(1) At logging worksites, each employee, including supervisors, must hold a valid certificate of first-aid and CPR training. New employees not holding a valid certificate of training must be trained within six months of being hired and they must be working on a crew where at least one person holding a valid certificate of first-aid and CPR training is present at all times.
| EXCEPTION: | Log truck drivers are not required to receive first-aid and CPR training if they are not involved with falling, yarding, loading, or processing logs. |
- (2) At road construction and maintenance worksites, whenever two or more employees are present, a person or persons holding a valid certificate of first-aid and CPR training must be present at all times.
- (3) At least two persons holding a valid certificate of first-aid training must be present or available at all times in sorting yard operations.
(4) First-aid and CPR training must cover at least the following:
- (a) The definition of first aid.
- (b) Legal issues of applying first aid (Good Samaritan Laws).
- (c) Basic anatomy.
(d) Patient assessment and first aid for the following:
- (i) Respiratory arrest.
- (ii) Cardiac arrest.
- (iii) Hemorrhage.
- (iv) Lacerations/abrasions.
- (v) Amputations.
- (vi) Musculoskeletal injuries.
- (vii) Shock.
- (viii) Eye injuries.
- (ix) Burns.
- (x) Loss of consciousness.
- (xi) Extreme temperature exposure (hypothermia/hyperthermia).
- (xii) Paralysis.
- (xiii) Poisoning.
- (xiv) Artificial ventilation.
- (e) CPR.
- (f) Applying dressings and slings.
- (g) Treating strains, sprains, and fractures.
- (h) Immobilizing injured persons.
- (i) Handling and transporting injured persons.
- (j) Treating bites, stings, or contact with poisonous plants or animals.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060, and chapter 49.17 RCW. WSR 17-17-131, § 296-54-51520, filed 8/22/17, effective 10/22/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040 and [49.17].050. WSR 99-17-117, § 296-54-51520, filed 8/18/99, effective 12/1/99.]