Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-0516 - Classification 0516

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
0516-00
Building repair, remodeling and carpentry
This subcode applies to a firm that chooses to report all
				construction phases in one classification. This is to simplify
				recordkeeping.
Applies to contractors engaged in building repair, remodeling
				and carpentry work. This classification applies to:
* Remodeling and carpentry-related framing work on concrete,
				brick and steel buildings.
* Wood framed building renovation and remodeling projects when
				the skeleton framework is not being modified or altered.
Typical projects include, but are not limited to:
* Interior building demolition ("strip outs") involving only
				the removal of interior walls, partitions, interior trim, cabinetry, doors,
				flooring and related construction materials;
* Converting a room from one use to another, such as a bedroom
				to a study, or a garage to a family room;
* Enlarging or reconfiguring a room by removing or adding an
				interior wall;
* Upgrading a kitchen or bathroom;
* Repairing or installing all types of siding on an existing
				structure;
* Adding structures such as a wooden deck to an existing
				building, screening a porch, installing a wood patio cover, or assembling sheet
				metal tool or garden sheds.
Contractors subject to this classification use a variety of
				dimensional lumber and wood products, light weight metal studs and plastic and
				fiber reinforced boards, metal fasteners (nails, screws and bolts), and metal
				reinforcing or support straps such as joist hangers and post brackets.
This classification includes:
* Framing of wood structures with light weight metal
				studs.
* Installation of earthquake tie downs on residential
				buildings.
* Specialty service providers or contractors engaged in
				providing general repair services or performing remodeling projects on
				buildings and structures.
Contractors who alter, remodel or repair existing
				structures and have opted to report their construction activities under this
				single subclassification 0516-00 are not to be assigned any other construction
				classification with the exception of roof work or roofing which is to be
				reported separately in classification 0507-05.
Special note :
Businesses assigned to this
				classification are distinguishable from those assigned to classification
				0516-02, in that 0516-02 requires each phase of construction to be reported
				separately in the appropriate construction clas-sification(s).
Contractors that build
new wood structural
				additions
as part of a remodeling contract must also report each phase
				separately. They must use classification 0510-00 to report the new framing. All
				other phases of the construction must be reported separately in the appropriate
				classification(s) as noted in the text of classification 0516-02.
Contractors that build new structural additions and also repair
				and remodel existing structures will be assigned both 0510-00 and 0516-02 in
				addition to any other appropriate classification. 0516-00 will not be assigned
				to these employers.
Subclassifications 0516-00 and 0516-02 cannot be active on an
				account at the same time.
0516-01
Wood playground equipment:
			 Installation and/ or repair
Applies to contractors engaged in the installation and/or
				repair of wood playground equipment. Work contemplated by this classification
				begins after the area of land has been excavated and/or cleared and includes
				installing wood playground equipment at private residences and in public
				settings such as, but not limited to, schools, parks, day care centers,
				churches, and hotels. This classification usually includes a variety of
				playground equipment comprised of treated wood beams, poles, posts, and a
				variety of dimensional lumber used in building swings, forts, stationary and
				swinging bridges, balance beams, climbing towers, slides, and rope and tire
				walks. Generally, the process involves setting poles or posts with use of a
				post hole digger, backhoe or tractor equipped with an auger. The poles or posts
				may be set in concrete. Depending on the piece of equipment being built, use of
				beams, planks, dimensional lumber, rope, chains, tires, and metal bars or
				rings, are securely attached with nails, screws, bolts or eye hooks. This
				classification includes the building of borders surrounding the playground
				equipment area with beams or railroad ties and the spreading of pea gravel,
				sand or wood chips underneath the equipment.
This classification excludes the installation of metal
				playground equipment which is to be reported separately in classification 0603,
				and the excavation or clearing of land which is to be reported separately in
				classification 0101.
0516-02
Building repair, remodeling
			 and carpentry, N.O.C.
This subcode applies to a firm that chooses to report all
				construction phases into separate construction classifications.
Applies to contractors engaged in building repair, remodeling
				and carpentry work, not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
This classification applies to:
* Remodeling and carpentry-related framing work on the interior
				of concrete, brick and steel buildings.
* Wood framed building renovation and remodeling projects when
				the skeleton framework is not being modified or altered.
Typical projects include, but are not limited to:
* Interior building demolition ("strip outs") involving only
				the removal of interior walls, partitions, interior trim, cabinetry, doors,
				flooring and related construction materials.
* Converting a room from one use to another, such as a bedroom
				to a study, or a garage to a family room.
* Enlarging or reconfiguring a room by removing or adding an
				interior wall.
* Upgrading a kitchen or bathroom.
* Adding structures such as a wooden deck to an existing
				building, screening a porch, installing a wood patio cover, or assembling sheet
				metal tool or garden sheds.
Contractors subject to this classification use a variety of
				dimensional lumber and wood products, light weight metal studs and plastic and
				fiber reinforced boards, metal fasteners (nails, screws and bolts), and metal
				reinforcing or support straps such as joist hangers and post brackets.
This classification includes:
* Framing of wood structures with light weight metal
				studs.
* Installation of earthquake tie downs on residential
				buildings.
* Specialty service providers or contractors engaged in
				providing general repair services or performing remodeling projects on
				buildings and structures.
Except for interior demolition, framing and drywall which
				are to be reported in classification 0516-02, each phase must be reported
				separately in the appropriate classification noted below, but not limited
				to:
Concrete foundations/slabs
0217
Interior painting
0521
Counter tops
0302/0502
Metal siding/gutters
0519
Drywall
0550/0551
Plumbing
0306
Electrical
0601
Roofing new construction
0507
Roof work includes repairs to trusses, rafters, supports
						and sheathing
0507
Exterior painting
0504
Wood framing/sheathing/windows/non-metal siding
0510
Floor coverings
0502
Interior finish carpentry
0513
Window installation (not part of a framing contract)
0511
Insulation
0512
Masonry
0302
Brick
0302
Reference:
WAC
				296-17-31013 and
				296-17-31017.
Contractors performing remodeling or alteration projects which
				involve
new structural additions
must report that activity in
				classification 0510-00 and any other applicable classification(s) noted
				above.
Contractors who alter, remodel or repair existing
				structures can choose to report all hours in classification 0516-00. This
				classification excludes roofing or roof work which is to be reported in
				0507-05. This method can simplify recordkeeping.
Special note :
Proper reporting in multiple
				construction classifications requires special care in maintaining required
				records. If these records have not been maintained as required, all worker
				hours for which the records were not maintained will be reassigned to the
				highest rated classification applicable to the work that was performed.
Reference:
WAC
				296-17-31013.
Averages, estimates or percentages are not allowed.
Reference:
WAC
				296-17-31017.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100,
				  51.04.020(1), and
				  Title
				  51 RCW. 09-16-107, §
				  296-17A-0516, filed 8/4/09, effective 1/1/10. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-0516, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.12.120. 03-23-025, §
				  296-17-52108, filed 11/12/03, effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 99-18-068, § 296-17-52108,
				  filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99; 98-18-042, § 296-17-52108, filed
				  8/28/98, effective 10/1/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 93-12-093, §
				  296-17-52108, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93; 89-24-051 (Order 89-22), §
				  296-17-52108, filed 12/1/89, effective 1/1/90. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 88-12-050 (Order 88-06), §
				  296-17-52108, filed 5/31/88, effective
				  7/1/88.