Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-1507 - Classification 1507

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
1507-01 Irrigation ditches operation, repair and
				maintenance
Applies to establishments engaged in providing water for
				agricultural irrigation through a network of ditches, canals and/or pipelines.
				Irrigation system operations may be owned by individuals, a private company,
				cooperatives or a municipality. Water for irrigation can come from a natural
				above or below ground source or a reservoir and is kept flowing by means of
				pumping plants. Irrigation water usage is monitored at the "turn-out" which
				must be manually opened by an employee of the irrigation company and is located
				between the ditch/pipeline and the user's field. Work contemplated by this
				classification includes, but is not limited to, digging and maintaining ditches
				or canals, installing underground pipe, installation or maintenance of control
				gates and pumps, cleaning of ditches, spraying to control insects, and regular
				maintenance of vehicles and equipment when done by employees of an employer
				having operations subject to this classification. Machinery and equipment
				includes, but is not limited to, water pumps, ditch digging/pipe laying
				equipment, control gates, pumps, vehicles, spraying equipment and hand tools.
				This classification includes the operation of drainage systems by a private
				company or a municipal special purpose district.
This classification excludes: Contractors engaged in the
				digging of ditches or canals who are to be reported separately in
				classification 0108 or 0201 as applicable; contractors engaged in underground
				pipe laying which is to be reported separately in classification 0107;
				contractors engaged in the installation of agricultural sprinkler systems which
				is to be reported separately in classification 0301; contractors engaged in the
				installation or repair of irrigation/drainage pumps which is to be reported
				separately in classification 0306; the routine irrigation of individual
				agricultural acreage with the owner's own system which is to be reported
				separately in the classification applicable to the establishment; the
				construction of any new buildings which is to be reported separately in the
				construction classification applicable to the work being performed; and
				clerical office and administrative personnel who are to be reported separately
				as appropriate, classification 5305 for cities and towns, classification 5306
				for counties, or classifications 4904 and 6303 for nonmunicipal
				ownership.
Special note
:
Many water supply
				operations in Washington may have "irrigation district" as part of their name
				because of their original purpose, but they are actually functioning as a
				waterworks supplying residential users and are to be reported separately in
				classification 1507-02.
1507-02 Waterworks operations, repair and
				maintenance
Applies to establishments engaged in the operation of water
				purification and distribution systems known as waterworks. Water is obtained
				from natural sources of surface or groundwater, piped to filtration plants,
				filtered, treated with chemicals, then pumped to holding facilities for
				eventual distribution to the user through underground pipes. Waterworks may be
				owned by cooperatives, such as homeowners' associations, a private company, or
				a municipality (as a P.U.D.). Work contemplated by this classification
				includes, but is not limited to, erection of towers and tanks, underground
				waterline construction, maintenance of purification and filtration facilities,
				installation of fire hydrants, operating a laboratory, main-to-house hook-ups
				and the installation and reading of meters when done by employees of an
				employer having operations subject to this classification. Machinery and
				equipment includes, but is not limited to, excavating, pipe laying, erecting
				and welding equipment, vehicles, machine shop equipment, pumps and gauges,
				meters and hand tools. This classification includes the operation of sewerage
				treatment plants by owner or contract.
This classification excludes: Contractors engaged in
				underground waterline construction, maintenance or repair, including
				main-to-house hook-ups, who are to be reported separately in classification
				0107; plumbing contractors engaged in waterline main-to-house hook-ups as part
				of an all-inclusive plumbing installation contract which is to be reported
				separately in classification 0306; the erection of water towers and tanks by a
				contractor which is to be reported separately in classification 0508;
				contractors engaged in industrial plant maintenance who are to be reported
				separately in classification 0603; the construction of dams which is to be
				reported separately in classification 0701; the construction of any new
				buildings which is to be reported separately in the construction classification
				applicable to the work being performed; and clerical office and administrative
				personnel who are to be reported separately as appropriate, classification 5305
				for cities and towns, classification 5306 for counties, or classifications 4904
				and 6303 for nonmunicipal.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-1507, filed 12/8/06,
				  effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.04.020. 00-14-052, §
				  296-17-546, filed 7/1/00, effective 7/1/00. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-546,
				  filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-546, filed 5/31/96,
				  effective 7/1/96; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-546, filed 11/27/85,
				  effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-546, filed 2/28/85,
				  effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-546, filed 11/30/83,
				  effective 1/1/84; Order 74-40, § 296-17-546, filed 11/27/74, effective
				  1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-546, filed 11/9/73, effective
				  1/1/74.