DOSH (Dept. of Safety & Health)
Safety Program Development
Training for Written Program
Compliance
AGENDA
• Welcome, Introductions, find your seat
• Housekeeping
• Accident Prevention Plan (APP)
(APP Manual Introduction)
• Accident Prevention Plan (training PP)
• Break
• WRITTEN Accident Prevention Plan (APP)
• Working Lunch (brought in)
• Continue working on WRITTEN APP
• Hazard Communication/Lock-out Tag-Out Trainings
• Break
• Ladder Safety Training
• Q & A/Survey
Overview
• North Central Washington
Workers’ Compensation Trust
NCWWCT, administered by NCESD, provides industrial
injury accident insurance coverage (Workers’
Compensation) and loss control services for its
member districts.
As a loss control service, we are providing training to
assist our member districts in their compliance with
DOSH regulations.
Goals of this training
• Inform school districts of the specifics
of DOSH safety requirements as they
apply to schools.
• Provide sample written plans and
assistance in making them school
district specific.
What Will Be Covered
• Why have an accident prevention
program
• Legal requirements for accident
prevention program
• Elements of a written program
• Where to get help
What is an APP?
• A plan of action to:
– Involve workers and management in
workplace safety and health
– Identify and control safety hazards
– Handle emergencies
– Give new employees job safety
orientation
– Provide for personal protective
equipment as needed
Core Elements of an APP
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Management Responsibilities
Employee Responsibilities
Safety Committee
Safety Bulletin Board
Reporting Hazards
Reporting Injury/Illness
Accident Investigation
Hazard Identification and Control
Employee Safety Orientation and Training
Accident Prevention Program
(APP)
WAC 296-800
PURPOSE
To assist you in developing and implementing a
written Accident Prevention Program which is
tailored to the needs and potential hazards
associated at your school district.
Safety Policy
A message from
the Superintendent
Sample statements:
“We care about your safety…”
“We will provide a safe
workplace…”
“Employees are expected to
work safely and communicate
safety issues…”
*Management safety
statements are not required,
but are recommended.
*Management support is
vital for success of the
program, so supervisors and
employees will take it
seriously.
Why have an Accident Prevention
Program (APP)?
● It can help to prevent employee injuries on the job.
● It can create a system to help you find hazards
before they cause accidents.
APP
Management Responsibilities
• Develop written Accident Prevention Plan and Safety
and Health Policy
• Support injury and illness prevention efforts
• Conduct safety audits and correct deficiencies
• Investigate all incidents
• Provide effective training
• Enforce safety rules and procedures
• Maintain compliance with DOSH requirements
• Encourage employee involvement
Why have an Accident
Prevention Program (APP)?
WAC 296-800-140
It’s required by DOSH Rules.
Safety & Health Core Rules
WAC 296-800-14005
“Develop a formal, written accident prevention program.”
A written APP must:
WAC 296-800-14005
• Be tailored to the worksite
• Cover all the regular and
predictable hazards of the worksite
• Must include the work of all employees
• Include employee input to identify
new hazards not in outline
What is required for all
employers?
WAC 296-800-14020
You must develop, supervise and enforce a safety training
program. – YOU are responsible to provide ALL necessary
training whether DOSH/WISHA has specifically legislated it or
not.
For example…if someone hurts themselves with a chainsaw,
they will be asked if he/she has been trained on how to use the
tool safety. If not, DOSH will issue a citation.
**If you feel training is not needed, DOSH will enforce the lack
of a specific training requirement with WAC 296-800-11005 and
11010. (Summary Requirements Section, Page 1)
WAC 296-800-14025
You must make sure your APP is effective in practice.
When is an APP
“effective in practice” ?
When It Works!!
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Serious or frequent injuries are not occurring.
Identified hazards are addressed.
Safety goals are met.
Safety rules are enforced.
APP Management
Responsibilities/WACs (continued)
WAC 296-800-11005
You must “provide your employees a workplace free from
recognized hazards that are causing, or are likely to cause,
serious injury or death.”
