Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-1003 - Classification 1003

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
1003-03 Creosote works; pile and pole treating, dry kiln
				operations, pole yards, masts and spars yards and log home manufacturing
				Applies to:
Businesses engaged in treating wood poles with creosote or
				other chemicals to inhibit deterioration, kiln drying of wood as a service for
				customers or for their own resale, producing wood poles to customer's
				specifications or for their own resale, producing wood masts and spars, and log
				home manufacturing/assembly in a yard operation.
Products manufactured or applied with preservatives
				include, but are not limited to:
* Utility poles;
* Supports for bridges/trestles;
* Piles to be driven into ground for support for a pier or
				other structure;
* Supports for sails and rigging on sailing vessels;
* Logs for log homes.
Work process/activities include, but are not limited
				to:
* Receiving in lumber or logs;
* Peeling of logs (mechanized or manual);
* Machining or turning of lumber, including cutting material
				into ties or cross arms;
* Drying/seasoning in kiln;
* Application of preservative, retardant, or insecticide
				treatment (heated, pressurized vacuum process in autoclave, or by surface
				application, spraying, brushing, and dipping, or soaking in tanks);
* Notching logs to assemble them together;
* Delivery.
Machinery and equipment used include, but are not limited
				to:
* Log handling and trimming/cutting machinery;
* Kilns;
* Autoclaves;
* Storage tanks;
* Wood finishing equipment;
* Hand tools (planers, grinders, skids, drawn knives, slicks,
				chisels);
* Trolley cars;
* Chain saws;
* Loaders/cranes;
* Fork lifts.
Exclusions:
* Dry kiln operations that are part of a wood, veneer, or
				lumber product manufacturing or remanufacturing operation are classified in the
				classification applicable for the operation being performed.
* Worker hours engaged in all operations conducted in the
				woods, such as the felling of timber, are reported separately in the applicable
				logging classification.
* Worker hours conducted away from the shop or yard, except
				delivery, is reported separately in the classification applicable for the work
				being performed.
* Log home manufacturing performed in a sawmill environment
				using dimensional lumber is classified in 2903-12.
* Worker hours engaged in the erection of log home shells at
				the customer's site are reported separately in classification 0510-00.
* All other phases of construction are classified in the
				applicable construction classification.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WA C 296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035 and
				  51.16.100. 07-12-047, §
				  296-17A-1003, filed 5/31/07, effective 7/1/07. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-1003, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-535,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-535,
				  filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-535,
				  filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 77-27, § 296-17-535, filed
				  11/30/77, effective 1/1/78; Order 74-40, § 296-17-535, filed 11/27/74,
				  effective 1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-535, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.