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Classification 2203.

2203-00 Laundries - Commercial or industrial: N.O.C.

Applies to:

Businesses engaged in laundering operations which are not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).

Special note: This classification also covers establishments specializing in stone washing jeans or "contract dyeing" for commercial or industrial businesses and the cleaning of nonfabric items, such as venetian blinds, plastic goods, or computer parts when done at the laundry facility.

Types of products laundered include, but are not limited to:

• Diaper services;

• Dust control items (treated mops, rugs, mats, dust cloths);

• Linens;

• Protective apparel (flame, heat, or chemical resistant);

• Towels;

• Uniforms.

These items may belong to the commercial or industrial laundry and rented to users, or they may be the customers' own goods.

Work activities include, but are not limited to:

• Soliciting new customers;

• Collecting and delivering;

• Marking, weighing, and sorting laundry;

• Washing, extracting, tumbling, starching, drying;

• Machine or hand ironing;

• Making repairs or alterations;

• Folding and wrapping.

This classification also includes employees such as counter personnel, receiving clerks, sorters, and markers at collection or distribution stores operated on the premises where laundering is performed.

Exclusions:

• Laundry and dry cleaning services primarily to retail walk-in customers are classified in 2201.

• Self-service, coin-operated laundry, or dry cleaning services are classified in 2204.

• Carpet, rug, and upholstery cleaning services are classified in 2202.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 23-23-155, § 296-17A-2203, filed 11/21/23, effective 1/1/24. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-2203, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-56601, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 87-12-032 (Order 87-12), § 296-17-56601, filed 5/29/87, effective 7/1/87.]