WAC 296-56-60129. Platforms and skids

(1) Employers must provide guardrails meeting the requirements of WAC 296-56-60123 (3) on all open sides of platforms and skids extending from piers, transit sheds or lofts and used for landing or hooking drafts. Alternate means, such as nets or safety belts and lifelines, may be used if guardrails are impractical. (2) Employers must protect any employee working below a second-story platform or skid from falling objects. (3) Employers must make sure platforms and skids are strong enough to bear the loads handled and are maintained in safe condition. Safe working loads, which must be posted or marked on or adjacent to platforms and skids, must have a minimum safety factor of five for all parts, based upon maximum anticipated static loading conditions and the ultimate strength of the construction material. (4) Employers must provide and maintain platform and skid attachments that will prevent accidental movement of the skid or platform.