WAC 296-800-11010
Provide and use means to make your workplace safe
WAC 296-800-11030
Prohibit employees from using tools and equipment that are
not safe – all equipment or tools whether owned by the
employer or not.
WAC 296-800-11035
Establish, supervise, and enforce rules that lead to a safe and
healthy work environment that are effective in practice.
APP
Employee Responsibilities
WAC 296-800-120
“To play an active role in creating a safe and healthy workplace and
comply with all applicable safety and health rules.”
• Follow safety rules
• Cooperate with others and eliminate onthe-job injuries and illnesses
• Take care of all PPE properly
• Do not wear any torn or loose clothing while
working around machinery
• Report work-related
injuries or illnesses
• Do not remove, displace, damage or
destroy, carry off or interfere with any
safeguard, notice or warning provided to
make the workplace safe.
• Report unsafe conditions
or work practices
INDIVIDUAL WAC’S THAT
PERTAIN TO SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
Hazard Communication
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-800-170
– Provide employees with effective information on hazardous
chemicals in their work place
– Whenever a new physical or health hazard is introduced,
information must be provided
– Inform employees about any operations in their work area
where hazardous chemicals are present
– Where MSDS are located/details of communication
program; Explanation of labeling system and MSDS
Hazard Communication
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
• Employee training must include:
– Methods used to detect presence or release of a hazardous
chemical in work area which may include:
» Monitoring by Supervisor
» Continuous monitoring devices
» Visual appearance or odor when released
• Physical and health hazards of the chemicals/physical
symptoms/effects of overexposure
• Steps employees can take to protect themselves, example PPE
• Training tailored to types of hazards in which employees will be
exposed.
Respiratory Protection
WAC 296-842
Purpose
In any workplace where respirators are
necessary to protect the health of the
employee, or if you REQUIRE use, you must
develop and implement a written respiratory
protection program and properly train
employees
Respiratory Protection
Employer Responsibilities
• Make sure employees who are REQUIRED to
use respirators understand and can
demonstrate proper respirator use and
maintenance
• This ALSO applies to VOLUNTARY users IF that
use may create a hazard (skin irritation,
dermatitis or other health effects or illness)
Employer Responsibilities
NOTE: RESPIRATOR USE
• Employer must pay for medical evaluations,
training, travel related costs and wages.
You do NOT need to pay for respirators
employees use ONLY voluntarily.
• EXEMPTION – if employees use only filteringface piece respirators voluntarily, you do not
need to develop and maintain a written
program
Respiratory Protection Required Use
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-842-16005
Requires Employer to
• Make sure employees can demonstrate knowledge or skills as required
by their duties.
• Make sure a qualified instructor performs training, at no cost to
employee, at these times:
– Initially, before work begins
– Periodically, within 12 months of previous training
– Additionally, when the employee hasn’t retained knowledge or
there are changes in the worksite, or type of respirator make
previous training incomplete.
• Train employees in an effective and understanding way, based on
duties, if they:
– Use respirators
– Supervise respirator use
– Issue, repair or adjust respirators
Respiratory Protection Required Use
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
• Train employees why the respirator is necessary, extent of employee’s
exposure, and potential health effects and symptoms.
• Train the employees the respirator’s capabilities and limitations (how
the respirator provides protection)
• Train employees how improper fit, use or maintenance can
compromise the respirator’s effectiveness and reliability.
• Train employee how to properly inspect, put on, seal check, use and
remove the respirator
• Train on how to clean, disinfect, repair, store the respirator or have
this done by someone else
• Train on using respirator effectively; including what to do in
emergencies or when respirator fails.
