WAC 296-863-400   Operations.  

     Summary:

     Your responsibility:

     To operate your PITs safely.

     You must:

     General operations

     Protect employees around PITs

     WAC 296-863-40005.

     Operate PITs safely

     WAC 296-863-40010.

     Make sure PIT loads are carried safely

     WAC 296-863-40015.

     Meet these requirements when the operator leaves the normal operating position

     WAC 296-863-40020.

     Meet these requirements when operating near railroad tracks

     WAC 296-863-40025.

     Special operations

     Meet this requirement when using motorized hand trucks

     WAC 296-863-40030.

     Meet these requirements when using elevators

     WAC 296-863-40035.

     Meet these requirements when using dockboards (bridge plates)

     WAC 296-863-40040.

     Meet these requirements when loading or unloading railroad cars with a PIT

     WAC 296-863-40045.

     Meet these requirements when loading or unloading highway trucks with PITs

     WAC 296-863-40050.

     Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fueled PITs

     Meet these additional requirements when operating liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fueled PITs

     WAC 296-863-40055.

     Personnel lifting

     Make sure work platforms and PITs used to lift people meet these requirements

     WAC 296-863-40060.

     Operate PITs using elevated work platforms safely

     WAC 296-863-40065.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 04-19-051, § 296-863-400, filed 9/14/04, effective 2/1/05.]