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Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department ofChapter 296-155 - Safety standards for construction work
Part P - STEEL ERECTION
Section 296-155-701 - Scope

Wash. Admin. Code § 296-155-701

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Current through Register Vol. 24-20, October 15, 2024
Section 296-155-701 - Scope
(1)
(a) This part applies to employers involved in the construction, alteration and repair of single or multistory buildings, bridges, and a variety of other structures. This part applies to employers involved in steel erection unless specifically excluded.
(b) Examples of steel erection structures include, but are not limited to:

Aerialways;

Aerospace facilities and structures;

Air and cable supported structures;

Amphitheaters;

Amusement park structures and rides;

Aqueducts;

Artistic and monumental structures;

Atriums;

Auditoriums;

Balconies;

Billboards;

Bins;

Bridges;

Canopies;

Car dumpers;

Catwalks;

Chemical process structures;

Conveyor supports and related framing;

Conveyor systems;

Cranes and craneways;

Curtain walls;

Draft curtains;

Elevator fronts;

Energy exploration structures;

Energy production, transfer and storage structures and facilities;

Entrances;

Fire containment structures;

Fire escapes;

Furnaces;

Geodesic domes;

Hi-bay structures;

Hoppers;

Industrial structures;

Lift slab/tilt-up structures;

Light towers;

Malls;

Metal roofs;

Mills;

Monorails;

Ovens;

Overpasses;

Penthouses;

Platforms;

Power plants;

Racks and rack support structures and frames;

Radar and communication structures;

Rail, marine and other transportation structures;

Scoreboards;

Signage;

Single and multistory buildings;

Skylights;

Sound barriers;

Space frames;

Stackers/reclaimers;

Stacks;

Stadiums;

Stair towers;

Stairways;

Store fronts;

Systems-engineered metal buildings;

Trestles;

Underpasses;

Viaducts;

Water process and water containment structures; and

Window walls.

(2)
(a) Covered steel erection work includes the:

. Hoisting, laying out, placing, connecting, welding, burning, guying, bracing, bolting, plumbing and rigging of structural steel, steel joists, and metal buildings; and

. Installing metal decking, curtain walls, window walls, siding systems, miscellaneous metals, ornamental iron and similar materials.

(b) The following work is also covered by this part when done during, and are a part of, steel erection work:

Anchoring devices;

Building equipment;

Building specialties;

Cable stays;

Castings;

Cold formed steel framing;

Column covers;

Conveying systems;

Crane rails and accessories;

Detention or security equipment and doors, windows and hardware;

Doors; windows;

Elevator beams;

Enclosures and pockets;

Falsework for temporary supports of permanent steel members;

Fascias;

Fences and gates;

Ferrous metals and alloys;

Floor plates;

Gaskets;

Glass;

Gratings;

Grillage;

Handrails;

Hardware;

Hydraulic structures;

Joint fillers;

Ladders;

Louvers;

Metal decking and raceway systems and accessories;

Metal panels and panel wall systems;

Metal roofing and accessories;

Metal siding; bridge flooring;

Miscellaneous, architectural and ornamental metals and metal work;

Multipurpose supports;

Nonferrous metals and alloys;

Ornamental iron work, expansion control including bridge expansion joint assemblies;

Penthouse enclosures;

Perforated metals;

Permanent and temporary bents and towers;

Plastics and synthetic composite materials;

Railings;

Rigging, hoisting, laying out, placing, connecting, guying, bracing, dismantling, burning, welding, bolting, grinding, sealing, caulking, and all related activities for construction, alteration and/or repair of materials and assemblies such as structural steel;

Safety systems for steel erection;

Sealants and seals;

Sheet metal fabrications;

Shelf racks;

Skylights;

Slide bearings;

Soffit panels;

Stairs;

Steel and metal joists;

Stone and other nonprecast concrete architectural materials mounted on steel frames;

Structural cabling;

Structural metal framing and related bracing and assemblies; and

Trench covers.

(3) Controlling contractor duties are specified in WAC 296-155-703(1) and (3), 296-155-707(2)(b), 296-155-714(2), and 296-155-716(5).

Wash. Admin. Code § 296-155-701

Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 . 02-13-115, § 296-155-701, filed 6/19/02, effective 9/1/02.