Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-0112 - Classification 0112

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
0112-00
Commercial production of sand, gravel, clay and stone products
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in the production of sand, gravel, clay, and
				stone.
Work processes and activities include, but are not
				limited to:
* Excavating material from an open or surface type pit at the
				production site, or from a mine or quarry operation;
* Washing, crushing, sorting, grading and screening sand,
				gravel, and stone. Sand or gravel in its natural state usually requires only
				screening with the larger stones being removed;
* Crushing larger stones and rescreening;
* Screening and grading clay;
* Storing refined products in bins, hoppers, piles, or
				yards;
* Delivery to customers, including by truck or rail;
* This classification includes dealers who stockpile or store
				products in a yard type of environment prior to delivery to the customers when
				done in connection with the production of such products.
Equipment includes, but is not limited to:
* Conveyors;
* Front end loaders;
* Gyrators;
* Jaw crushers;
* Roll crushers;
* Scrapers;
* Shaking tables;
* Shovels;
* Trucks.
Special note
:
Classifications
				0112 and 1103 are not assigned to the same business unless all the conditions
				of the general reporting rule covering the operation of a secondary business
				have been met.
Exclusions:
* Selling custom soil mixes, bark, decorative rock, sand, or
				gravel when purchased from others is classified in 1103.
* Underground mining operations are classified in 1702.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
							 basic classification, see WAC
							 296-17-31017 Multiple
							 classifications.
0112-01
Humus or peat digging
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in the digging or stripping of humus or
				peat.
Work processes and activities include, but are not
				limited to:
* Stripping material from the surface or bogs with mechanical
				equipment;
* Moving material from the pit or bog to hoppers by trucks or
				belt conveyors;
* Grading, screening, and drying the material when necessary
				prior to storage or delivery;
* Delivery to customers, including by truck or rail;
* This classification includes dealers who stockpile or store
				material in a yard type of environment prior to delivery to customers
when done in connection with the digging or stripping of such
				products.
Equipment includes, but is not limited to:
* Clamshell diggers or cranes;
* Conveyors;
* Drag lines;
* Hydraulic dredges;
* Power shovels;
* Scrapers;
* Trucks.
Special note
:
Classifications
				0112 and 1103 are not assigned to the same business unless all of the
				conditions of the general reporting rule covering the operation of a secondary
				business have been met.
Exclusion:
* Selling custom soil mixes, bark, decorative rock, sand, or
				gravel when purchased from others is classified in 1103.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
							 basic classification, see WAC
							 296-17-31017 Multiple
							 classifications.
0112-02
Pit, crusher, and bunker operations for road, street, and highway
			 construction
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in pit, crusher, and bunker operations in
				connection with highway, street, or roadway construction projects. Generally,
				this type of operation is located in close proximity to the project site and is
				only set up for the duration of the project. Products extracted from the pit or
				surface include boulders, stone, rock, gravel, aggregate, sand, dirt, or
				clay.
Work processes and activities include, but are not
				limited to:
* Excavating open or surface pits by scraping or stripping the
				surface;
* Crushing material;
* Washing, sorting, crushing, or screening material when
				needed;
* Storing materials in bunkers or piles until needed;
* Delivery to customers, including by truck or rail;
* These products are used in a variety of ways as part of the
				roadway project such as, but not limited to, making preliminary roads into an
				area, filling in low or uneven areas, using as natural barriers, and bringing
				the roadbed and surrounding areas to grade.
Equipment used includes, but is not limited to:
* Bulldozers;
* Conveyors;
* Front end loaders and other earth moving equipment;
* Gyrators;
* Jaw crushers;
* Power shovels;
* Roll crushers;
* Scrapers;
* Shaking tables;
* Trucks.
Special note
:
This classification
				is not assigned to contractors making the materials for their own road
				construction project.
0112-03
Sand, gravel, or shale:
			 Digging, N.O.C.
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in the digging or dredging of sand, gravel,
				or shale that is not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
Work processes and activities include, but are not
				limited to:
* Excavating material from surface pits or obtaining material
				from nonnavigable waters with mechanical equipment;
* Moving material from the bank, pit, or dredge to hoppers by
				trucks, belt conveyors, narrow gauge railroads, or pipelines;
* Washing, grading, and screening material. Sand or gravel in
				its natural state usually requires only screening with the larger stones being
				removed;
* Crushing larger stones and rescreening;
* Storing material bins, hoppers, or piles;
* Delivery to customers, including by truck or rail;
* This classification includes dealers who stockpile or store
				material in a yard type of environment prior to delivery to customers when done
				in connection with the digging or stripping of such products.
Equipment used includes, but is not limited to:
* Clamshell diggers;
* Clamshell dredges;
* Cranes;
* Drag lines;
* Hydraulic dredges;
* Power shovels;
* Trucks.
Special note
:
Classifications
				0112 and 1103 are not assigned to the same account unless all the conditions of
				the general reporting rule covering the operation of a secondary business have
				been met.
Exclusions:
* Selling custom soil mixes, bark, decorative rock, sand, or
				gravel when purchased from others is classified in 1103;
* Underground mining operations are classified in 1702.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one
						  basic classification, see WAC
						  296-17-31017 Multiple
						  classifications.
Special note :
Classifications 0112 and 1103
				  are not to be assigned to the same account unless all the conditions of the
				  general reporting rule covering the operation of a secondary business have been
				  met.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-0112, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 99-18-068, § 296-17-50603,
				  filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99; 98-18-042, § 296-17-50603, filed
				  8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-50603, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96.