• Make sure employees are aware of medical signs and symptoms that
may limit or prevent effective use of respirators/short of
breath/dizzy
Respiratory Protection Required Use
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-842-11010
• Keep voluntary use program records
• if employee only uses filtering-face piece respirator voluntarily, you
do not need to follow these requirements on recordkeeping:
• Keep copies of current written program and written
recommendations for LHCP (licensed health care provider)
• Allow records to be examined and copied by affected
employees
Respiratory Protection Voluntary Use
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-842-11005
– Voluntary use is respirator use that is requested
by the employee and permitted by the employer
when NO respiratory hazard exists
• Make sure use does not interfere with an ability to work
safely, such as restricting vision or radio communication
OR
• Create health hazards (ex: skin irritation, dermatitis,
illness created by sharing respirators) or health effects
caused by unsafe air supply
Respiratory Protection Voluntary Use
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-842-11005
• Provide all voluntary respirator users with the
advisory information on Table 2 at NO cost to them.
• Develop and maintain a written program that
includes:
– Medical evaluation as specified in
WAC 296-842-140.
– Procedures to properly clean and disinfect
WAC 296-842-22015 and make sure safe air supply
WAC 296-842-200
– How to store devices
WAC 296-842-17010
– Training to ensure there is no hazard created by use
WAC 296-842-160
Bloodborne Pathogens
WAC 296-823
Purpose
To provide information and training to
employees with occupational exposure to
blood or other potentially infectious
materials (OPIM)
Bloodborne Pathogens
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-823-12005
– Provide training to employees before assigning tasks where
exposure may occur and annually/within one year of previous
training
– Make sure trainer is knowledgeable and training is understandable
for audience
– Make sure all affected employees participate in a program at no
cost, conducted during work hours
Bloodborne Pathogens
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
• Make sure the training contains at least the
following:
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Accessible copy of explanation of contents
General explanation of symptoms
An explanation of how BBP are transmitted
An explanation of your exposure control plan and how
employee can obtain a copy of written plan
How to recognize tasks and other activities that could
involve exposure to blood and OPIM.
Appropriate work practices and PPE
Types of PPE/selection/location/handling/disposal
Information about Hep B vaccine, including effectiveness,
safety, benefits,no cost
Bloodborne Pathogens
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-823-12010
• Explain what actions to take and who to contact if exposure
occurs
• Explain medical evaluation and follow-up available
• Explain post-exposure evaluation and follow up procedure
• Explain explanation of signs and labeling or color-coded
required – hazardous labels, red containers, etc.
• Opportunity for questions and answers with trainer at time of
training.
• Provide additional training when adding or changing an
employee’s tasks or procedures that may affect their
occupational exposure to BBP – WAC 296-823-12010.
Bloodborne Pathogens
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-823-12015
Maintain training records
• records maintained for 3 yrs
• Dates of training/Contents/Name and qualifications of trainer/Names
and job titles of all participants
– Provide these records upon request to employees and their
representatives.
Occupational Noise Exposure
WAC 296-817
Purpose
To prevent employee hearing loss by
minimizing employee noise exposures and to
make sure employees that are exposed to
noise are protected
Occupational Noise Exposure
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-817-20020
Make sure employees receive training about noise and hearing protection.
o Train all employees whose noise exposure equals or exceeds 85 dba
o Provide training upon hire if exposure is relative
o Keep information updated, being consistent with changes in controls,
hearing protectors, work processes
Make sure your noise and hearing protection training includes:
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noise controls used in workplace
purpose of hearing protectors
effects of noise on hearing
advantages and disadvantages of various types of protectors
employee’s right to access records
maintain a written program
Confined Spaces
WAC 296-809
Purpose
Practices and procedures to protect
employees from the hazards of entry and/or
work in permit-required confined spaces
Confined Spaces
Permit Required Confined Space has one or
more of these characteristics:
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Contains or has a potential to contain a hazardous atmosphere
Contains a material that has the potential for engulfing an entrant
Has an internal configuration such that an entrant could be trapped or
asphyxiated by inwardly converging walls or by a floor which slopes
downward and tapers to a smaller cross-section
Contains any physical hazard. This includes any recognized health or
safety hazards including engulfment in solid or liquid material, electrical
shock, thermal hazards, chemical contact hazards or moving pars.
Contains any other recognized serious safety or health hazard that could
either impair the ability to self-rescue or result in a situation that
presents an immediate danger to life or health.
