Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-2002 - Classification 2002

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Classification
2002
applies to providing freight
				handling services for others. Freight handling services have a facility at a
				fixed location where they provide services that include, but are not limited
				to:
* Checking goods
* Handling freight by hand, or with machinery and
				equipment
* Icing refrigeration cars
* Loading
* Packing
* Repacking
* Repackaging goods from damaged containers
* Reloading goods for shipment
* Shipping
* Sorting
* Storage
* Tiering (placing goods in a series of rows one above the
				other)
* Unloading
* Weighing.
Note
: The term "lumper" is
				sometimes applied to laborers who unload cargo.
Machinery and equipment may include, but is not limited
				to:
* Boom trucks
* Compressors
* Hand trucks
* Hand tools
* Forklifts
* Mobile or overhead-track cranes
* Pallet jacks.
Special note
:
Hours cannot be
				split between 1102 and 2002. Classification 2002 excludes workers engaged in
				the following activities:
* All hours for workers who also drive transport vehicles for
				hauling freight to or from the freight handling facility must be reported in
				classification
1102
.
* All hours for workers who sometimes ride along with drivers,
				to assist in loading or unloading freight at a customer's location, must be
				reported in classification
1102.
Excluded operations:
Classification
2002
excludes:
* Businesses primarily storing goods belonging to others in
				warehouses for periods of time, which are classified in
2102
.
* Firms handling their own goods. Handling of goods owned by
				your employer is a general inclusion, and is classified according to the nature
				of the employer's business.
* Trucking firms that only ship and handle freight at
				customers' locations and do not own or lease a separate facility for freight
				handling, which are classified in
1102
.
Special notes
:
* For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic
				classification, see WAC
				296-17-31017 Multiple
				classifications.
* Freight handling operations performed in connection with the
				loading or unloading of vessels or rail lines on piers or adjoining areas may
				be subject to coverage under the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Act. Care
				should be exercised prior to the assignment of this classification to determine
				proper jurisdiction.
For administrative purposes, classification
2002
is divided into the following subclassification(s):
2002-13 Freight handling services, N.O.C.
This subclassification also applies to moving, uncrating, and
				assembly of modular work stations or other types of office furniture.
2002-31 Loading, unloading, or icing refrigeration cars
				and containers
Note
:
Icing the refrigeration
				systems by adding water, ammonia, or other additives to maintain the cold
				temperatures.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-2002, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-555,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-555, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  54.16.035. 93-12-093, §
				  296-17-555, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93; 89-24-051 (Order 89-22), §
				  296-17-555, filed 12/1/89, effective 1/1/90. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 86-12-041 (Order 86-18), §
				  296-17-555, filed 5/30/86, effective 7/1/86; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-555, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), §
				  296-17-555, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 75-38, § 296-17-555,
				  filed 11/24/75, effective 1/1/76; Order 73-22, § 296-17-555, filed
				  11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.