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.