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Publication

Construction Work: Chapter 296-155 WAC

Abstract:

The safety standards specification book contains the following sections: General safety and health provisions; occupational health and environmental control; hazard communication; personal protective and life saving equipment; fall restraint and fall arrest; fire protection and prevention; signaling and flaggers; material handling, storage, use and disposal; tools-hand and power; welding and cutting; electrical; stairways; elevating work platforms; floor openings, wall openings, and stairways; cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators, and conveyors; motor vehicles, mechanized equipment, and marine operations; excavation, trenching, and shoring; concrete, concrete forms; shoring, and masonry construction; steel erection; underground construction; miscellaneous construction requirements; demolition; possession, handling, and use of explosives; power distribution and transmission lines; and rollover protective structures and overhead protection.

Publisher: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Publication Date: 2019
Full Text URL: Link to URL
Publication Types: Specifications & Special Provisions
Topics: Temporary Traffic Control; Traffic Control Devices

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