WAC 296-806-20058   Make sure guardrails used for safeguarding meet these requirements.  

Note:	Guardrails may be used to safeguard:
	• Flywheels.
	• Cranks and connecting rods.
	• Tail rods and extension piston rods.
	• Horizontal belts in a power generating room.
	• Clutches, cutoff couplings, or clutch pulleys in an engine room occupied only by an attendant.
	• Power transmission parts on a runway used only for oiling, maintenance, running adjustment, or repair work.

     You must:

     • Make sure top rails are:

     – Smooth-surfaced.

     – Strong enough to withstand a force of at least two hundred pounds.

     – Between thirty-nine and forty-five inches above the floor, platform, runway, or ramp.

     • Make sure guardrails have an intermediate rail (midrail) installed approximately halfway between the top rail and the floor, platform, runway, or ramp.

     • Make sure rails do not extend beyond the end posts of the guardrail and create a projection hazard.

     • Make sure toe boards, if required by this chapter to safeguard a machinery hazard, are:    

     – At least four inches high.

     – Securely fastened in place with no more than one-fourth inch between the bottom of the toe board and the floor, platform, runway, or ramp.

     – Made of substantial material that is either solid or that has openings in the material no larger than one inch.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-14-028, § 296-806-20058, filed 6/29/04, effective 1/1/05.]