Washington Administrative Code
Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of
Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance
Section 296-17A-5006 - Classification 5006
5006-02 Forestry machine work - Forest firefighting
(to be assigned only by the reforestation underwriter)
Special note: Classification 5006, and related classifications 1007 and 5004, cover various activities associated with the management of forests, range or timber land. These classifications are also assigned to establishments engaged in erosion control projects and fish and wildlife habitat enhancement projects. The industry covered by this series of classifications has special reporting requirements. Reforestation establishments assigned to classifications 1007, 5004, and 5006 report work on a contract basis. These contracts may last a quarter or several quarters. Refer to WAC 296-17-35203(4) for specific reporting requirements.
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in forest firefighting using machinery equipment.
Work in this classification includes:
* Machinery operations; and
* Employees of contractors and of landowners.
Types of equipment includes, but is not limited to:
* Bulldozers;
* Loaders; and
* Water tank trucks.
Exclusions:
* Manual crew operations and labor such as, but not limited to, tree planting, tree thinning, and manual forest firefighting are classified in 5004;
* Work conducted in the forest or timber land generally associated with the overall care of these lands is classified in 5004;
* Logging operations are classified in 5001;
* Logging road construction is classified in 6902;
* Identifying volume and species of trees in a section of timber land or a forest is classified in 1007;
* Auditing parcels planted by a tree planting contractor for quality control purposes is classified in 1007;
* Conducting environmental studies is classified in 1007; and
* Testing growing techniques and similar activities are classified in 1007.
5006-08 Miscellaneous forestry services, N.O.C.
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in miscellaneous machine work on forest or timber lands.
Work in this classification includes, but is not limited to:
* Brush clearing;
* Chemical spraying;
* Dust control;
* Erosion control;
* Forest trail construction;
* Hydro seeding;
* Scarifying;
* Slash burning;
* Slash piling;
* Slope grooming; and
* Stream restoration.
Types of equipment includes, but is not limited to:
* Bulldozers;
* Loaders; and
* Tanker trucks.
Exclusions:
* Manual crew operations and labor such as, but not limited to, tree planting and tree thinning are classified in 5004;
* Work conducted in the forest or timber land generally associated with the overall care of these lands is classified in 5004;
* Logging operations are classified in 5001;
* Logging road construction is classified in 6902;
* Identifying volume and species of trees in a section of timber land or a forest is classified in 1007;
* Auditing parcels planted by a tree planting contractor for quality control purposes is classified in 1007;
* Conducting environmental studies is classified in 1007; and
* Testing growing techniques and similar activities are classified in 1007.
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-5006, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-66004, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 96-12-039, § 296-17-66004, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96.
