procedures for the board of boiler rules.
Board of boiler rules -- Substantive	296-104		Apply to all boilers and unfired pressure vessels except those exempt under RCW 70.79.080
Butadiene	296-62	07460	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with Butadiene, a cancer-causing agent.
Cadmium	296-62	074 - 07451	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with Cadmium, a cancer-causing agent.
Calculating a Worker's Wage	296-14	520 - 530
Carcinogens (General)	296-62	073 - 07316	General requirements for protecting employees from contact with known carcinogens (cancer causing agents).
Charter boats, Safety requirements for	296-115		Rules for charter boats not covered by the United States Coast Guard
Chiropractic consultations	296-23	195	Various regulations for chiropractic consultations
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Claim Resolution Structured Settlement Agreements	296-14A
Classifications for Washington Workers' Compensation Insurance	296-17A
Coke Ovens	296-62	200	To protect employees from occupational exposure to coke (carbonized coal) oven emissions.
Commercial coaches	296-150C		Applies to the approval of commercial coach manufacturers, dealers and to any person who manufactures or alters the plumbing, mechanical, or electrical system or the body or frame of a commercial coach.
Commercial diving operations, standards for	296-37		Rules for commercial diving operations
Compressed Air Tools	296-807	140	This section applies to portable, hand-held compressed air powered tools. It also applies to airhose and plastic pipe used to supply compressed air to these tools.
Compressed air work, Safety standards	296-36		Rules for protecting workers when working with compressed air.
Compressed gas cylinders	296-24	920 - 940	Requirements for determining the safe condition of compressed gas cylinders under an employer’s control.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Compressed gases	296-24	295 - 325	General requirements for handling, storage and utilization of compressed gases.  Also, contains specific requirements for: Acetylene; Hydrogen; Oxygen; Nitrous oxide
Confined Spaces	296-809		Protecting employees from occupational hazards related to permit-required confined spaces such as tanks, pits, or storage bins.
Construction, Safety Standards for	296-155		Rules for the construction industry
Contractor registration	296-200A		The goal of this chapter is to: (1) Reduce the paperwork required for contractor registrations. (2) Clarify issues related to suits against contractors and the collection of court judgments. (3) Ensure that the contractors registration law (chapter 18.27 RCW) is efficiently and properly administered.
Conversion vendor units and medical units	296-150V		Applies to the approval of conversion vendor unit and medical unit manufacturers, dealers, and to any person who manufactures or alters the plumbing, mechanical, or electrical system of a conversion vendor unit or medical unit.
Conveyors	296-806	420	Applies to hazards related to conveyors and conveying systems, including bulk material, package, or unit handling types. These requirements are designed to protect employees operating, maintaining, cleaning, and working around conveyors.
Core Rules	296-800		The basic safety and health rules needed by most employers in Washington State.
Cotton Dust	296-62	14533 - 14543	Protecting employees from occupational exposure to cotton dust.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Crawler locomotive and truck cranes	296-24	240	Rules for crawler locomotive and truck cranes
Crime victims compensation mental health treatment rules and fees	296-31		Various regulations for Crime victims compensation mental health treatment rules and fees
Dental - General information and Instructions	296-23	160	Various requirements for dental information and instructions.
Derricks	296-24	245	Rules for derricks
Dip Tanks	296-835		The requirements for guarding against the hazards of dip tanks.
Director's factory assembled structures advisory board	296-49A		Establishes a uniform means of communication between the department and persons, firms or corporations engaged in the manufacture of factory assembled structures.
Discrimination, pursuant to RCW 49.17.160.	296-360		Rules that give direction to the department in enforcing RCW 49.17.160, ; Discrimination against employee filing complaint, instituting proceedings, or testifying prohibited -- Procedure -- Remedy.
Electrical	296-24	956 - 985	Requirements for safeguarding employees against electrical hazards in their workplace; Requirements for electric equipment and wiring in locations classified as hazardous.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Electrical safety standards, administration, and installation	296-46B		Various regulations for electrical safety standards, administration and installation.
Electrical workers, safety standards for	296-45		Rule to protect workers when using electrical power generation, control, transmission, and distribution lines and equipment.
Electrical, Basic Requirements (Core Rules)	296-800	280	Basic rules for electrical
Elevating Work Platforms	296-869		Applies to the following types of elevating work platforms: Aerial lifts; Manually propelled elevating work platforms; Self-propelled elevating work platforms; Boom-supported elevating work platforms.
