WAC 296-45
According to WAC 296-45-25510, Fall Protection, workers must use fall arrest, work positioning, or fall restraint equipment when working more than this distance above the ground.
What is 4 ft?
What is hot line tag?
This is where Safety Data Sheets, or SDS's, can be found for hazardous chemicals used at IPL.
What is the Safety Department page on The Grid?
In Washington, excavations are required to be protected against cave-ins when they reach this depth.
What is 4 ft?
The most recent revision of WAC 296-45-125, Medical services and first aid, requires this device be available at the jobsite when energized work is being performed
What is an AED?
While not part of the clearance itself, these two steps must be taken after obtaining a clearance before deenergized work can be performed.
What are testing and grounding?
This type of heat illness is a medical emergency and is fatal if left untreated.
What is heat stroke?
One of these individuals must be on site whenever work is being done inside an excavation.
What is a competent person?
In WAC 296-45-205, Enclosed spaces, this person must be immediately available outside the enclosed space to monitor provide assistance to entrants.
What is an attendant?
This person does not assist upland hunters, but they are responsible for issuing clearances to contractors performing storm restoration and must themselves hold a clearance covering the contractor's work area.
What is a bird dog?
According to WAC rules, noise exposure must be mitigated when it reaches this many decibels, averaged over eight hours.
What is 85?
Piles of dirt removed from an excavation, or spoils, must be kept at least this far away from the excavation's edge.
What is 2 ft?
According to WAC 296-45-325, Working on or near exposed energized parts, his is how far qualified employees must stay from exposed, energized parts to prevent exposure to a phase-to-phase contact on a 12.5 kV line.
What is 2'3"?
This person does not assist upland hunters, but they are responsible for issuing clearances to contractors performing storm restoration and must themselves hold a clearance covering the contractor's work area.
What is a bird dog?
This type of particulate is the biggest concern in wildfire smoke exposure, due to its small size.
What is PM 2.5?
When working in an excavation of such a depth that cave-in protection is required, workers must have to travel no farther than this distance to reach a means of egress.
What is 25 ft?
This is how long you must wait after disconnecting capacitors before short-circuiting them, according to WAC 296-45-52505, Capacitors.
What is 5 minutes?
If only one crew is working on a section of line and the work is not in a substation, a clearance and tagging are not necessary if the means of disconnection meets these two criteria.
What are being visible/accessible and under the sole control of the person in charge?
When temperatures are 90-99o WAC rules require rest breaks to be taken at these intervals.
What is 10 minutes every 2 hours?
This is the maximum slope for cave-in protection in class B soils, expressed as a ratio.
What is 1:1?