WAC 296-800-23065   Provide showers when required for employees working with chemicals.  

     You must:

     • Provide showers for employees if:

     – They work with chemicals that could cause an occupational illness;

     AND

     – The chemicals remain on the skin between work shifts.

     • Make sure employees who work with such chemicals shower at the end of their shifts.

     – Make sure showers have:

     • Soap or other cleansing agents.

     • Hot and cold water with a common discharge line.

     – Provide individual, clean towels for each employee who is required to shower.

     • Provide at least one shower for every ten employees (or every fraction of 10) of each gender.

Note:

Table 3 shows the number of showers to provide based on a "fraction of 10."

Table 3

Number of Employees of Each Gender	Number of Showers
1-10	1
11-20	2
21-30	3
31-40	4
41-50	5

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 03-18-090, § 296-800-23065, filed 9/2/03, effective 11/1/03.]