- (1) Employers must not stow cargo or material or place vehicles where they obstruct the work surface, in order to provide safe access for handling lines while mooring and unmooring vessels.
- (2) Employers must install grab lines or rails on the sides of permanent structures when stringpiece or apron width is insufficient for safe footing. ("Stringpiece" means a narrow walkway between the water edge of a berth and a shed or other structure.)
- (3) Employers must light areas around bitts or cleats where workers perform their duties as line handlers as required by this chapter. There must be a nonslip surface around each bitt or cleat.
- (4) Employers must ensure a six inch by six inch toeboard is installed if the handrail is omitted on the line handling side for walkways on which the mooring hawsers must be moved.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060, 70.54.480, and chapter 49.17 RCW. WSR 26-07-053, s 296-56-60017, filed 3/17/26, effective 4/20/26. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. WSR 15-24-102, § 296-56-60017, filed 12/1/15, effective 1/5/16; WSR 09-15-144, § 296-56-60017, filed 7/21/09, effective 9/1/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040 and 49.17.050. WSR 86-03-064 (Order 86-02), § 296-56-60017, filed 1/17/86; WSR 85-01-022 (Order 84-24), § 296-56-60017, filed 12/11/84.]