Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-1002 - Classification 1002

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
1002-00 Sawmills: Operation and maintenance
Applies to establishments engaged in the operation and
				maintenance of a sawmill. Sawmills receive raw logs which they usually store
				temporarily in their yard before cutting them into rough and finished lumber.
				This classification includes operations such as, but not limited to, loading
				raw logs onto the conveyor or log slip; sawing logs with a variety of head,
				cut-off, circular or band saws; grading and sorting lumber; drying green (wet)
				lumber; and the stacking and storing of lumber. The raw logs are cut into rough
				lumber, such as cants and blocks, or into finished lumber, such as posts,
				planks or boards.
This classification excludes all operations conducted in the
				woods, such as logging or use of a portable sawmill, which is to be reported
				separately in classification 5001, and establishments engaged
only
in the manufacturing of wood, veneer, veneer products, or lumber
				remanufacturing which is to be reported separately in the classification
				applicable to the manufacturing being performed.
1002-08 Shake and shingle mills - Automated process
				(
to be assigned by classifications underwriter
)
Applies to establishments operating an automated shake and
				shingle mill which manufacture shakes, shingles and/or ridge caps using
				automated processes. For purposes of this classification, automated processes
				refers to shake and shingle mills equipped with automatic feeders on all saws,
				adjustable packing and cutting stations, and fully automatic systems for
				conveying material to work stations. All equipment must be equipped with
				automatic shut off switches. Within a shingle mill the operation of a trim saw
				must be performed by an individual as a separate function from that of the
				shingle saw operator (shingle sawyer is not to perform both functions). Shake
				splitters must be equipped with a gauge control mechanism which permits the
				operator to automatically set the thickness of the cut. Conveyor systems must
				have dual controls to allow the deck man and sawyer the ability to control
				incoming material to the work station.
Block mills must be equipped with an automated pallet dump to
				eliminate the handling of material to the sawyer work station or an adjustable
				scissor lift adjacent to the shingle saw or shake splitter. Blocked wood
				purchased by mills must be contained in pallets prior to entering the mill yard
				or premises. Log mills must be equipped with a fully mechanized log slip (used
				to move logs into the deck area), log lev-elers, stabilizers, and lifters must
				be present in the deck area, automatic deck cut-off saw, live deck for moving
				material from the deck to the splitting area and overhead mounted splitters.
				Trim saws, also referred to as clipper saws, must be equipped with a laser
				guide or quartz light. This lighting reveals to the operator where its saw
				blade is in relationship to the material being processed.
For purposes of this classification, the following terms or
				words shall be given the meanings below:
Automatic deck or cut-off saw
: A large saw,
				usually circular, used to trim logs to a specified length (rounds) before they
				enter a manufacturing plant.
Clipper saw
: A machine used to make shingle
				edges parallel.
Shingle
: Roofing or siding material having
				sawn faces and backs, are of a standard thickness at the butt end and tapered
				finish at the other end.
Shake
: Roofing or siding material having at
				least one surface with a natural grain textured split surface.
Live deck
: A chain driven platform located in
				the same proximity as the deck saw and is used to convey cut rounds from the
				cutting area to the splitting area.
Log stabilizer
: A levered device adjacent to
				the deck saw used to hold the log steady while it is being cut.
Log slip
: A chain driven conveyor used to move
				logs into the deck area.
Laser or quartz guide light
: An overhead
				mounted light above a saw that illuminates that portion of a work surface where
				the saw blade will pass or make a cut.
Log leveler
: A levered device adjacent to the
				deck saw used to level a log automatically.
Overhead splitter
: A ceiling mounted
				hydraulic, air, or electrically operated apparatus with wedge shaped end that
				is used to split log rounds into block wood when activated by the
				splitterman.
Shingle saw
: A machine used to make
				shingles.
Shake splitter
: A machine used to split blocks
				into shake blanks.
Shake saw
: A machine used to saw shake blanks
				into a finished wedged shaped product.
This classification excludes all operations conducted in the
				woods, such as logging or the cutting and splitting of shake or shingle bolts,
				which are to be reported separately in classification 5001.
Special notes
:
Shake and shingle
				mills not meeting all the conditions as set forth above shall be reported
				separately in classification 1005 "shake and/or shingle
				mills."
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035 and
				  51.16.100. 07-12-047, §
				  296-17A-1002, filed 5/31/07, effective 7/1/07. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-1002, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-534,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-534, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 90-01-013 (Order
				  89-21), § 296-17-534, filed 12/8/89, effective 1/8/90. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-534, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), §
				  296-17-534, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), §
				  296-17-534, filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83; 81-24-042 (Order 81-30), §
				  296-17-534, filed 11/30/81, effective 1/1/82; 80-17-016 (Order 80-23), §
				  296-17-534, filed 11/13/80, effective 1/1/81; Order 77-27, § 296-17-534,
				  filed 11/30/77, effective 1/1/78; Order 76-36, § 296-17-534, filed
				  11/30/76; Order 73-22, § 296-17-534, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.