The firm provides necessary tools or equipment to the contractor. By itself, this is not considered a sufficient degree of control to consider the contractor a covered worker. The department uses several tests to determine if a contractor is covered by workers' compensation. The tests are described in RCWs 51.08.180 and 51.08.195. The contractor provides labor other than his or her own.
Equipment is considered to be more than hand tools.
Examples include a dump truck, backhoe, grader, etc. All of the conditions of either number 3 or number 4 must be met for a contractor to be exempt when supplying only personal labor.