{"id":"DUT-WA-010","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Washington State Legislature","authority":"Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973 (WISHA), chapter 49.17 RCW; State OSHA plan approved under 29 U.S.C. § 667","instrument":"Chapter 49.17 RCW (RCW 49.17.050,.060,.062,.064,.180,.190)","title":"Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act—employer general duty and compliance duty; rule-making; public health emergency reporting and exposure notice (HELSA); civil and criminal penalties","dateIssued":"2021-05-11","effective":"standing (HELSA sections from their 2021 effective date)","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-05-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["employers (every employer in Washington)"],"clause":"Each employer: (1) Shall furnish to each of his or her employees a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause serious injury or death to his or her employees...; and (2) Shall comply with the rules, regulations, and orders promulgated under this chapter.","enforcement":"Civil penalties: not to exceed $7,000 per serious violation, $7,000 per day for failure to abate, not to exceed $70,000 per willful or repeated violation with a $5,000 minimum for a willful violation (RCW 49.17.180(1)-(4)); criminal: willful and knowing violation causing death, gross misdemeanor, fine to $100,000 ($200,000 second conviction) and imprisonment (RCW 49.17.190(3))","functions":[],"notes":"Every Washington employer must furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards and comply with every L\u0026I rule and order (including WAC 296-800-14035 and the proclamation conditions it adopted); from 2021, must give written notice of potential COVID-19 exposure within one business day (RCW 49.17.064) and, with more than 50 employees at a worksite, report 10 or more positive tests to L\u0026I within 24 hours (RCW 49.17.062).","sourceUrl":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=49.17\u0026full=true","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1066559,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-WA","url":"/library/DUT-WA-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WA-010","citation":"Washington State Legislature, Chapter 49.17 RCW (RCW 49.17.050,.060,.062,.064,.180,.190) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WA-010)","stateName":"Washington","related":["AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-008","AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-061"]}