WAC 296-307-006   What does this chapter cover?  (1) Chapter 296-307 WAC applies to all agricultural operations with one or more employees covered by the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), chapter 49.17 RCW.

     "Agricultural operations" means farming and ranching, including, but not limited to:

     (a) Cultivating and tilling the soil;

     (b) Dairy farming;

     (c) Producing, cultivating, growing, and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodity;

     (d) Raising livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, or poultry; and

     (e) Any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm, incident to or in connection with such farming operations, including but not limited to preparation for market and delivery to:

     (i) Storage;

     (ii) Market; or

     (iii) Carriers for transportation to market. Agricultural operations include, but are not limited to, all employers in one or more of the following standard industrial classification (SIC) codes:

	0111	Wheat
	0115	Corn
	0119	Cash grains not elsewhere classified, barley, peas, lentils, oats, etc.
	0133	Sugar cane and sugar beets
	0134	Irish potatoes -- all potatoes except yams
	0139	Field crops -- hay, hops, mint, etc.
	0161	Vegetables and melons, all inclusive
	0171	All berry crops
	0172	Grapes
	0173	Tree nuts
	0175	Deciduous tree fruits
	0179	Tree fruits or tree nuts not elsewhere classified
	0181	Ornamental floriculture and nursery products
	0182	Food crops grown under cover
	0191	General farms, primarily crops
	0211	Beef cattle feedlots
	0212	Beef cattle except feedlots -- cattle ranches
	0213	Hogs
	0214	Sheep and goats
	0219	General livestock except dairy and poultry
	0241	Dairy farms
	0251	Broiler, fryer, and roaster chickens
	0252	Chicken eggs
	0253	Turkeys and turkey eggs
	0254	Poultry hatcheries
	0259	Poultry and eggs not elsewhere classified
	0271	Fur bearing animals and rabbits
	0272	Horses
	0273	Animal aquaculture
	0279	Animal specialties not elsewhere classified
	0291	General farms, primarily livestock and animal specialties
	0711	Soil preparation services
	0721	Crop planting, cultivating, and protecting
	0722	Crop harvesting, primarily by machine
	0751	Livestock services, except veterinary
	0761	Farm labor contractors
	0811	Timber tracts, Christmas tree growing, tree farms
	0831	Forest nurseries
	0851	Forestry services -- reforestation

     "Agricultural operations" do not include a farmer's processing for sale or handling for sale a commodity or product grown or produced by a person other than the farmer or the farmer's employees.

     (2) Chapter 296-24 WAC does not apply to agricultural operations.

     (3) All agricultural operations are also covered by the requirements of chapter 296-62 WAC, general occupational health rules.

     (4) Occasionally, employees engaged in agricultural operations may also be covered by the safety standards of other industries. Following are excerpts from four industry standards that may help you determine if these other standards also apply:

     Chapter 296-54 WAC Safety standards -- Logging operations

     WAC 296-54-501 Scope and application.

     This standard establishes safety practices, means, methods and operations for all types of logging, regardless of the end use of the wood. These types of activities include, but are not limited to, pulpwood and timber harvesting and the logging of sawlogs, veneer bolts, poles, pilings and other forest products. The requirements herein contained do not apply to log handling at sawmills, plywood mills, pulp mills or other manufacturing operations governed by their own specific safety standards.

     Chapter 296-99 WAC Safety standards for grain handling facilities

     WAC 296-99-015 What grain-handling operations does this chapter cover?

     (1) WAC 296-99-010 through 296-99-070 apply to:

     •     Dry grinding operations of soycake;

     •     Dry corn mills;

     •     Dust pelletizing plants;

     •     Feed mills;

     •     Flour mills;

     •     Flat storage structures;

     •     Grain elevators;

     •     Rice mills; and

     •     Soybean flaking operations.

     (2) WAC 296-99-075, 296-99-080, and 296-99-085 apply only to grain elevators.

     (3) Chapter 296-99 WAC does not apply to alfalfa storage or processing operations if they do not use grain products.

     Chapter 296-78 WAC Safety standards for sawmills and woodworking operations

     WAC 296-78-500 Foreword.

     The chapter 296-78 WAC shall apply to and include safety requirements for all installations where the primary manufacturing of wood building products takes place. The installations may be a permanent fixed establishment or a portable operation. These operations shall include but are not limited to log and lumber handling, sawing, trimming and planing, plywood or veneer manufacturing, canting operations, waste or residual handling, operation of dry kilns, finishing, shipping, storage, yard and yard equipment, and for power tools and affiliated equipment used in connection with such operation. WAC 296-78-450 shall apply to shake and shingle manufacturing. The provisions of WAC 296-78-500 through 296-78-84011 are also applicable in shake and shingle manufacturing except in instances of conflict with the requirements of WAC 296-78-705.

     Chapter 296-155 WAC Safety standards for construction work

     WAC 296-155-005 Purpose and scope.

     The standards included in this chapter apply throughout the state of Washington, to any and all work places subject to the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (chapter 49.17 RCW), where construction, alteration, demolition, related inspection, and/or maintenance and repair work, including painting and decorating, is performed. These standards are minimum safety requirements with which all industries must comply when engaged in the above listed types of work.

     (5) If rules in this chapter conflict with rules in another chapter of Title 296 WAC, this chapter prevails.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040. 98-24-096, § 296-307-006, filed 12/1/98, effective 3/1/99. 97-09-013, recodified as § 296-307-006, filed 4/7/97, effective 4/7/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, [49.17.]050 and [49.17.]060. 96-22-048, § 296-306A-006, filed 10/31/96, effective 12/1/96.]