Elevators	296-96		The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Provide for the safe mechanical and electrical operation, construction, installation, alteration, inspection, relocation, and repair of conveyances; and (2) Ensure that all such operation, construction, installation, alteration, inspection, and repair subject to the provisions of this chapter will be reasonably safe to persons and property and in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and the applicable statutes of the state of Washington.
Emergency Response	296-824		To protect employees who work in emergency response operations for the releases or threat of releases of hazardous substances without regard to the location of the hazard.
Emergency Washing	296-800	15030 - 15040	Requirements for emergency showers, eye/face washing, hand-held drench hoses, or other similar units used in Agriculture
Employee emergency plans and fire prevention plans	296-24	567	Requirements for employee emergency plans and fire prevention plans
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Employee Medical and Exposure Records	296-802		The purpose of this chapter is to provide employees and their designated representatives the right to access relevant medical and exposure records. It also describes the procedures WISHA will follow when accessing confidential medical information.
Employment Standard Rules	296-135
Employment standards	296-126		Apply to any person employed in any industry or occupation within the state of Washington, unless: (1) Exempted by the provisions of chapter 49.12 RCW (newspaper vendors or carriers, domestic or casual labor in or about private residences, agricultural labor as defined in RCW 50.04.150, as now or hereafter amended, and sheltered workshops, are all exempt from these provisions); (2) Otherwise exempted in rules and regulations adopted by the industrial welfare committee of the state of Washington; (3) Exempted by a variance issued under the provisions in WAC 296-126-130; (4) Such person is an employee of the state or any political subdivision, or municipal corporation to the extent that these rules conflict with any statute, rule or regulation adopted under the authority of the appropriate legislative body.
Ethylene Oxide	296-855		Applies to all occupational exposure to ethylene oxide.
Exit Routes and Employee Alarm Systems	296-800	310	Minimum requirements for exit routes and alarm systems.
Explosives, safety standards for the possession and handling of	296-52		Covers all aspects of manufacture, possession, storage, selling, purchase, transportation, and use of explosives or blasting agents.
Factory Assembled Structures, Factory-built Housing & Commercial Structures	296-150M
Factory-built housing and commercial structures	296-150F		Applies to the approval: (a) Of factory-built structures used for residences or commercial purposes; and (b) After occupancy of a factory-built house or commercial structure, all inspections are done by the local enforcement agency.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Factory-built temporary worker housing structures	296-150T		Applies to the approval: (a) Of factory-built temporary worker housing structures; and (b) After occupancy of a factory-built temporary worker housing structure, all inspections are done by the department of health.
Fall Restraint and Fall Arrest	296-155	245 - 24525	Requirements for employers to provide and enforce the use of fall protection for employees in construction, alteration, repair, maintenance (including painting and decorating), demolition workplaces, and material handling
Family care	296-130		Serves to establish a minimum standard allowing an employee to use the employee's sick leave or other paid time off to care for a sick family member.
Farm labor contracting	296-310		Various licensing and contract requirements for farm labor contracting
Fire alarm signaling systems	296-24	56527	Requirements for fire alarm signaling systems
Fire Brigades	296-811		Applies to any workplace that chooses to establish a fire brigade.
Fire extinguishers	296-800	300	Minimum requirements for portable fire extinguishers
Fire fighters, Safety standards for	296-305		Rules for fire fighters.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Fire suppression & detection	296-24	592 - 635	Requirements for fire suppression equipment: Standpipe and hose systems; Automatic sprinkler systems; Fixed extinguishing systems; General; Dry chemical; Gaseous agent; Water spray and foam; Fire detection systems.
Firefighter Benefits	296-14	310 - 330	Various rules about industrial insurance benefits for firefighters.
First aid	296-800	150	Rules to make sure your employees get fast and effective first aid.
Flammables and combustibles	296-24	330	Requirements for safe handling, storage and use of flammable and combustible liquids.
Floor & wall openings & holes, guarding	296-24	750	Requirements for safeguarding walking & working surfaces, floor and wall openings and holes.
Floors	296-800	260	Rules for guarding holes and openings in floors
Forklifts and Other Powered Industrial Trucks	296-863		This chapter applies to powered industrial trucks that use electric motors or internal combustion engines.
Formaldehyde	296-856		Applies to all occupational exposure to formaldehyde. Formaldehyde includes formaldehyde gas, its solutions, and materials that release formaldehyde.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
General Occupational Health Standards	296-62		The rules in this chapter are designed to protect the health of employees and help to create a healthy workplace by establishing requirements to control health hazards. Requirements for chemical hazard communication programs, workplace lighting levels and exposure records are in chapter 296-800 WAC, the safety and health core rules.