Confined Spaces
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-809-40002
– Provide employee training to those involved in permit-required
confined space activities, so they acquire the understanding,
knowledge and skills necessary to safely perform assigned duties.
– Establish employee proficiency in duties by
observing employee performance during training
exercises or a written exam
– Introduce new or revised procedures as necessary
Confined Spaces
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
• Provide training:
– Before employee is first assigned to duties
– Before there is a change in duties
– When there is a permit-required confined space hazard for which
employee hasn’t already been trained
– If you have reason to believe there are deviations from your
procedures OR employee knowledge/use is inadequate.
Confined Spaces
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-8019-40004
Certify employee proficiency
You MUST:
• certify proficiency in their assigned
duties
• make sure certification contains name, trainer’s signature or
initials/dates of training, is available for inspection by employees
and reps
Confined Spaces
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-809-700
To make sure any space you classify as non-permit, doesn’t have the
potential to contain serious health or safety hazards You MUST:
• Make sure the confined space meets these conditions to be
classified as a non-permit confined space:
• The confined space doesn’t contain an actual or potential
hazardous atmosphere.
• The confined space doesn’t contain hazards capable of causing
death or serious physical harm. This includes any recognized
health or safety hazards including engulfment in solid or liquid
material, electrical shock, or moving parts.
• If you must enter or remove hazards, the space must be treated
as a permit-required confined space until hazards have been
eliminated.
Confined Spaces
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-809-70002
You must
• Document how you determined the confined space contained
no permit-required confined space hazards. Certify this
documentation with the following:
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Date
Location of the space
Signature of the person making the determination
Make the certification available to each entrant, or their
authorized representative.
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Note: This certification must be completed every time a permit-required
confined space is reclassified as a non-permit space.
Hazardous Chemicals in Labs
(Chemical Hygiene)
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-62
Employer shall provide employees with
info and training to ensure they are
apprised of the hazards of chemicals
present.
Hazardous Chemicals in Labs
(Chemical Hygiene)
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-62-40011
• That info shall be provided at time of initial assignment and prior to
assignments involving new exposure.
• Location and availability of chem hygiene plan
• Permissable exposure limits where there is no standard
• Signs and symptoms associated with exposure
• Location and availability of known reference material on
hazards/handling/storage/disposal, not limited to MSDS sheets
Hazardous Chemicals in Labs
(Chemical Hygiene)
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-62-40011
• Training shall include:
– Methods and observations that may be used to detect presence or
release of a haz chem such as monitoring, visual appearance, odor
being released)
– Physical and health hazards of chemicals in the work area
– Measures employees can take to protect themselves from these
hazards (ex: PPE) or other measures employer has set in place –
work practices or procedures
– Applicable details of the employer’s written chemical hygiene
plan.
First Aid
Employer and Employee Responsibilities
WAC 296-800
Purpose
to ensure quick and effective first aid for all
employees in case an injury or acute illness
occurs on the job.
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First aid trained staff
Location of first aid supplies
Kits checked regularly
Emergency washing facilities
PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)
Employer Responsibilities
• WAC 296-800-16025
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Train your employees to use PPE.
• When necessary
• What PPE is necessary
• How to wear/take off/adjust
• Limitations of PPE
• Proper care/maintenance/disposal
• Document each employee using PPE, that they have received and
understand the required training. Include their name, date of
training, and subject of training.
Can your employee demonstrate how to use and understand the
training you gave?
IF NECESSARY:
RETRAIN WAC 296-800-16030
DOCUMENT TRAINING WAC 296-800-16035
Lockout/Tagout
WAC 296-803
Purpose
to cover the servicing and maintenance of
machines and equipment in which the
unexpected energization or start up of the
machine or equipment or release of stored
energy could cause injury to employees
Lockout/Tagout
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-803-60005
Provide training on energy control and prohibition against attempting
to restart or reenergize a machine or equipment that is locked out or
tagged out.
Document training- name/date
Lockout/Tagout
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-803-60010
– Provide additional training if you use TAGOUT devices:
Make sure employees are trained that:
– tags are warning devices and do not provide same level of
physical restraint as a lock.
