PDFWAC 296-17A-1103
Classification 1103.
1103-00 Coal and solid fuel dealers - Yard operations
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in selling coal, pressed wood fiber logs (fire logs), wood stove pellets, wood chips, or sawdust.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Delivery;
• Store operations;
• Yard operations.
Exclusions:
• Worker hours engaged in manufacturing operations are reported separately in the classification applicable to the material and process used.
• Worker hours engaged in mining operations are reported separately in the applicable mining classification.
Note: | For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications. |
1103-02 Firewood dealers - Yard operations
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in selling firewood, operating a firewood sales lot that the dealer makes deliveries from or where customers pick up firewood.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Cutting firewood – Businesses subject to this classification may purchase precut firewood from other nonrelated businesses or may have a cutting crew. The only cutting operations allowed in classification 1103 are those conducted at the sales lot;
• Delivery;
• Yard operations.
Exclusions:
• Worker hours engaged in firewood cutting operations conducted in timber or forest lands are reported separately in the applicable logging classification.
• Worker hours engaged in firewood sales lot operations conducted from a logging landing are reported separately in the applicable logging classification.
Note: | For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications. |
1103-04 Composting
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in composting.
Materials composted include, but are not limited to:
• Dewatered sludge;
• Yard waste.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Composting;
• Delivery.
Composting processes include, but are not limited to:
• Composting yard waste - Grinders may be used to reduce the size of the material for faster composting. The material may be placed in static curing piles or long rows called "windrows" that are turned periodically to aerate until it is adequately decomposed. When needed, the resulting material is screened.
• Composting dewatered sludge - Processed and dewatered sludge is mixed with other materials such as shredded yard waste, sawdust, or other wood waste. The mixture must have the right degree of moisture and air to maintain a temperature between 130 and 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
The end product is a "Class A" pathogen product, meaning it can be used in soil for raising vegetables.
Exclusion:
• Worm farms are classified in 4804.
Note: | For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications. |
1103-06 Top soil, humus, peat, and beauty bark dealers - Yard operations
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in selling soils, humus, peat, or beauty bark.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Receiving and subsequent loading out into customer vehicles of soils, peat, humus, bark, compost, and related organic matter;
• Mixing custom soils;
• Incidental sales of landscaping rock, sand, gravel, and crushed rock;
• Delivery.
Exclusions:
• Contract delivery by nondealer employees is classified in 1102.
• Building materials dealers selling stone, brick, or concrete products are classified in 2009.
• Worker hours engaged in digging soils/humus/peat/gravel or grinding bark are reported separately in the applicable classification.
Note: | For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 23-23-155, § 296-17A-1103, filed 11/21/23, effective 1/1/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020, 51.16.035, and 51.16.100. WSR 12-11-109, § 296-17A-1103, filed 5/22/12, effective 7/1/12. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-1103, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.16.100. WSR 05-12-031, § 296-17-538, filed 5/24/05, effective 7/1/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020, 51.16.035, and 51.12.120. WSR 03-23-025, § 296-17-538, filed 11/12/03, effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-538, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 96-12-039, § 296-17-538, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1) and 51.16.035. WSR 93-12-093, § 296-17-538, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 87-12-032 (Order 87-12), § 296-17-538, filed 5/29/87, effective 7/1/87; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-538, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-538, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), § 296-17-538, filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83; Order 73-22, § 296-17-538, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]