Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-0509 - Classification 0509

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
0509-00 Overhead telephone or telegraph lines: New
				construction or extension of lines - Including poles or towers; erection,
				maintenance or repair by contractor
Applies to contractors engaged in the construction, maintenance
				or repair of overhead telephone or telegraph lines, poles and towers. Work
				contemplated by this classification includes, but is not limited to, clearing a
				right of way (excluding logging-type operations), boring holes for poles to be
				set in, installing cross arms, insulators and brackets on poles (which may be
				wood or metal), setting poles or towers into position, installing guy wires if
				necessary, stringing the lines, incidental tree topping, tying into the
				low-voltage power source, and making service connections when done by employees
				of an employer having operations subject to this classification. Towers may be
				of a solid wall, cylindrical steel construction or of a fabricated steel cross
				member design reaching a height of about 50 feet, and are secured to a concrete
				pad or set into the ground. They may be used to elevate the lines to cross long
				distances or to support microwave antennae or receivers.
This classification excludes specialty contractors engaged in
				any single phase of the work described above: Land clearing and grading
				operations which are to be reported separately in classification 0101; erection
				of poles or towers which is to be reported separately in classification 0508;
				drilling holes which is to be reported separately in classification 0103; tree
				topping which is to be reported separately in classification 0106; service
				connections which are be reported separately in classification 0608;
				underground telephone line installation which is to be reported separately in
				classification 0107; and the felling of timber which is to be reported
				separately in the applicable logging classification.
Special note
:
If done by a
				telephone or telegraph company the work described above is included in
				classification 1303. A contractor engaged in the installation of electric and/
				or cable television overhead lines in addition to telephone and telegraph lines
				is to be reported in classification 0509-03. If a specialty contractor is only
				stringing telephone or telegraph lines, and not erecting poles or towers,
				classification 0509-00 is still applicable.
0509-01 Overhead television lines: New construction or
				extension of lines - Including poles or towers; erection, maintenance or repair
				by contractor
Applies to contractors engaged in the construction, maintenance
				or repair of overhead television lines, poles and towers. Work contemplated by
				this classification includes, but is not limited to, clearing a right of way
				(excluding logging-type operations), boring holes for poles to be set in,
				installing cross arms, insulators and brackets on poles (which may be wood or
				metal), setting poles or towers into position, installing guy wires if
				necessary, stringing the lines, incidental tree topping, tying into the
				low-voltage power source, and making service connections when done by employees
				of an employer having operations subject to this classification. Towers may be
				of a solid wall, cylindrical steel construction or of a fabricated steel cross
				member design reaching a height of about 50 feet, and are secured to a concrete
				pad or set into the ground. They may be used to elevate the lines over long
				distances or to support microwave antennae or receivers.
This classification excludes specialty contractors engaged in
				any single phase of the work described above: Land clearing and grading
				operations which are to be reported separately in classification 0101; erection
				of poles or towers which is to be reported separately in classification 0508;
				drilling holes which is to be reported separately in classification 0103; tree
				topping which is to be reported separately in classification 0106; service
				connections which are to be reported separately in classification 0601;
				underground television line installation which is to be reported separately in
				classification 0107; and the felling of timber which is to be reported
				separately in the applicable logging classification.
Special note
:
If done by a cable
				television company the work described above is included in classification 1305.
				A contractor engaged in the installation of overhead electric and/or telephone
				or telegraph lines in addition to overhead television lines is to be reported
				in classification 0509-03. If a specialty contractor is only stringing overhead
				television lines, and not erecting poles or towers, classification 0509-01 is
				still applicable.
0509-02 Overhead electric transmission lines: New
				construction or extension of lines - Including poles, or towers; erection,
				maintenance or repair by contractor
Applies to contractors engaged in the construction, maintenance
				or repair of overhead electric transmission lines, poles and towers. Work
				contemplated by this classification includes, but is not limited to, clearing a
				right of way (excluding logging-type operations), boring holes for poles to be
				set in, installing cross arms, insulators and brackets on poles (which may be
				wood or metal), setting poles or towers into position, installing guy wires if
				necessary, stringing the lines, installing circuit breakers and transformers,
				incidental tree topping, tying into the high-voltage power source, and making
				service connections when done by employees of an employer having operations
				subject to this classification. Towers may be of a solid wall, cylindrical
				steel construction or of a fabricated steel cross member design reaching a
				height of about 50 feet, and are secured to a concrete pad or set into the
				ground. They may be used to elevate the lines over long distances or to support
				electric power distribution apparatus.
This classification excludes specialty contractors engaged in
				any single phase of the work described above: Land clearing and grading
				operations which are to be reported separately in classification 0101; erection
				of poles or towers which is to be reported separately in classification 0508;
				drilling holes which is to be reported separately in classification 0103; tree
				topping which is to be reported separately in classification 0106; underground
				electric line installation which is to be reported separately in classification
				0107; and the felling of timber which is to be reported separately in the
				applicable logging classification.
Special note
:
If done by an
				electric power company the work described above is included in classification
				1301. A contractor engaged in the installation of overhead telephone or
				telegraph lines and/or television lines in addition to overhead electric lines
				is to be reported in classification 0509-03. If a specialty contractor is only
				stringing overhead electric lines, and not erecting poles or towers,
				classification 0509-02 is still applicable.
0509-03 Overhead transmission lines, N.O.C.: New
				construction or extension of lines - Including poles or towers; erection,
				maintenance or repair by contractor
Applies to contractors engaged in the construction, maintenance
				or repair of more than one type of overhead transmission line, including poles
				and towers which are not covered by another classification (N.O.C.). If the
				contractor specializes in either telephone, telegraph, television or electric
				lines, they can be specifically defined elsewhere within classification 0509.
				Work contemplated by this classification includes, but is not limited to,
				clearing a right of way (excluding logging-type operations), boring holes for
				poles to be set in, installing cross arms, insulators and brackets on poles
				(which may be wood or metal), setting poles or towers into position, installing
				guy wires if necessary, stringing the lines, incidental tree topping,
				installing circuit breakers and transformers, tying into the power source, and
				making service connections when done by employees of an employer having
				operations subject to this classification. Towers may be of a solid wall
				cylindrical steel construction or of a fabricated steel cross member design
				reaching a height of about 50 feet, and are secured to a concrete pad or set
				into the ground. They may be used to elevate the lines over long distances or
				to support microwave antennae, receivers or electric power distribution
				apparatus.
This classification excludes specialty contractors engaged in
				any single phase of the work described above: Land clearing and grading
				operations which are to be reported separately in classification 0101; erection
				of poles or towers which is to be reported separately in classification 0508;
				drilling holes which is to be reported separately in classification 0103; tree
				topping which is to be reported separately in classification 0106; service
				connections for cable television lines which is to be reported separately in
				classification 0601; underground line installation which is to be reported
				separately in classification 0107; and the felling of timber which is to be
				reported separately in the applicable logging classification.
Special note
:
If done by a
				telephone or telegraph company, the work described above is included in
				classification 1303; if done by a cable television company it is included in
				classification 1305; if done by an electric utility company it is included in
				classification 1301. If a specialty contractor is only stringing a combination
				of types of overhead lines, and not erecting poles or towers, classification
				0509-03 is still applicable.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-0509, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-52101,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-52101,
				  filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-52101,
				  filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), § 296-17-52101,
				  filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83.