– Tags are not to be removed, bypassed, ignored, etc
without the approval of the authorized person responsible
for it
– Tags are to be legible
– Tags are put on and secure
IF NECESSARY:
RETRAIN (new employees, revised methods, etc)
WAC 296-803-60015
Powered Industrial Trucks or
Forklifts/Pallet Jacks
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-863
Make sure Powered Industrial Truck operators are trained.
• Make sure employees successfully complete an operator
training program before operation which includes
lecture/discussion/interactive computer learning/video
tapes/written material/demonstrations/exercises/evaluation.
• Make sure employees do not endanger themselves or others.
• Evaluate trainee competence.
*Pallet Jacks are considered “other industrial trucks”
Powered Industrial Trucks or
Forklifts/Pallet Jacks
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
Required Training Topics
– Topics related to powered industrial truck
(such as warnings/precautions/differences between truck
and regular automobile/controls and
instrumentation/engine or motor operation/steering and
maneuvering/visibility/fork
attachment/capacity/stability/refueling/
charging/limitations)
Powered Industrial Trucks or
Forklifts/Pallet Jacks
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
Required Training Topics
Topics related to your workplace
(such as surface conditions where truck is
operated/composition of loads
carried/stacking/unstacking/pedestrian traffic/narrow
aisles/opening & closing devices/hazardous locations of
operation/ramps/slopes/closed environments/other unique
hazardous environmental conditions)
Powered Industrial Trucks or
Forklifts/Pallet Jacks
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
WAC 296-863-60010
• Document training dates/names/evaluation/trainer name
– Retrain if operator is involved in ANY of the following:
• Accident or near-miss incident
• Operation in an unsafe manner
• Unsafe evaluation
• Job duties change
• Conditions in work place change
(retraining only required in those topics where the operator
has been found deficient)
Powered Industrial Trucks or
Forklifts/Pallet Jacks
Employer Responsibilities (continued)
• WAC 296-863-60015
– Evaluate Powered Industrial Truck operator’s performance at each
of these times:
– Initial training
– After refresher training
– At least once every three years
Powered Platforms
WAC 296-24 Part J-3
– Only trained and authorized personnel must be permitted to
operate the work platform.
– Refer to above WAC or page 31 of Summary Requirements Section
of this manual.
Emergency Action Plan
WAC 296-24
Purpose
The emergency action plan shall be in
writing, and shall cover those designated
actions employers and employees must take
to ensure employee safety from fire and
other emergencies.
Fire Prevention Plan
Employer Responsibility
WAC 296-24-567
Purpose
Employers will identify and apprise all
employees of the fire hazard from materials
and processes that they are exposed to at
work
Emergency Action Plan
Employer Responsibility
WAC 296-24-567
• Initially, what employee needs to know in order to protect
themselves/others in an emergency
• Before implementation –
• Employer shall designate and train a sufficient number of people to
assist in safe and orderly evacuation
– Initially when plan is developed
– Job duties change
– Plan changes
Portable Fire Extinguishers
Employer Responsibilities
WAC 296-800-300
Train your employees to use portable fire extinguishers
• Location
• Hazards involved with early stage fire
• General principals of use
• Training initially and annually
Fall Protection
Employer Responsibility
WAC 296-155
Prior to permitting employees into areas where fall
hazards of more than 10 feet or more exist, the
employer shall ensure that the employees are
trained and instructed in the following:
» All fall hazards in work area
» Method of fall arrest or restraint to be provided
» Correct procedures for assembly, maintenance,
inspection, disassembly
» Correct procedures for handling/storage/securing of
tools and materials
» Method of overhead protection
» Method for prompt, safe removal of injured workers
Fall Protection
Employer Responsibility (continued)
• Document Training and have available on the job site.
