Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-4804 - Classification 4804

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
4804-00 Farms: Poultry
Applies to:
Establishments engaged in operating poultry farms of all
				types.
Work in this classification includes
, but is not
				limited to:
* Breeding and raising birds for human consumption or for sale
				for research, laboratories or egg production farms;
* Sheltering;
* Tending;
* Feeding and watering birds;
* Raising crops for feed;
* Erecting or mending fences, cages and pens;
* Breeding birds;
* Cleaning pens and cages;
* Transporting animals to market;
* Maintaining or installing sprinkler or irrigation
				systems.
What activities are not included in this
				classification?
* Feed milling operations (report in classification
				2101);
* Butchering and processing of poultry (report in
				classification 3304); and
* Contractors hired by farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures (report in the classification applicable to work
				being performed).
What is a farm labor contractor?
* A farm labor contractor is a specialty contractor who
				supplies laborers to a farm operation for specified services such as weeding,
				planting, irrigating and fertilizing; and
* Generally the work involves manual labor tasks as opposed to
				machine operation.
What risk classification are farm labor contractors to
				report in?
* Farm labor contractors are to be reported in the
				classification that applies to the farm they are contracting with; and
* Contractors who provide both equipment or machinery and the
				machine operators are to be reported in classification 4808 "Custom farm
				services," as the process involved in operating machinery is the same
				regardless of the type of farm they are providing services to or the type of
				crop involved.
4804-03 Farms: Egg production
Applies to:
Establishments engaged in operating egg production
				farms.
Work in this classification includes,
but is not
				limited to:
* Raising brood stock for future egg production or sale to
				other farms;
* Sheltering;
* Tending;
* Feeding and watering birds;
* Raising crops for feed;
* Erecting or mending fences, cages and pens;
* Breeding birds;
* Cleaning pens and cages;
* Related packing or grading of eggs;
* Transporting eggs to market;
* Maintaining or installing sprinkler or irrigation
				systems.
Notes
:
* Roadside stands are included in the farming classification
				when operated at or near the farm, even if a small stock of products not
				produced by the employer is also sold.
* If all the conditions of the general reporting rules covering
				the operations of a secondary business are met, farms operating multiple retail
				locations, such as those found in parking lots of shopping centers or at
				farmer's markets, may qualify to have those activities reported
				separately.
What activities are not included in this
				classification?
* Feed milling operations (report in classification
				2101);
* Butchering and processing of poultry (report in
				classification 3304); and
* Contractors hired by farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures (report in the classification applicable to work
				being performed).
What is a farm labor contractor?
* A farm labor contractor is a specialty contractor who
				supplies laborers to a farm operation for specified services such as weeding,
				planting, irrigating and fertilizing; and
* Generally the work involves manual labor tasks as opposed to
				machine operation.
What risk classification are farm labor contractors to
				report in?
* Farm labor contractors are to be reported in the
				classification that applies to the farm they are contracting with; and
* Contractors who provide both equipment or machinery and the
				machine operators are to be reported in classification 4808 "Custom farm
				services," as the process involved in operating machinery is the same
				regardless of the type of farm they are providing services to or the type of
				crop involved.
4804-05 Farms: Fur bearing animals
Applies to:
Establishments engaged in raising fur bearing animals for pelts
				(skins) or for sale.
Work in this classification includes
, but is not
				limited to:
* Sheltering;
* Tending;
* Breeding;
* Feeding;
* Killing animals;
* Fleshing and drying skins;
* Erecting or mending fences;
* Erecting, maintaining and cleaning kennels or cages;
* Veterinary care when performed by employees of an employer
				subject to this classification.
Typical animals:
Chinchilla Mink
Fox
What activities are not included in this
				classification?
* Contractors hired by farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures (report in the classification applicable to the
				work being performed).
What is a farm labor contractor?
* A farm labor contractor is a specialty contractor who
				supplies laborers to a farm operation for specified services such as feeding
				animals, grooming, and cleaning kennels; and
* Generally the work involves manual labor tasks as opposed to
				machine operation.
What risk classification are farm labor contractors to
				report in?
* Farm labor contractors are to be reported in the
				classification that applies to the farm they are contracting with; and
* Contractors who provide both equipment or machinery and the
				machine operators are to be reported in classification 4808 "Custom farm
				services," as the process involved in operating machinery is the same
				regardless of the type of farm they are providing services to or the type of
				crop involved.
4804-06 Farms: Worm
Applies to:
Establishments engaged in raising worms.
Work in this classification includes
, but is not
				limited to:
* Preparation of soils and soil mixes;
* Maintaining proper soil moisture to encourage worm growth and
				reproduction;
* Digging worms;
* Sorting and packaging.
