4201-00 Longshoring and stevedoring
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in longshoring or stevedoring.
Longshoring and stevedoring involve the transfer, loading, and unloading of ships' cargo and storage of cargo on docks or in nearby warehouses.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Checking cargo;
• Operating a coal dock;
• Containerized stevedoring which involves the use of a cross deck crane for lifting the trailer body container onto or off the ships deck or hold;
• Repackaging or mending of damaged containers in connection with stevedoring activities;
• Stevedoring by hand or hand truck;
• Tallying;
• Operating the wharf and pier.
Exclusions:
• Stevedores employed directly by a port district are classified in 4201-02.
Special note: Stevedoring activities are almost always covered by the Longshore Harbor Workers Compensation Act (LHWCA) except when conducted by a port district or other political subdivision.
4201-02 Port districts
Applies to:
Port districts operated by a municipality.
Port districts are authorized by state law for the purpose of acquiring, developing, maintaining and operating various transportation-related properties and facilities.
Types of properties and facilities may include:
• Airports and airport facilities;
• Facilities used by commercial enterprises for transfer, handling, storage, and terminal operations;
• Marine facilities.
Port districts have separate taxing authority and although they may receive tax dollars from levies most of their operating costs are funded through rental and use fees on the property and facilities they operate.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Sales personnel who are port district employees.
• Stevedoring operations conducted by port district employees.
Exclusions:
• Clerical office employees of a county are classified in 5306.
• Stevedoring operations not conducted by port district employees are classified in 4201-00.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 25-23-070, s 296-17A-4201, filed 11/18/25, effective 1/1/26. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-4201, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-629, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-629, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-629, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; Order 73-22, § 296-17-629, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]