Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-5006 - Classification 5006

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
5006-02 Forestry machine work - Forest
				firefighting
(
to be assigned only by the reforestation
				underwriter
)
Special note
:
Classification
				5006, and related classifications 1007 and 5004, cover various activities
				associated with the management of forests, range or timber land. These
				classifications are also assigned to establishments engaged in erosion control
				projects and fish and wildlife habitat enhancement projects. The industry
				covered by this series of classifications has special reporting requirements.
				Reforestation establishments assigned to classifications 1007, 5004, and 5006
				report work on a contract basis. These contracts may last a quarter or several
				quarters. Refer to WAC
				296-17-35203(4)
				 for specific reporting requirements.
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in forest firefighting using machinery
				equipment.
Work in this classification includes:
* Machinery operations; and
* Employees of contractors and of landowners.
Types of equipment includes, but is not limited
				to:
* Bulldozers;
* Loaders; and
* Water tank trucks.
Exclusions:
* Manual crew operations and labor such as, but not limited to,
				tree planting, tree thinning, and manual forest firefighting are classified in
				5004;
* Work conducted in the forest or timber land generally
				associated with the overall care of these lands is classified in 5004;
* Logging operations are classified in 5001;
* Logging road construction is classified in 6902;
* Identifying volume and species of trees in a section of
				timber land or a forest is classified in 1007;
* Auditing parcels planted by a tree planting contractor for
				quality control purposes is classified in 1007;
* Conducting environmental studies is classified in 1007;
				and
* Testing growing techniques and similar activities are
				classified in 1007.
5006-08 Miscellaneous forestry services,
				N.O.C.
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in miscellaneous machine work on forest or
				timber lands.
Work in this classification includes, but is not limited
				to:
* Brush clearing;
* Chemical spraying;
* Dust control;
* Erosion control;
* Forest trail construction;
* Hydro seeding;
* Scarifying;
* Slash burning;
* Slash piling;
* Slope grooming; and
* Stream restoration.
Types of equipment includes, but is not limited
				to:
* Bulldozers;
* Loaders; and
* Tanker trucks.
Exclusions:
* Manual crew operations and labor such as, but not limited to,
				tree planting and tree thinning are classified in 5004;
* Work conducted in the forest or timber land generally
				associated with the overall care of these lands is classified in 5004;
* Logging operations are classified in 5001;
* Logging road construction is classified in 6902;
* Identifying volume and species of trees in a section of
				timber land or a forest is classified in 1007;
* Auditing parcels planted by a tree planting contractor for
				quality control purposes is classified in 1007;
* Conducting environmental studies is classified in 1007;
				and
* Testing growing techniques and similar activities are
				classified in 1007.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-5006, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-66004,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-66004, filed
				  5/31/96, effective 7/1/96.