Emergency rule WSR 20-11-025, new WAC 296-307-16102 (COVID-19 requirements for temporary worker housing under the agriculture safety standards)

The record

Jurisdiction

Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (State agency), jointly with the Department of Health · Washington

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050 and 49.17.060 (Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act) (recited); RCW 34.05.350 (recited)

Issued

2020-05-13 May 13, 2020

Effective

2020-05-18

End

120 days; readopted Sept. 10, 2020 (Ex. 059) (read as 2020-09-10)

In force

May 18, 2020 to Sept. 10, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• agricultural employers operating temporary worker housing

Functions reached

• LB labor housing
• FP farm production
• WF workforce
• TR transportation
• OP administration

Collection

State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE

Operative words

The emergency rule requires operators: Educate occupants in a language or languages understood by the occupants on COVID-19; Provide occupants cloth face coverings; Ensure physical distancing of occupants when at housing sites, which includes all cooking, eating, bathing, washing, recreational, and sleeping facilities; Ensure frequent cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces; Identify and isolate occupants with suspect and confirmed positive cases; and Submit to DOH a revised temporary worker housing management plan... Under the group shelter option, both the top and bottom beds of bunk beds may be used where the beds are at least six feet apart and the bunk bed occupants sleep head to toe. The physical distancing requirements of the emergency rule otherwise prohibit the use of the top bunk of bunk beds.

Enforcement

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