Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-0403 - Classification 0403

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
0403-00 Sign: Erection, repair, and/or removal, including
				related painting and maintenance
Applies to contractors engaged in the erection, repair, and/or
				removal of signs, including related painting and maintenance. Signs include,
				but are not limited to, commercial business or personal property signs,
				advertisement billboards, poster panels erected at commercial or residential
				properties, private properties, buildings or structures, or open spaces. Signs
				may be made of wood, metal, plastic, glass, or neon tube. Free standing sign
				erection process begins with digging or drilling holes in which to stand or set
				poles or posts. The sign is attached to the pole or post prior to standing or
				is lifted with a boom or crane to be mounted and secured. Other signs are
				mounted and secured directly to buildings or structures. This classification
				includes the related electrical hook-up work to install neon and digital signs
				such as those located at banks and stores including the maintenance, repair,
				and painting of signs at the customer's location or at the contractor's
				shop.
This classification excludes the installation or removal of
				highway, street, or roadway signs that specify roadway information (such as
				speed limits, road conditions, city and town mile destinations) which are
				mounted on overpasses or erected alongside the roadway which are to be reported
				separately in classification 0219; the placement of temporary signs which is to
				be reported separately in classification 4910; or the manufacturing of signs
				which is to be reported separately in the applicable classification.
0403-10 Sign painting or lettering outside buildings or
				structures, N.O.C.
Applies to contractors engaged in sign painting or lettering
				outside buildings or structures not covered by another classification (N.O.C.),
				and includes all contractor's shop operations. Generally, this classification
				involves specialty lettering or painting such as, but not limited to, business
				logos, addresses, business hours or phone numbers, murals or other
				artwork.
This classification excludes contractors engaged in the
				installation or removal of highway, street, or roadway signs that specify
				roadway information (such as speed limits, road conditions, city and town mile
				destinations) which are mounted on overpasses or erected alongside the roadway
				which are to be reported separately in classification 0219; striping parking
				lots and painting curbs (and numbering on curbs) which is to be reported
				separately in classification 0219; sign painting or lettering inside of
				buildings, including inside murals or other artwork, which is to be reported
				separately in classification 4109; exterior painting of buildings or structures
				which are to be reported separately in classification 0504; painting or
				lettering in connection with an automotive body shop which is to be reported
				separately in classification 3412; and the erection, repair or removal of
				outdoor signs which is to be reported separately in classification
				0403-00.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-0403, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100. 06-12-075, §
				  296-17-516, filed 6/6/06, effective 1/1/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-516,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-516,
				  filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-516,
				  filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-516,
				  filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 74-40, § 296-17-516, filed
				  11/27/74, effective 1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-516, filed 11/9/73,
				  effective 1/1/74.