General reporting rules, classifications, audit and recordkeeping, rates and rating system for Washington workers' compensation insurance	296-17
General Rules for Independent Medical Examinations and Approved Examiners for Independent Medical Examinations	296-23	302 - 392
General Safety and Health Standards	296-24		Designed to protect the safety and health of employees by creating a healthy work environment by establishing requirements to control safety hazards in the workplace.
General Safety Standards - Purpose and Scope	296-24	003 - 012	Consolidation of all safety rules of general application for employers including organization, purpose, and definitions applicable to Chapter 24, General Safety and Health Rules
Grain handling facilities, Safety standards for	296-99		Rules for all grain handling facilities including the waterfront dock areas at marine terminals.
Guardrails	296-24	75011	Railing, toeboards, and cover specifications.
Hazard Communication (Pre-GHS)	296-800	170	Rules to make sure employees understand and know the hazards of the chemicals they work with. Note: This rule is being phased out and replaced with Chapter 296-901, WAC, "Hazard Communication and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)"
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Hazard Communication, Globally Harmonized System (GHS)	296-901	140 - 14099	Rules for the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).
Hazardous Drugs	296-62	500 - 50055	Provides minimum requirements for developing a hazardous drugs control program when occupational exposure to hazardous drugs is reasonably anticipated. It is designed to provide effective, assessment-based precautions to minimize or eliminate occupational exposure to hazardous drugs.
Hazardous Waste	296-843		Rules for hazardous waste sites and operations.
Hearing Loss Prevention (Noise)	296-817		We are reviewing the hearing conservation rules, updating, and rewriting the rules for clarity, ease of use, and understanding.
Heating installations -- Cable, radiant, soil, etc.	296-43		Regulations for heating cables and heating elements, including those embedded in soil, sand and driveways
Helicopters Used as Lifting Machines	296-829		Chapter 296-829 WAC applies to helicopters when used to carry loads, suspended with a cargo sling, powered hoist, or other attaching methods.
Hexavalent Chromium	296-62	08003 - 08029	Applies to occupational exposures to chromium (VI) in all forms and compounds in general industry; construction; shipyards, marine terminals, and longshoring, with some exceptions
Hoists	296-24	237	Rules for the construction, use and maintenance of chain and electric hoists; Rules for air hoists
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Hospitals	296-23A		Various regulations for hospitals in dealing with L&I
Housekeeping	296-800	220	Rules for housekeeping, drainage and storage
Industrial insurance	296-14		Various rules for industrial insurance.
Industrial insurance discrimination	296-15A		Rules for filing a complaint of discrimination.
Jacks	296-807	170	This section applies to portable hand- or power-operated: Hydraulic jacks; Mechanical ratchet jacks; Mechanical screw jacks.
Labs	296-828		Applies to the laboratory use of hazardous chemicals.
Ladders, Portable and Fixed	296-876		Applies to portable and fixed ladders, including job-made wooden ladders.
Late Night Retail Worker Crime Prevention	296-832		Crime protection requirements for a retail establishment operating between 11pm and 6am. (Does not include restaurants, hotels, taverns, or any lodging facilities)
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Laundry machinery and operations Safety standards for.	296-303		Rules for laundries
Lead	296-62	07521	Specific requirements for protecting employees from occupational chemical exposure to lead.
Lighting	296-800	210	Minimum requirements for lighting
Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG)	296-24	475	To protect employees against the hazards of storing and handling liquefied petroleum gases through design, construction, location, and installation and operation requirements.
Lockout/Tagout	296-803		This chapter applies to the service and maintenance of machines and equipment, including piping systems, if employees could be injured by the: unexpected energization or start up of the machine or equipment or release of stored energy.
Logging operations, Safety standards	296-54		Rules for logging
Longshore, Stevedore and Waterfront Related Operations	296-56		Rules for longshore, stevedore and related waterfront operations.
Machine Safety	296-806		This chapter applies if you have machines or machine operations in your workplace.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Man lifts	296-24	900	Requirements for the construction, maintenance, inspection and operation of manlifts.
Manufactured homes	296-150		Requires that any alteration to a manufactured home be approved by the department.
Massage Therapy	296-23	250
Material Safety Data Sheets and Label Preparation	296-839		This chapter sets minimum requirements for content and distribution of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and labels for hazardous chemicals. Note: This rule is being phased out and replaced with Chapter 296-901, WAC, "Hazard Communication and the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)"
Medical Aid Rules	296-20		Various rules for medial aid and procedures.
Mental Conditions and Disabilities Benefits	296-14	300	Various rules about mental conditions and mental disabilities.
Methylene Chloride	296-62	07450 - 07477	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with Methylene chloride a cancer-causing agent.
Methylenedianiline	296-62	076	Specific requirements for protecting employees from occupational chemical exposure to Methylenedianiline.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Minimum wages	296-128		Provisions for wage recordkeeping, and minimum wage regulations for handicapped workers, students, and apprentices
Miscellaneous Services and Appliances	296-23	165 - 180	Various requirements for services and appliances
Motor Vehicles	296-865		Rules for safe care and use of motor vehicles and trailers
Naturopathic Physicians	296-23	205 - 215	Various regulations for naturopathic physicians
Nonagricultural employment of minors	296-125		Applies to every person that employs one or more minors, or who permits, allows, or suffers one or more minors to work at a site or workplace, on premises, or under work conditions controlled by that employer, except for those employers statutorily exempted.
Non-Ionizing Radiation Hazards	296-62	09005	Requirements to protect workers from exposure to hazardous levels of nonionizing radiation.
Nursing	296-23	241	Various regulations for nursing
Occupational Health - General Information	296-62	005 - 050	General information for Chapter 62
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Occupational Therapy	296-23	230 - 235	Various regulations for occupational therapy
Open area guarding	296-24	21513	Requirements to make sure that covers and/or guardrails are provided for open pits, tanks, vats, ditches, etc.
Outdoor Heat Exposure (Heat Stress)	296-62	095	Requirements for protection of workers from outdoor heat exposure.
Overhead and gantry cranes	296-24	235	Rules for overhead and gantry cranes
Parental (family) leave.	296-134		Serves to implement chapter 11, Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess., establishing a minimum standard for employee leave in furtherance of family stability and economic security.
Pathology - General Information and Instructions	296-23	155	Various requirements for pathology information and instructions
Payroll Deduction	296-126	025 - 030	The current payroll deductions rules (WAC 296-126-025) are in conflict with the statute and have been since the ruling of University of Washington v. Pope. This Court case addressed which deductions are permitted and that they were only permitted from the worker’s termination wages. The proposed wording also includes two new sections (WAC 296-126-028 and WAC 296-126-030) for wage deductions during on-going employment and adjustments for overpayments.
Personal protective equipment (PPE)	296-800	160	Minimum requirements for personal protective equipment
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Physical Therapy	296-23	220	Various regulations for physical therapy
Physician Assistants and Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Massage Therapy	296-23
Plumbers certification	296-400A		Various rules about certifcation and permits for plumbers
Portable Power Tools	296-807		This chapter applies to the tools and equipment shown in Table 1 of this chapter.
Powder Actuated Fastening Systems	296-807	150	This section applies to any powder actuated fastening system designed to use the expanding gases from a powder load to propel a stud, pin, fastener, or other object into hard structural material.
Power Lawnmowers	296-807	160
Powered Platforms	296-870		Covers permanent powered platform installations dedicated to interior or exterior building maintenance of a specific structure or group of structures.
Practice and procedure	296-08		Various rules about practice and procedure for dealing with L&I, including: appearance and practice before agency, service of process, subpoenas, and petitions for rule making
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Preferred Worker Program	296-16	100 - 170	Various rules on employment of preferred workers.
Prevailing wage	296-127		Various administrative and other requirements for prevailing wage rules. Coveres and defines different types of contractors.
Procedural rules supplementary to the Health Care Activities Labor Relations Act, chapter 156, Laws of 1972 ex. sess.	296-133		Rules of procedure to aid and assist the department of labor and industries, its authorized agents, and interested parties in proceedings under the act.
Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, Safety standards for	296-67		Rules for employers who have highly hazardous chemicals.
Protecting sources	296-800	340	Tells who and how the department protects sources who report occupational safety and health concerns
Public records	296-06		Ensures compliance with the provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW, in particular with sections of that act dealing with public records.
Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills and converters, Safety standards for	296-79		Rules for the pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.
Radiology	296-23	135 - 145	Various requirements for radiology
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Railroads	296-860		Requirements for railroad clearances and walkways in rail yards and plants including logging railroad yards such as mill yards, maintenance yards and sorting yards
Recordkeeping and Reporting	296-27		Requirements for employers to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
Recreational park trailers	296-150P		Applies to: (a) Manufacturers, dealers and individuals who build for sale, sell, or lease recreational park trailers in Washington state; and (b) Manufacturers, dealers, and individuals who alter recreational park trailers for sale or lease in Washington state.
Recreational vehicles	296-150R		Applies to: (a) Manufacturers, dealers and individuals who build for sale, sell, or lease recreational vehicles in Washington state; and (b) Manufacturers, dealers, and individuals who alter recreational vehicles for sale or lease in Washington state.
Reimbursement policies: Psychiatric services, biofeedback, physical medicine	296-21		Various rules for specific therapeutic procedures
Releasing accident investigation reports	296-800	330	Rules telling what and how the department will release information in their accident investigation reports
Respirators	296-842		Applies to all use of respirators at work.
Retrospective Rating for Workers' Compensation Insurance	296-17B
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Rigging	296-24	294	Rules for all types of rigging including slings.
Right-to-Know fee assessment.	296-63		Rules for the department to assess and collect Right-to-Know fees.
Rolling railroad cars	296-24	21511	Rules for working with rolling railroad cars
Rules for the administration of the crime victims compensation program	296-30		Various rules for the administration of the crime victims compensation program.
Safety Bulletin Board	296-800	190	Rule for having a safety bulletin board.
Safety committees/meeting	296-800	130	Rules for your safety committee or safety meetings
Sanitation	296-800	230	Rules for drinking water, bathrooms, washing facilities and waste disposal.
Sawmills and woodworking operations, Safety standards for	296-78		Rules for sawmills and woodworking operations
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Scaffolds	296-874		This chapter applies to suspended and supported scaffolds, including their supporting structures and anchorage points.
Ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking, Safety standards for	296-304		Rules for shipyards, ship building and other similar operations
Ski area facilities and operations, Safety standards for	296-59		Rules for ski areas
Special Assistant Attorneys General	296-14	900 - 940	Various rules on Special Assistant Attorneys General.
Split Rims	296-864		Applies to the protection of employees who service split rim wheels and single-piece rim wheels used on large vehicles.
Spray Finishing	296-24	370	Rules that apply to spray finishing operations that use flammable and combustible material
Stairs	296-800	250	Minimum requirements for stairs and stair railings
Stairs, Fixed Stairs	296-24	765	Requirements for design, location, and safeguarding of fixed stairways.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
State Environmental Policy Act guidelines	296-07		The rules contained in this chapter are to carry out the policy and procedures of SEPA and the SEPA guidelines, and shall govern the application of SEPA requirements to the department.
Steam Piping	296-24	73511	Requirements for safeguarding of steam pipes.
Structural integrity	296-800	270	Rules for the minimum requirements for workplace structural integrity
Telecommunications, safety standards for.	296-32		Rules for employees working with telecommunication systems
Temporary Worker Housing	296-833		Rules for employers who provide or require their employees to live in temporary housing.
Textile industry, Safety standards for the	296-301		Rules for the textile industry
Thiram	296-62	07519	Specific requirements for protecting employees from occupational chemical exposure to Thiram.
Tobacco Smoke	296-800	240	Rules for environmental tobacco smoke.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Trade Secrets	296-816		This chapter applies to both withholding trade secret information from material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and employee exposure records; and providing trade secret information in medical emergencies and nonemergency situations.
Trade Secrets (Agriculture Only)	296-62	053	Requirements for employer protection of trade secrets. The requirements in WAC 296-62-05305 through 296-62-05325 apply only to agriculture. The requirements for all other industries relating to trade secrets have been moved to chapter 296-816 WAC, Protecting trade secrets.
Use of Mechanical Equipment and Clearance limits	296-24	21501	Allows for safe clearances when using mechanical equipment for material handling
Vinyl chloride	296-62	07329	Requirements for protecting employees from contact with vinyl chloride, a cancer-causing agent.
Vocational rehabilitation	296-19A		Various rules for vocational rehabilitation.
Waiver of Worker Overpayments	296-14	200	Waiver of recovery for worker compensation benefits overpayments.
Walking and Working Surfaces	296-24	73501 - 73507	Requirements for safeguarding walking and working surfaces.
Welding, Cutting and Brazing	296-24	680 - 722	To protect employees from the workplace hazards of welding, cutting and brazing and welding gases.
Rule Title/Topic	Chapter	Section	Scope of Rule
Window Cleaning	296-878		Safe window cleaning requirements.
WISHA Poster	296-800	200	Rule for having and posting a Job Safety & Health Poster
Worker Benefit Definitions	296-14	100 - 150	The definitions of worker benefits terminology used in this rule.
Worker Benefit Eligibility	296-14	400 - 420	Various rules on the eligibility benefit for workers.
Worker's Claim File Confidentiality	296-14	970	Rules on the confidentiality of a worker's claim file.
Workers' compensation self-insurance rules and regulations	296-15		Various workers' compensation self-insurance rules and regulations.