WAC 296-304-06001   Housekeeping.  (1) Good housekeeping conditions shall be maintained at all times. Adequate aisles and passageways shall be maintained in all work areas. All staging platforms, ramps, stairways, walkways, aisles, and passageways on vessels or dry docks shall be kept clear of all tools, materials, and equipment except that which is in use, and all debris such as welding rod tips, bolts, nuts, and similar material. Hose and electric conductors shall be elevated over or placed under the walkway or working surfaces or covered by adequate crossover planks.

     (2) All working areas on vessels and dry docks shall be kept reasonably free of debris, and construction material shall be so piled as not to present a hazard to employees.

     (3) Slippery conditions on walkways or working surfaces shall be eliminated as they occur.

     (4) Free access shall be maintained at all times to all exits and to all fire-alarm boxes or fire-extinguishing equipment.

     (5) All oils, paints, thinners, solvents waste, rags, or other flammable substances shall be kept in fire resistant covered containers when not in use.



[Order 74-25, § 296-304-06001, filed 5/7/74.]