Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-4305 - Classification 4305

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
4305-18
Garbage works, landfills, solid waste, refuse or ashes collecting,
			 including reduction or incineration, mobile paper shredding, and tire sorting
			 or tire collection centers
Applies to:
* Businesses engaged in collecting and removing waste from
				private homes, commercial businesses, industrial facilities, or other sites for
				disposal at a garbage works or a landfill where the waste is processed,
				incinerated, or buried;
* Businesses that only sort refuse;
* Businesses engaged in mobile paper shredding services;
* Businesses engaged in tire collection or tire sorting for
				resale to others.
Types of business include, but are not limited
				to:
* Ashes collecting;
* Garbage or refuse collection;
* Landfills;
* Garbage works;
* Garbage incineration or garbage disposal;
* Mobile paper shredding - Mobile paper shredding services send
				a truck outfitted with a paper shredder to the business location for shredding.
				Customers fill containers for secure disposal. Shredding occurs on-site.
				Delivery of the shredded paper to recyclers or other businesses by employees of
				the employer is included in this classification;
* Refuse sorting centers - Refuse sorting centers are
				distinguished from "buy back centers" classified in 2102 in that "buy back
				centers" collect recyclable materials, which they sell to others while refuse
				sorting centers collect and dispose of materials;
* Tire disposal;
* Tire sorting/tire storage - Tire collection or tire sorting
				businesses pick up, haul, and deliver used tires to a sorting location or
				disposal site. Employees may sort and grade tires for resale to others.
				Unusable tires are delivered to landfills or disposal sites;
* Waste compaction.
Work activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Refuse pick up on a daily, weekly, or other regular basis.
				Drivers collect curbside garbage or transport metal dumpsters for commercial
				businesses;
* Curbside collection of recyclable material when performed by
				employees of an employer subject to this classification;
* Processing waste at a landfill, which may be compacted,
				spread in thin layers, and covered with soil daily;
* Cashiers collecting fees from customers;
* Incidental recycling or sorting operations conducted in
				connection with a landfill or garbage works operation by employees of an
				employer subject to this classification;
* Incinerating refuse to reduce its volume before the remaining
				material is discarded in a landfill;
* Accepting construction debris, such as plasterboard, cement,
				dirt, wood, and brush at landfills;
* Delivering sorted tires or shredded paper to other businesses
				that either recycle or dispose of them.
Machinery and equipment include, but are not limited
				to:
* Compactors;
* Conveyors;
* Crushers;
* Excavators;
* Forklifts;
* Front end loaders;
* Incinerators;
* Pallets;
* Paper shredders;
* Tractors;
* Trucks.
Exclusions:
* Counties or taxing districts engaged in garbage works,
				landfill, reduction or incineration operations are classified in 1501;
* Cities or towns engaged in solid waste refuse or ashes
				collecting, including curbside recycling services, are classified in
				0803;
* Businesses engaged in hazardous waste and toxic material
				processing or handling, including processing of medical or septic tank waste,
				drug lab or hazardous spill cleanup (excluding oil spill cleanup on land), and
				reprocessing or handling of low-level radioactive materials, are classified in
				4305-20;
* Recycle (buy-back) center operations that include the
				collecting, buying from customers, sorting, and the baling of materials, are
				classified in 2102.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
4305-20
Hazardous waste and toxic material processing or handling, N.O.C.
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in the
processing or
				handling
of hazardous/toxic materials not covered by another
				classification (N.O.C.), including the
processing
of medical
				or septic tank waste, drug lab or hazardous spill
cleanup
(excluding oil spill cleanup on land), and
reprocessing or
				handling
of low-level radioactive materials.
Additional information:
* This classification is distinguished from classification
				3701-27, in that classification 4305-20 applies to the
processing or
				cleanup
of hazardous/toxic materials while classification 3701-27
				includes the
identifying and repackaging for disposal
of such
				materials as drugs, pesticides, chemicals, and toners.
* Hazardous waste can be defined as any material that contains
				hazardous elements in amounts high enough to pose a significant threat to human
				health and the environment and therefore should be isolated.
* Hazardous characteristics include the ability to
				bioconcentrate, ignite, corrode, react with water or other materials, or show
				toxicity such as toxic metals including lead, cadmium and mercury; organic
				solvents such as benzene and trichloroethylene; and toxic materials such as
				asbestos.
Machinery and equipment include, but are not limited
				to:
* Breathing apparatus;
* Eye protection and face masks;
* Forklifts;
* Gloves;
* Hard hats;
* Hazardous material suits;
* High temperature and high pressure equipment for
				cleansing;
* Puncture proof containers;
* Storage barrels for containment and transport;
* Traffic barriers and cones;
* Trucks.
Exclusions:
* Businesses engaged in garbage works, landfill, reduction or
				incineration operations, solid waste or landfill operations, mobile shredding,
				or tire collection and tire storage are classified in 4305-18;
* Soil remediation, including oil spill cleanup on land, is
				classified in 0101;
* Asbestos abatement, all operations, is classified in
				0512;
* Processing of waste oils, solvents, antifreeze, paints, and
				other hazardous materials, is classified in 3407;
* Hazardous/toxic material repackaging for disposal, including
				drugs, pesticides, chemicals, and toners, is classified in 3701.
Special note
:
See asbestos
				certification and training requirements at
www.lni.wa.gov
.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
4305-22
Debris removal: Construction sites or nonconstruction debris
			 N.O.C.
Applies to:
* Businesses engaged in collecting and removing construction
				site debris left by construction crews. The debris may consist of scrap lumber,
				metal, wire, drywall, carpet and any other materials used in the construction
				of residential or commercial projects.
* Businesses which collect and remove nonconstruction debris
				including, but not limited to, basement debris, household junk, garden waste,
				furniture, and appliances.
Machinery and equipment include, but are not limited
				to:
* Dump trailers;
* Dump trucks;
* Roll off dumpsters;
* Utility trailers.
Exclusions:
* Businesses engaged in residential or commercial construction
				that remove and haul their own debris, are classified in the construction
				classification applicable to the work performed;
* Businesses engaged in garbage works, landfill reduction or
				incineration operations; solid waste, refuse, or ashes collecting, including
				curbside collection services; mobile paper shredding; tire collection; or tire
				storage services are classified in 4305-18;
* Businesses engaged in hazardous waste and toxic material
				processing or handling, including processing of medical or septic tank waste,
				drug lab or hazardous spill cleanup (excluding oil spill cleanup on land), and
				reprocessing or handling of low-level radioactive materials are classified in
				4305-20;
* Businesses engaged in preoccupancy cleanup of newly
				constructed residential or commercial structures, which includes washing
				windows, vacuuming carpets, dusting woodwork, doors, cabinets, and washing
				floors and fixtures, are classified in 6602-03.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-4305, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100. 06-12-075, §
				  296-17-634, filed 6/6/06, effective 1/1/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-634,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-634, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 91-12-014, §
				  296-17-634, filed 5/31/91, effective 7/1/91; 90-13-018, § 296-17-634,
				  filed 6/8/90, effective 7/9/90. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-634, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), §
				  296-17-634, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), §
				  296-17-634, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 75-38, § 296-17-634,
				  filed 11/24/75, effective 1/1/76; Order 73-22, § 296-17-634, filed
				  11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.