JHA rules in Washington

• A written Accident Prevention Program tailored to your work, including a safety orientation on reporting injuries, first aid location, unsafe conditions, exits and hazardous materials (WAC 296-155-110).
• Crew safety meetings at the start of each job and at least weekly after that. Record attendance and topics, post the minutes where workers check in, and keep them at least 1 year.
• Joint walk through safety inspections at the start of each job and at least weekly, by a manager and a worker chosen employee representative. Keep the records until the job ends.
• Fall protection: 4 ft general trigger (WAC 296-880-20005, applied to construction by 296-880-30005), 6 ft for roofing and leading edge work, and 10 ft for structural erection and excavation.
• A written fall protection work plan is needed at 10 ft or more, unless guardrails remove the hazard. It lists the hazards, systems, assembly and inspection, overhead protection and rescue, is kept on site, and workers are trained on it first (WAC 296-880-10020).
• Outdoor heat applies at 80 F, or 52 F for nonbreathable clothing such as vapor barrier suits. High heat procedures at 90 F include a cool down rest of 10 minutes every 2 hours at 90 F and 15 minutes every hour at 100 F (WAC 296-62-09530, 09547).

• WAC 296-155-110: Accident prevention program (construction)
• WAC 296-880: Unified safety standards for fall protection
• WAC 296-27-031: Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations and eye loss
• WAC 296-62-095: Outdoor heat exposure

Regulator: Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), phone 1-800-423-7233 (1-800-4BE-SAFE).

• Fatality or in patient hospitalization: report to L&I DOSH within 8 hours of learning of it (WAC 296-27-031).
• Amputation or loss of an eye without hospitalization: report within 24 hours.

L&I Construction Accident Prevention Program sample (Word). Our builder covers the same fields and adds the hazards and controls for your job.