{"id":906284,"date":"2026-10-27T16:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=906284"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T22:25:00","slug":"personal-protective-equipment-update-washington-state-dosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/personal-protective-equipment-update-washington-state-dosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State DOSH Proposes Update to Construction PPE Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jeff Leslie and Kenneth M. Rock | <a href=\"https:\/\/ogletree.com\/insights-resources\/blog-posts\/washington-state-dosh-proposes-update-to-construction-ppe-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &amp; Stewart<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On October 6, 2026, the Washington State Department of Labor &amp; Industries (L&amp;I) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lni.wa.gov\/rulemaking-activity\/AO26-08\/2608Proposal.pdf?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">proposed rulemaking<\/a> seeking to update Washington\u2019s construction personal protective equipment (PPE) rules.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quick Hits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On October 6, 2026, Washington\u00a0DOSH proposed updates to construction PPE rules to align with federal OSHA requirements, including requiring employers to ensure PPE properly fits each affected employee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The proposal also includes minor clarifications and housekeeping revisions, with public hearings in November 2026, comments due November 23, 2026, and intended adoption on March 2, 2027.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>DOSH\u2019s primary purpose for this proposed rulemaking is to bring Washington\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/osha-finalizes-ppe-fitting-requirement-for-construction-workers\/\">construction PPE<\/a> requirements in line with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ogletree.com\/insights-resources\/blog-posts\/osha-issues-final-rule-on-personal-protective-equipment-for-construction-workers-but-it-could-start-back-at-square-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">federal construction PPE requirements<\/a>, which were updated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and took effect January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most significant proposed change to Washington\u2019s existing construction PPE rule would require employers to \u201censure that [the PPE] properly fits each affected employee.\u201d Washington\u2019s existing construction PPE rule does not include a requirement that the employer ensure that the PPE fits the affected employees. As the proposed rulemaking describes, federal OSHA similarly revised the federal construction PPE requirement in January 2025 to require employers to ensure that PPE properly fits each affected employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, the proposed rule does not provide any definition or guidelines for what it means for PPE to \u201cproperly\u201d fit an employee. Similarly, the federal OSHA rule upon which the proposed rulemaking is based also does not define the term \u201cproperly fits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also some smaller proposed changes to the rule, including revising the language of the rule so that it states expressly that employers are responsible for providing certain PPE. Other small \u201chousekeeping\u201d changes are also proposed, including formatting changes and the correction of typographical errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DOSH will hold two public virtual and telephonic hearings on the proposed rulemaking on November 10, 2026, and November 16, 2026, and the public is invited to submit comments on the proposed rulemaking until November 23, 2026. DOSH\u2019s date of intended adoption for the revised rule is March 2, 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 801.641.8304, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Leslie and Kenneth M. Rock | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak &amp; Stewart On October 6, 2026, the Washington State Department of Labor &amp; Industries (L&amp;I) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) filed a proposed rulemaking seeking to update Washington\u2019s construction personal protective equipment (PPE) rules. Quick Hits DOSH\u2019s primary purpose for this proposed&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/personal-protective-equipment-update-washington-state-dosh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Washington State DOSH Proposes Update to Construction PPE Rules<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[9895,12,11758,306],"class_list":["post-906284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","tag-advise-consult","tag-construction","tag-personal-protective-equipment","tag-washington","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Washington State DOSH Proposes Update to Construction PPE Rules - Advise &amp; 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