Washington Administrative Code
Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of
Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance
Section 296-17A-0106 - Classification 0106

0106-00 Tree care and pruning services, N.O.C.

Applies to:

Specialist contractors engaged in providing a variety of tree care services such as tree topping and tree pruning that are not covered by another classification (N.O.C).

A primary purpose of this work is to remove tree or branch hazards from power lines, structures, or buildings.

Location of work areas includes, but is not limited to:

* Business parks;

* Parking lots;

* Residential areas;

* Settings adjacent to nonforestry or timberland roadways;

* Shopping malls.

Work activities include, but are not limited to:

* Incidental ground operations such as picking up branches and limbs;

* Operating mobile chip machines used in connection with a tree care service;

* Spraying or fumigating of trees;

* Debris removal and stump removal when conducted by employees of an employer subject to the classification.

Exclusions:

* Tree care services done in connection with an orchard operation is classified in 4803, when performed by orchard employees;

* Tree care services done in connection with a nursery operation is classified in 4805;

* Tree care services done in connection with a public or private forest or timberland is classified in 5004;

* Tree care services done in connection with a Christmas tree farm operation is classified in 7307; and

* Worker hours engaged in felling trees are reported separately in classification 5001.