• Retraining if:
– Changes in the workplace
– Changes in types of fall protection systems or equipment
– Inadequacies in knowledge of employee
Asbestos
WAC 296-62
Purpose
To protect employees from the health
hazards associated with occupational
exposure to asbestos. The level and degree
of training required depends on the
classification of the asbestos work (Class
I,II,III, IV) being done
Refer to WAC 296-62-07722 or see page 24 in Summary
Requirements section
(this is very detailed and we suggest you print information needed
from here)
Asbestos (continued)
• Most schools contract out their
asbestos work and thus do not disturb
any asbestos-containing material
(ACM).
LEAD
WAC 296-62-07521 (13)
Purpose
Employers will assess the hazards of lead in
the work place and provide information to
the employees about the hazards of the lead
exposures to which they may be exposed.
LEAD
Employer Responsibilities
• WAC 296-62-07521 (13)
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Training Program for all subject to exposure
Inform employees about exposure
Annual training
Specific nature of the operations which could result in exposure to
lead above the action level
The purpose, proper use, limitations and other training requirements
for respiratory protection as required by WAC 296-842.
Description and purpose of the medical surveillance program,
information concerning the adverse health effects associated with
exposure
Controls and work practices
Contents of any compliance plan in effect
Instructions to employee that chelating agents not used
Access to info and training materials
Copy of standard and appendices to all employees
Tractors
Employer Responsibility
WAC 296-307
You must ensure that every employee who
operates an agricultural tractor is informed
of the operating practices listed below and
of any other practices dictated by the work
environment. Provide info at time of initial
assignment and annually thereafter.
Training including operation/topographical
features of the land/safety/rollover safety
Tractors
Employee Responsibility (continued)
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WAC 296-307-08018
Fasten seatbelt, if roll-over protection structure
Avoid operating tractor near ditches, embankments and holes,
Reduce speed when turning, crossing slopes and on rough, slick
or muddy surfaces.
Stay off slopes too steep for safe operation.
Tractors
Employee Responsibility (continued)
WAC 296-307-08018
• Watch where you are going, especially at row ends, on roads and
around trees.
• Passengers not permitted to ride unless passenger seat available or
other protective device is provided.
• No jerky turns, starts or stops
• Hitch only to the drawbar and hitch points recommended
• Set brakes securely when stopped, use park lock if available
Power Lawnmowers
WAC 296-807-160
– Make sure operator understands all
instructions for operating the mower that
are in the manufacturer’s instructions and
on the machine.
– Make sure operator is thoroughly familiar
with controls/proper use
– Make sure the proper guards, plates, grass
catcher or other safety devices are in
place before starting the mower.
Scaffolding
WAC 296-874
• Train employees who work on a scaffold
• Refer to above wac or page 30 of summary
requirements section
WAC 296-874-20074
• Train employees who erect, dismantle, operate or
maintain scaffolds.
WAC 296-874-20076
• Retrain employees when necessary
Outdoor Heat Exposure
WAC 296-62
Purpose
The purpose is to ensure compliance with
the Outdoor Heat Exposure rule,
WAC 296-62-095, for employees who are
exposed to temperatures at or above Table 1
of the regulation. Employees with only
incidental exposure as defined in the rule
are not covered.
Outdoor Heat Exposure
WAC 296-62-095
• Effect May – September each year for job categories or positions
having outdoor heat exposure.
• WAC rules address drinking water, first aid, accident prevention
programs and training requirements for other months of the year and
for employees who are not at the action temperatures May through
Sept.
Outdoor Heat Exposure
Employer Responsibility
WAC 296-62-095
• Annually – Train
– Each year prior to May, all employees working in exposure will be
provided training on signs and symptoms of outdoor heat exposure
and on the company policies to prevent heat-related illness.
When new employees are hired before Summer months, training
will be provided prior to the new employee working in the
outdoor environment.
