WAC 296-24-012
Definitions applicable to all sections of
this chapter.
Note:
Meaning of words. Unless the context indicates otherwise, words used in this chapter shall have the meaning given in this
section.
(1) "Approved" means approved by the director of the
department of labor and industries or his/her authorized
representative: Provided, however, That should a provision of
this chapter state that approval by an agency or organization
other than the department of labor and industries is required,
such as Underwriters' Laboratories or the Mine Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the provisions of WAC 296-800-360 shall apply.
(2) "Authorized person" means a person approved or
assigned by the employer to perform a specific type of duty or
duties or to be at a specific location or locations at the job
site.
(3) "Competent person" means one who is capable of
identifying existing and predictable hazards in the
surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary,
hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has
authorization to take prompt corrective action to eliminate
them.
(4) "Department" means the department of labor and
industries.
(5) "Director" means the director of the department of
labor and industries, or his/her designated representative.
(6) "Employer" means any person, firm, corporation,
partnership, business trust, legal representative, or other
business entity which engages in any business, industry,
profession, or activity in this state and employs one or more
employees or who contracts with one or more persons, the
essence of which is the personal labor of such person or
persons and includes the state, counties, cities, and all
municipal corporations, public corporations, political
subdivisions of the state, and charitable organizations:
Provided, That any person, partnership, or business entity not
having employees, and who is covered by the industrial
insurance act shall be considered both an employer and an
employee.
(7) "First aid" means, for purposes of this section, the
extent of treatment that could be expected to be given by a
person trained in basic first aid, using supplies from a
first-aid kit. Tests, such as X rays, shall not be confused
with treatment.
(8) "Hazard" means that condition, potential or inherent,
which can cause injury, death, or occupational disease.
(9) "Hospitalization" means to be admitted to a hospital
or an equivalent medical facility on an emergent in-patient
basis requiring an overnight stay.
(10) "Qualified" means one who, by possession of a
recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or
who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has
successfully demonstrated the ability to solve or resolve
problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the
project.
(11) "Safety factor" means the ratio of the ultimate
breaking strength of a member or piece of material or
equipment to the actual working stress or safe load when in
use.
(12) "Safety and health standard" means a standard which
requires the adoption or use of one or more practices, means,
methods, operations, or processes reasonably necessary or
appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places
of employment.
(13) "Shall" means mandatory.
(14) "Should" means recommended.
(15) "Standard safeguard" means a device designed and
constructed with the object of removing the hazard of accident
incidental to the machine, appliance, tool, building, or
equipment to which it is attached.
Standard safeguards shall be constructed of either metal
or wood or other suitable material or a combination of these. The final determination of the sufficiency of any safeguard
rests with the director of the department of labor and
industries.
(16) "Suitable" means that which fits, or has the
qualities or qualifications to meet a given purpose, occasion,
condition, function, or circumstance.
(17) "Working day" means a calendar day, except
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays as set forth in RCW 1.16.050, as now or hereafter amended, and for the purposes of
the computation of time within which an act is to be done
under the provisions of this chapter, shall be computed by
excluding the first working day and including the last working
day.
(18) "Worker," "personnel," "person," "employee," and
other terms of like meaning, unless the context of the
provision containing such term indicates otherwise, mean an
employee of an employer who is employed in the business of
his/her employer whether by way of manual labor or otherwise
and every person in this state who is engaged in the
employment of or who is working under an independent contract
the essence of which is his/her personal labor for an employer
whether by manual labor or otherwise.
(19) "Work place" means any plant, yard, premises, room,
or other place where an employee or employees are employed for
the performance of labor or service over which the employer
has the right of access or control, and includes, but is not
limited to, all work places covered by industrial insurance
under Title 51 RCW, as now or hereafter amended.
(20) Abbreviations used in this chapter:
(a) "ANSI" means American National Standards Institute.
(b) "API" means American Petroleum Institute.
(c) "ASA" means American Standards Association.
(d) "ASAE" means American Society of Agricultural
Engineers.
(e) "ASHRE" means American Society of Heating and
Refrigeration Engineers.
(f) "ASME" means American Society for Mechanical
Engineers.
(g) "ASTM" means American Society for Testing and
Materials.
(h) "AWS" means American Welding Society.
(i) "BTU" means British thermal unit.
(j) "BTUH" means British thermal unit per hour.
(k) "CFM" means cubic feet per minute.
(l) "CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.
(m) "CGA" means Compressed Gas Association.
(n) "CIE" means Commission Internationale de l'
Eclairage.
(o) "DOT" means department of transportation.
(p) "FRP" means fiberglass reinforced plastic.
(q) "GPM" means gallons per minute.
(r) "ICC" means Interstate Commerce Commission.
(s) "ID" means inside diameter.
(t) "LPG" means liquefied petroleum gas.
(u) "MCA" means Manufacturing Chemist Association. (New
name: Chemical Manufacturers Association.)
(v) "NBFU" means National Board of Fire Underwriters.
(w) "NEMA" means National Electrical Manufacturing
Association.
(x) "NFPA" means National Fire Protection Association.
(y) "NTP" means normal temperature and pressure.
(z) "OD" means outside diameter.
(aa) "PSI" means pounds per square inch.
(bb) "PSIA" means pounds per square inch atmospheric.
(cc) "PSIG" means pounds per square inch gauge.
(dd) "RMA" means Rubber Manufacturers Association.
(ee) "SAE" means Society of Automotive Engineers.
(ff) "TFI" means The Fertilizer Institute.
(gg) "TSC" means Trailer Standard Code.
(hh) "UL" means Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.
(ii) "USASI" means United States of America Standards
Institute.
(jj) "USC" means United States Code.
(kk) "USCG" means United States Coast Guard.
(ll) "WAC" means Washington Administrative Code.
(mm) "WISHA" means Washington Industrial Safety and
Health Act of 1973.