RCW 43.22.050
Powers and duties.
The director of labor and industries shall:
(1) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the inspection of factories, mills, workshops, storehouses, warerooms, stores and buildings, and the machinery and apparatus therein contained, and steam vessels, and other vessels operated by machinery, and in relation to the administration and enforcement of all laws and safety standards providing for the protection of employees in mills, factories, workshops, and in employments subject to the provisions of Title 51 RCW, and in relation to the enforcement, inspection, certification, and promulgation of safe places and safety device standards in all industries: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, This section shall not apply to railroads;
(2) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the inspection of tracks, bridges, structures, machinery, equipment, and apparatus of street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, with respect to the safety of employees, and the administration and enforcement of all laws providing for the protection of employees of street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities;
(3) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the enforcement, amendment, alteration, change, and making additions to, rules and regulations concerning the operation, placing, erection, maintenance, and use of electrical apparatus, and the construction thereof.
[ 1994 c 164 § 6; 1973 1st ex.s. c 52 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 239 § 9; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.050. Prior: 1955 c 173 § 1; 1921 c 7 § 80; RRS § 10838.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1973 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 43.22.010.
Boilers and steam vessels: Chapter 70.79 RCW.
Electrical apparatus: Chapters 19.28, 19.29 RCW.
Elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters: Chapter 70.87 RCW.
Industrial safety and health: Chapter 49.17 RCW.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - State Government—Executive
Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.
43.22.010 - Divisions of department—Personnel.
43.22.020 - Supervisor of industrial insurance—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
43.22.030 - Powers and duties.
43.22.035 - Printed materials—Department's duties.
43.22.040 - Supervisor of industrial safety and health—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
43.22.050 - Powers and duties.
43.22.051 - Rule making restricted.
43.22.052 - Five-year formal review process of existing rules.
43.22.260 - Supervisor of industrial relations—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
43.22.270 - Powers and duties.
43.22.282 - Industrial welfare committee abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
43.22.290 - Reports by employers.
43.22.300 - Compelling attendance of witnesses and testimony—Penalty.
43.22.310 - Access to plants—Penalty for refusal.
43.22.315 - Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.
43.22.331 - Annual report on workers' compensation fraud.
43.22.335 - Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Definitions.
43.22.340 - Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Safety rules—Compliance—Penalty.
43.22.390 - Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Insigne of approval, when required.
43.22.420 - Factory assembled structures advisory board.
43.22.430 - RCW 43.22.340 and 43.22.350 through 43.22.420 not to apply to common carrier equipment.
43.22.432 - Manufactured home construction and safety standards and regulations—Rules.
43.22.433 - Violations—Penalties.
43.22.435 - Altering a mobile or manufactured home—Permit—Penalties—Appeals—Notice of correction.
43.22.442 - Warranty service—Timely compensation for work performed.
43.22.445 - Mobile homes—Warranties and inspections—Advertising of dimensions.
43.22.450 - Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Definitions.
43.22.495 - Manufactured housing—Duties.
43.22.498 - Deposit of moneys from RCW 43.22.335 through 43.22.430 and 43.22.432 through 43.22.495.
43.22.500 - Printing and distribution of publications—Fees.
43.22.505 - Printing and distribution of publications—Authorized subject matters.