Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-6902 - Classification 6902

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
6902-02 Logging road: Construction or
				maintenance
Applies to the construction or maintenance of logging roads.
				For purposes of this classification logging roads are roads for which the basic
				use is to provide access into a timber or forest area and for the transporting
				of logs out of the area by truck. This classification includes roads
				constructed on public or private land in connection with timber sales or
				logging, such as roads being constructed in accordance with the State
				Department of Natural Resources or the United States Forest Service timber
				sales. Logging roads contemplated by this classification are typically cleared
				and graded with a bulldozer and then paved with gravel, crushed rock, or large
				stones. Logging roads are generally engineered to support the weight of logging
				equipment and trucks but not necessarily to handle speeds and volume of
				nonlogging traffic. As a rule, these roads are not surfaced with asphalt or
				paved with concrete. Classification 6902 includes log road maintenance which is
				limited to keeping the road bed in good repair such as regrading and fill to
				repair washouts and ruts. This classification excludes:
* The felling of timber, bucking and delimbing of all trees in
				the proposed roadway or adjacent shoulder and all other logging activities
				which are to be reported separately in classification 5001;
* All excavation, land clearing or grading as a part of roadway
				construction not in connection with a logging road which is to be reported
				separately in classification 0101;
* Construction of asphalt roads which is to be reported
				separately in classification 0210;
* Construction of concrete roads which is to be reported
				separately in classification 0214;
* Mechanical roadside brushing or machine application of
				chemicals which is to be reported separately in classification 5006; and
* Permanent shop or yard operations which are to be reported
				separately in classification 5206 provided the conditions of WAC
				296-17A-5206 have been
				met.
6902-03 Logging railroad: Construction or
				maintenance
Applies to the construction or maintenance of logging
				railroads. For purposes of this classification logging railroads are side
				tracks and spurs which feed into existing railroad main lines. Log trucks haul
				logs from the cutting site to the logging railroad where they are loaded onto
				the logging railroad cars and transported to the main line. This classification
				includes railroads constructed on public or private land in connection with
				timber sales or logging, such as roads being constructed in accordance with the
				State Department of Natural Resources or the United States Forest Service
				timber sales. The construction includes clearing and grading with use of a
				bulldozer; laying dirt, rock and ballast; laying ties and track; and installing
				crossover frogs, switches, switch stands, switch mechanisms and crossing planks
				as needed. This classification also includes log railroad maintenance which is
				limited to keeping the railroad line operational.
This classification excludes:
* The falling of timber, bucking and delimbing of all trees in
				the proposed roadway or adjacent shoulder, and all other logging activities
				which are to be reported separately in classification 5001;
* The construction of railroad lines not in connection with a
				logging railroad which is to be reported separately in classification
				0101;
* Construction of logging roads which is to be reported
				separately in classification 6902-02; and
* Maintenance and storage of equipment and material at a
				permanent yard or shop which is to be reported separately in classification
				5206 provided the conditions of WAC
				296-17A-5206 have been
				met.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-6902, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-747,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-747, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020(1) and
				  51.16.035. 93-12-093, §
				  296-17-747, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), §
				  296-17-747, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), §
				  296-17-747, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), §
				  296-17-747, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 75-38, § 296-17-747,
				  filed 11/24/75, effective 1/1/76.