What activities are not included in this
				classification?
* Contractors hired by farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures (report in the classification applicable to the
				work being performed).
What is a farm labor contractor?
* A farm labor contractor is a specialty contractor who
				supplies laborers to a farm operation for specified services such as weeding,
				planting, irrigating and fertilizing; and
* Generally the work involves manual labor tasks as opposed to
				machine operation.
What risk classification are farm labor contractors to
				report in?
* Farm labor contractors are to be reported in the
				classification that applies to the farm they are contracting with; and
* Contractors who provide both equipment or machinery and the
				machine operators are to be reported in classification 4808 "Custom farm
				services," as the process involved in operating machinery is the same
				regardless of the type of farm they are providing services to or the type of
				crop involved.
4804-07 Farms: Apiaries (bees)
Applies to:
Establishments engaged in raising honey bees for making honey,
				or for sale to growers or farmers who use them as pollinators, or to
				laboratories or research centers. Also included is collection of bees and bee
				hives from unrelated properties, and raising of insects such as
				crickets.
Work in this classification includes,
but is not
				limited to:
* Sheltering;
* Building structures to accommodate bee hives;
* Collecting honey from hives;
* Growing vegetation and plants to support the production of
				honey or population of bees;
* Processing and packaging of honey, honey comb and bees
				wax.
Notes
:
* Roadside stands are included in the farming classification
				when operated at or near the farm, even if a small stock of products not
				produced by the employer is also sold.
* If all the conditions of the general reporting rules covering
				the operations of a secondary business are met, farms operating multiple retail
				locations, such as those found in parking lots of shopping centers or at
				farmer's markets, may qualify to have those activities reported
				separately.
What activities are not included in this
				classification?
* Contractors hired by farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures (report in the classification applicable to the
				work being performed).
What is a farm labor contractor?
* A farm labor contractor is a specialty contractor who
				supplies laborers to a farm operation for specified services such as collecting
				hives or bees, preparing soils for crops, irrigating and fertilizing;
				and
* Generally the work involves manual labor tasks as opposed to
				machine operation.
What risk classification are farm labor contractors to
				report in?
* Farm labor contractors are to be reported in the
				classification that applies to the farm they are contracting with; and
* Contractors who provide both equipment or machinery and the
				machine operators are to be reported in classification 4808 "Custom farm
				services," as the process involved in operating machinery is the same
				regardless of the type of farm they are providing services to or the type of
				crop involved.
4804-08: Aviaries (birds)
Applies to:
Establishments engaged in raising and selling all varieties of
				birds including game birds and exotic birds.
Work in this classification includes,
but is not
				limited to:
* Sheltering;
* Tending;
* Feeding and watering;
* Raising crops for feed or protective covering;
* Erecting or mending fences, cages, coops, and pens;
* Breeding birds;
* Cleaning pens, cages, and coops;
* Transporting birds to market;
* Maintaining or installing sprinkler or irrigation
				systems;
* Store operations.
Typical birds:
Game birds
Ostrich
Emu
What activities are not included in this
				classification?
* Feed milling operations (report in classification 2101);
				and
* Contractors hired by farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures (report in the classification applicable to the
				work being performed).
What is a farm labor contractor?
* A farm labor contractor is a specialty contractor who
				supplies laborers to a farm operation for specified services such as cleaning
				pens, weeding, planting, irrigating and fertilizing; and
* Generally the work involves manual labor tasks as opposed to
				machine operation.
What risk classification are farm labor contractors to
				report in?
* Farm labor contractors are to be reported in the
				classification that applies to the farm they are contracting with; and
* Contractors who provide both equipment or machinery and the
				machine operators are to be reported in classification 4808 "Custom farm
				services," as the process involved in operating machinery is the same
				regardless of the type of farm they are providing services to or the type of
				crop involved.
4804-09 Egg grading, candling and packing
Applies to:
Establishments engaged in grading, candling, and packing eggs
				for retail or wholesale markets.
Work in this rate classification includes
, but is
				not limited to:
* Sorting;
* Grading;
* Washing;
* Candling;
* Packing eggs into cartons or crates;
* Transporting eggs to market;
* Store operations located at or near packaging
				facility.
What activities are not included in this
				classification?
* Establishments engaged in egg breaking (report in
				classification 3902).
Special note
:
* Establishments assigned to this classification are not
				engaged in raising poultry or operating egg production farms.
* The farm labor contractor provision is not applicable to this
				classification as such establishments are not engaged in a farming
				operation.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-4804, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-645,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-645, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-645, filed 11/27/85,
				  effective 1/1/86; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-645, filed 11/30/83,
				  effective 1/1/84; Order 74-40, § 296-17-645, filed 11/27/74, effective
				  1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-645, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.