Outdoor Heat Exposure
Employer Responsibility (continued)
WAC 296-62-095
• Training Content
– Provided for Custodians, Landscape/Grounds/Maintenance,
Maintenance staff/plumbers, electricians, carpenters, HVAC,
welders, mechanics/paraprofessionals on grounds or
playground/coaches
Outdoor Heat Exposure
WAC 296-62-095
– Training Content to include:
• Environmental factors contributing
• Awareness of personal factors (age, medications, acclimation,
etc)
• Removing PPE during breaks
• Importance of drinking water
• Importance of acclimatization
• Different types of heat-related illness
• Signs and symptoms of heat-related illness
• Importance of immediately reporting signs or symptoms
Safety Committees
WAC 296-800
This rule requires you to have a method of communicating and evaluating safety
and health issues brought up by you or your employees in your workplace. Larger
employers must establish a safety committee. Smaller employers have the choice
of either establishing a safety committee or holding safety meetings with a
management representative present.
•There is a difference between a safety committee and a safety meeting.
•A safety committee is an organizational structure where members represent
a group. This gives everyone a voice but keeps the meeting size to an
effective number of participants.
•A safety meeting includes all employees and a management person is there
to ensure that issues are addressed. Typically, the safety committee is an
effective safety management tool for a larger employer and safety meetings
are more effective for a smaller employer.
Safety Committees
WAC 296-800
•You employee 11 or more employees on the same shift at the same
location – you must establish a safety committee
•At least as many elected employees as management-selected members
• The term of the employee-elected members must be a maximum of one
year. (There is no limit to the number of terms a representative can
serve.)
•Elected chairperson
•Committee determines meeting schedules
Safety Committees
WAC 296-800
•Meetings should be less than 1 hour
•Keep meeting minutes and attendance (save these minutes)
•Cover specific topics
 Review safety and health inspections
 Evaluate the accident investigations
 Write down subjects discussed
Safety Bulletin Board
WAC 296-800-190
In every workplace with 8 or more employees
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Safety bulletins
Safety newsletters
Safety posters
Accident statistics
Other safety educational material
DOSH Posters
WAC 296-800-200
Post where they can easily be seen by employees
• Job Safety and Health Protection
• Notice to Employees – Self Insured
• Your Rights as a nonagricultural worker
• http://www.lni.wa.gov/ipub/101-054-000.pdf
Reporting Hazards
• Employees are a valuable resource in identifying/controlling
workplace hazards
• To supervisor or safety committee member
• Provide a “Record of Hazard Observed” form
• Discuss safety suggestions at all Safety Committee meetings
• Review and follow up on hazard reports and suggestions
Reporting Injury/Illness
• District to provide “Workers’ Compensation Filing Information”
Booklet
• Establish Procedure
• Report to Supervisor
• Major Injuries/Hospitalization/Death
WAC 296-800-32005
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Report to L&I within eight hours of accident
Do not move any equipment involved in an accident
Assign someone to assist L&I
Investigate and document findings
Employee Orientation and
Training
WAC 296-800-140
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Safety plan
Initial job orientation
How/when to report injuries
How to report unsafe conditions and practices
Location of first aid supplies
Emergency procedures, including how to exit facility
Use and care of PPE
Chemical hazard training - location of MSDS and how to
use
• Job-specific hazards
Accident Investigation
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Investigate immediately, including near misses
Look for fact, not fault
Include management and employees
Look for all possible causes
Develop and implement corrective actions
Hazard Identification
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General Safety Rules
Observe employees (Hazard Analysis)
Develop safe work practices for each job
Evaluate equipment, materials, and processes
List required PPE
Reference other hazard control programs
Safety Training
• Safety orientation for all new employees
– General and site specific
• When new processes, procedures or job duties are
introduced
• As required by DOSH regulations
• Following an injury accident or increase in rate of
injury/accidents
• To keep employee safety awareness at a high level
Addition Information
• More information on APP is available at:
• http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Basics/Progr
ams/Accident/default.htm
• NCESD Workers’ Compensation Program,
Suzanne Reister or Paula Vanderpool
509-667-7100 or 509-667-7110
• http://www.ncesd.org
Questions?
Contact Info:
Suzanne Reister
Program Manager
Workers’ Compensation/Unemployment Cooperative
North Central ESD
509-667-7100
suzanner@ncesd.org
Paula Vanderpool
Program Assistant
Workers’ Compensation/Unemployment Cooperative
North Central ESD
509-667-7110
paulav@ncesd.org