Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-1103 - Classification 1103

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
1103-00
Coal
			 and solid fuel dealers - Yard operations
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in selling coal, pressed wood fiber logs
				(fire logs), wood stove pellets, wood chips, or sawdust.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Delivery;
* Store operations;
* Yard operations.
Exclusions:
* Worker hours engaged in manufacturing operations are reported
				separately in the classification applicable to the material and process
				used.
* Worker hours engaged in mining operations are reported
				separately in the applicable mining classification.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
1103-02
Firewood dealers - Yard operations
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in selling firewood, operating a firewood
				sales lot that the dealer makes deliveries from or where customers pick up
				firewood.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Cutting firewood - Businesses subject to this classification
				may purchase precut firewood from other nonrelated businesses or may have a
				cutting crew. The only cutting operations allowed in classification 1103 are
				those conducted at the sales lot;
* Delivery;
* Yard operations.
Exclusions:
* Worker hours engaged in firewood cutting operations conducted
				in timber or forest lands are reported separately in the applicable logging
				classification.
* Worker hours engaged in firewood sales lot operations
				conducted from a logging landing are reported separately in the applicable
				logging classification.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
1103-04
Composting
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in composting.
Materials composted include, but are not limited
				to:
* Dewatered sludge;
* Yard waste.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
* Composting;
* Delivery.
Composting processes include, but are not limited
				to:
* Composting yard waste - Grinders may be used to reduce the
				size of the material for faster composting. The material may be placed in
				static curing piles or long rows called "windrows" that are turned periodically
				to aerate until it is adequately decomposed. When needed, the resulting
				material is screened.
* Composting dewatered sludge - Processed and dewatered sludge
				is mixed with other materials such as shredded yard waste, sawdust, or other
				wood waste. The mixture must have the right degree of moisture and air to
				maintain a temperature between 130 and 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
The end product is a "Class A" pathogen product, meaning it can
				be used in soil for raising vegetables.
Exclusion:
* Worm farms are classified in 4804.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
1103-06
Top soil, humus, peat, and beauty bark dealers - Yard operations
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in selling soils, humus, peat, or beauty
				bark.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
* Receiving and subsequent loading out into customer vehicles
				of soils, peat, humus, bark, compost, and related organic matter;
* Mixing custom soils;
* Incidental sales of landscaping rock, sand, gravel, and
				crushed rock;
* Delivery.
Exclusions:
* Contract delivery by nondealer employees is classified in
				1102.
* Building materials dealers selling stone, brick, or concrete
				products are classified in 2009.
* Worker hours engaged in digging soils/humus/peat/gravel or
				grinding bark are reported separately in the applicable classification.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.16.100. 12-11-109, §
				  296-17A-1103, filed 5/22/12, effective 7/1/12. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-1103, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100. 05-12-031, §
				  296-17-538, filed 5/24/05, effective 7/1/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.12.120. 03-23-025, §
				  296-17-538, filed 11/12/03, effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-538,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-538, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 93-12-093, §
				  296-17-538, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 87-12-032 (Order 87-12), §
				  296-17-538, filed 5/29/87, effective 7/1/87; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-538, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), §
				  296-17-538, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), §
				  296-17-538, filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83; Order 73-22, § 296-17-538,
				  filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.