WAC 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.

Note:

For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications.