The rules in this chapter are 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.

An apparatus worn over the mouth and nose or the entire face to prevent the inhalation of dust, smoke, or other noxious substances. Respirator is a type of personal protective equipment designed to protect the wearer from airborne contaminants, oxygen deficiency, or both.

Chapter 296-901 WAC, GHS is the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. The GHS is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labeling of chemicals.

Administrative Rules and the DOSH Administrative Manual affords employers the right to administrative and judicial review of alleged violations, initial penalties and abatement periods.

Pamphlet: Summarizes the safety rules for rollover protective structures (ROPS) and seatbelts on tractors. Also lists exemptions and provides other information about safe operation of tractors.

Book: Provides general information on kinds of forklifts, principles of physics that apply to forklifts, training requirements for forklift operators, basic operator safety rules, dangers of carbon monoxide, and safety while servicing a forklift.

Lockout/Tagout 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. Energy sources include mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, or other energy, including gravity. Machines and equipment include those that produce high intensity electromagnetic fields.

Scaffolds, Chapter 296-874 WAC, applies to suspended and supported scaffolds, including their supporting structure and anchorage points. A scaffold is a temporary elevated platform, including its supporting structure and anchorage points, used for supporting employees or materials. A suspended scaffold is one or more platforms suspended from an overhead structure by ropes or other non-rigid means.

Pamphlet: Summarizes the safety rules for rollover protective structures (ROPS) and seatbelts on tractors. Also lists exemptions and provides other information about safe operation of tractors.