Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-4802 - Classification 4802

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
4802-02 Farms: Berry
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in raising berries of all types.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Preparing soil for new plants;
* Planting;
* Fertilizing;
* Weeding;
* Pruning canes;
* Cutting runners;
* Installing posts and wire supports;
* Tying vines;
* Machine harvesting of berries;
* 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.
* For rules on assigning in more than one basic classification,
				see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications.
Typical crops:
* All types of mechanically harvested berries.
Exclusions:
* Worker hours or businesses engaged in fresh fruit packing
				operations must be reported separately in classification 2104;
* Worker hours or businesses engaged in canneries or freezer
				operations must be reported separately in classification 3902;
* Winery operations are classified in classification
				3702;
* Hand harvesting of berries are classified in classification
				4806; and
* Contractors hired by a farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures report in the classification applicable to the
				work 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 or fertilizing; and
* Work usually involves manual labor tasks as opposed to
				machine operation.
What risk classification are farm labor contractors to
				report in?
* Farm labor contractors are reported in the classification
				that applies to the farm they are contracting with; and
* Contractors who provide both equipment or machinery and the
				machine operator are 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.
4802-03 Farms: Bulb raising, flower or vegetable seeds,
				floral grow operations - Florists - Cultivating or gardening Applies
				to:
Businesses engaged in raising flowers, plants for bulbs,
				raising flowers or vegetable plants for seed, or in raising flowering plants
				for sale.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Work done in an open field or a greenhouse;
* Preparing soil for new plants;
* Planting;
* Fertilizing;
* Weeding;
* Machine harvesting of seeds;
* Drying of seeds;
* Dead heading;
* Cutting fresh flowers;
* Cutting incidental fresh vegetables;
* Subsequent grading, sorting, packing, and shipping of
				bulbs;
* Maintaining or installing sprinkler or irrigation
				systems;
* Machine digging and harvesting bulbs;
* Subsequent grading, sorting, packing, and shipping of seed or
				fresh flowers or plants.
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.
Typical crops:
* Flowers, mechanically harvested;
* Flower bulbs or any type of bulb, mechanically
				harvested;
* Flower seeds, mechanically harvested;
* Vegetable seeds, mechanically harvested.
Exclusions:
* Worker hours or businesses engaged in fresh vegetable packing
				operations must be reported separately in classification 2104.
* Worker hours or businesses engaged in canneries or freezer
				operations must be reported separately in classification 3902.
* Businesses engaged exclusively in the sale of fresh cut
				flowers and potted plants that are not involved in the cultivation of plants or
				flowers are classified in classification 6404.
* Hand picking of bulbs or hand harvesting of flowers are
				classified in classification 4806.
* Hand gathering of seeds where no handheld cutting device is
				used is classified in classification 4806.
* Contractors hired by a farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures are not farm labor contractors and must be
				reported 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 or 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 report 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 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.
4802-06 Picking of forest products, N.O.C. Applies
				to:
Businesses engaged exclusively in picking forest products that
				are not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Hand picking operations;
* Using handheld pruning shears or saws;
* The farm labor contractor provision, as described in the
				general reporting rules, is not applicable to this classification as such
				establishments are not engaged in a farming operation;
* Properties from which products are harvested from are owned
				or leased; and
* Operations not described above report separately in the
				classification applicable to the work performed. (For example, if an employee
				harvests cedar boughs from the woods, the employee is reported in
				classification 4802-06.)
Typical crops:
* Cedar boughs;
* Cones;
* Ferns;
* Holly;
* Moss;
* Mushrooms;
* Tree bark;
* Wild berries;
* Wild flowers.
4802-12 Farms: Field vegetable crops - Mechanically
				harvested for fresh market Applies to:
Businesses engaged in raising field vegetable crops that are
				mechanically harvested.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Preparing soil for new plants;
* Planting;
* Fertilizing;
* Weeding;
* Pruning;
* Harvesting vegetables mechanically;
* 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.
Typical crops:
* Carrots;
* Cucumbers;
* Green beans;
* Parsnips;
* Potatoes;
* Radishes;
* Rhubarb;
* Rutabagas;
* Squash;
* Sweet corn;
* Table beets;
* Tomatoes;
* Turnips.
How is 4802-12 different from 4808 "Diversified field
				crops"?
*
Work in 4802
is generally associated with
				plantings in smaller quantities that result in continuous harvests throughout
				the season. For example, although corn is technically a grain crop, it is
				widely accepted as a vegetable crop when harvested for fresh market, cannery,
				or frozen food. Classification 4808 is generally associated with vegetable
				crops that have a long growing season and are harvested when mature at the end
				of the season. These crops are left in the field to dry and are used as feed,
				flour, or cereal grain.
Exclusions:
* Worker hours or businesses engaged in field vegetable crops
				harvested by hand must be reported separately in classification 4810.
* Worker hours or businesses engaged in fresh vegetable packing
				operations must be reported separately in classification 2104.
* Worker hours or businesses engaged in canneries or freezer
				operations must be reported separately in classification 3902.
* Contractors hired by farm to install, repair or build any
				farm equipment or structures are not farm labor contractors and must be
				reported in the classification applicable to the work 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 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 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.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-4802, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.04.020. 00-14-052, §
				  296-17-643, filed 7/1/00, effective 7/1/00. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-643,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-643, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 91-12-014, §
				  296-17-643, filed 5/31/91, effective 7/1/91. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 88-12-050 (Order 88-06), §
				  296-17-643, filed 5/31/88, effective 7/1/88; 87-12-032 (Order 87-12), §
				  296-17-643, filed 5/29/87, effective 7/1/87; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-643, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 85-12-024 (Order 85-11), §
				  296-17-643, filed 5/31/85; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-643, filed
				  2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-643, filed
				  11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 77-27, § 296-17-643, filed 11/30/77,
				  effective 1/1/78; Order 75-38, § 296-17-643, filed 11/24/75, effective
				  1/1/76; Order 74-40, § 296-17-643, filed 11/27/74, effective 1/1/75; Order
				  73-22, § 296-17-643, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.