Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-2401 - Classification 2401

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
2401-00 Paper, pulp, or wood fiber:
				Manufacturing
Applies to establishments engaged in making paper from raw
				materials such as, but not limited to, wood chips, cotton fiber, water, kraft
				paper, recycled paper, bleach and dye purchased from outside sources. This
				classification includes the mashing of wood chips into fiber. Paper
				manufacturers may make finished products from the paper they manufacture which
				is included in this classification when done by employees of employers subject
				to this classification. Equipment includes, but is not limited to, large vats
				and tanks, spraying systems, choppers, paper-making machines, conveyor systems,
				forklifts, scales, winders, rewinders, and cutting machinery. Modern automated
				paper mills are monitored from computerized control rooms; many of the
				employees are electricians and control technicians. Wood chips are heated,
				washed, drained, impregnated with chemicals to separate natural binder fibers
				from the cellulose fibers, then chopped into tiny particles and further
				cleansed. Bleach and water are added again and the fibrous mixture is held in
				tanks to relax and fluff it to a natural state before going to a filtering
				process where the water is removed, allowing it to coagulate. More ingredients
				are added to increase strength, then the mixture is sprayed onto the
				paper-making machinery where it winds through the various sections at high
				speed. During the first stage the pulp is mostly water; as it spins on the wire
				mesh, the water is suctioned out and the paper winds around felt-covered
				rollers. The machine moves the paper through an enclosed, heated room (oven)
				and dried. The dried paper is rolled from the oven, smoothed on rollers, then
				rewound into smaller rolls and cut into desired lengths and widths.
This classification excludes establishments engaged in the
				manufacture of wood chips which are to be reported separately in classification
				2903 and establishments engaged in the manufacture of abrasive cloth or paper
				(emery cloth/sandpaper) which are to be reported separately in classification
				3708.
2401-03 Corrugated and fiber board container:
				Manufacturing
Applies to establishments engaged in the manufacture of boxes
				and cartons made of corrugated cardboard. Manufacturers subject to this
				classification may either corrugate cardboard for use in their own products or
				purchase corrugated cardboard from others. Applying coatings or laminating
				their own products is included in this classification when done by employees of
				employers subject to this classification. Raw materials include, but are not
				limited to, corrugated cardboard, glue, staples, tape, ink, and coating resins.
				Machinery includes, but is not limited to, sheeters, slitters, slotters,
				winders or rewinders, printing presses, box-making machinery, die cutters or
				other cutting machines, laminators, corrugators, balers and shredders, and
				forklifts. Cardboard is cut to size and shape, printed, scored or creased,
				corners cut or slotted, sides folded and bottom pieces taped together. Box
				manufacturers may cut Styrofoam into packing pieces if their customers want
				them as a packaging unit. This incidental activity is included within the scope
				of this classification when done by employees of an employer subject to this
				classification.
This classification excludes establishments engaged in
				corrugating, laminating, oiling or coating paper which are to be reported
				separately in classification 2401-04 and establishments engaged in the
				manufacture of abrasive cloth or paper (emery cloth/sandpaper) which are to be
				reported separately in classification 3708.
2401-04 Paper coating, corrugating, laminating, oiling,
				or embossing
Applies to establishments engaged in manufacturing corrugated
				cardboard, or in coating, laminating, oiling, embossing paper or cardboard
				(chipboard) for others. To make
corrugated
cardboard, three
				(or more) rolls of kraft paper are simultaneously fed into a corrugating
				machine. Steam is sprayed onto the middle sheet as it winds around grooved
				rollers, forming grooves. Glue is applied to the tips of the grooves and the
				middle sheet is run between the other two sheets to form corrugated cardboard.
				The rest of the process involves heating, drying and curing, scoring and
				cutting the cardboard.
Coating
involves mixing coating
				materials, pouring the mixture into troughs of coating machines; the paper
				passes over rollers through the coating mixtures.
Oiling or
				waxing
processes are similar, but the oils or waxes are heated prior
				to being applied to the paper. After saturation, paper is dried, then finished
				by calendering (smoothed by being pressed through large rollers), slitting to
				desired widths, and rewinding or sheeting to size.
Laminated
paper is produced by feeding a paste or glue between layers of paper, pressing
				them together, drying and finishing by winding into rolls, or cutting, slitting
				or die cutting to size and shape. Paper is
embossed
by winding
				it on embossing rollers that perforate designs in it. Raw materials include,
				but are not limited to, kraft paper, chipboard, glues, waxes, resins and other
				coating liquids. Machinery for all these processes moves paper through glue
				baths, finishing applications, squeeze rollers, corrugating or embossing
				rollers, drying ovens, cutting devices, laminators, and/or stacking equipment.
				Other machinery includes, but is not limited to, forklifts, balers and
				shredders.
This classification excludes establishments engaged in the
				manufacture of paper, pulp or wood fiber which are to be reported separately in
				classification 2401-00; establishments engaged in the manufacture of corrugated
				and fiber board containers which are to be reported separately in
				classification 2401-03; and establishments engaged in the manufacture of
				abrasive cloth or paper (emery cloth/sandpaper) which are to be reported
				separately in classification 3708.
Special note
:
This classification
				differs from classification 2401-03 in that making corrugated cardboard or
				laminating, oiling, or coating cardboard products made by others is the main
				activity in classification 2401-04 while such supporting operations in
				classification 2401-03 are incidental to the manufacture of the product.
2401-08 Paper goods, N.O.C.: Manufacturing
Applies to establishments engaged in the manufacture of
				heavy-grade, paper-based products, which are not covered by another
				classification (N.O.C.). Products range widely and include, but are not limited
				to, panels, paper-mache items, milk cartons, display boards, commercial air
				filters, and spiral tubes. Spiral tubes range in size from small cores for
				paper towels to large tubes used by the construction industry to form concrete.
				Materials include, but are not limited to, paper, chipboard, glue, inks and
				dyes, chemicals; materials such as lightweight wire, or small parts made of
				plastic, Styrofoam, or textiles could be used as auxiliary pieces of the
				finished product. Machinery includes, but is not limited to, sheeters,
				slitters, slotters, winders, rewinders, printing presses, cutting, drilling or
				punching machines, ovens, heated presses, vats and beaters, grinders,
				laminators, embossers, gluers, vacuum machines, heat-sealing machines,
				wire-bending equipment, packaging equipment, conveyors, shredders, and balers.
				Depending on the product being made, processes are similar to one or more of
				those described in the other paper products manufacturing
				classifications.
This classification excludes establishments engaged in the
				manufacture of paper, pulp or wood fiber which are to be reported separately in
				classification 2401-00.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-2401, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-567,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-567, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 91-12-014, §
				  296-17-567, filed 5/31/91, effective 7/1/91; 89-24-051 (Order 89-22), §
				  296-17-567, filed 12/1/89, effective 1/1/90. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 88-12-050 (Order 88-06), §
				  296-17-567, filed 5/31/88, effective 7/1/88; 87-24-060 (Order 87-26), §
				  296-17-567, filed 12/1/87, effective 1/1/88; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-567, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.030 and
				  51.16.035. 79-12-086 (Order
				  79-18), § 296-17-567, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80; Order 77-27,
				  § 296-17-567, filed 11/30/77, effective 1/1/78; Order 73-22, §
				  296-17-567, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.