WAC 296-17A-1003. Classification 1003

1003-03 Creosote works; pile and pole treating, dry kiln operations, pole yards, masts and spars yards and log home manufacturing Applies to: Businesses engaged in treating wood poles with creosote or other chemicals to inhibit deterioration, kiln drying of wood as a service for customers or for their own resale, producing wood poles to customer's specifications or for their own resale, producing wood masts and spars, and log home manufacturing/assembly in a yard operation. Products manufactured or applied with preservatives include, but are not limited to: • Utility poles; • Supports for bridges/trestles; • Piles to be driven into ground for support for a pier or other structure; • Supports for sails and rigging on sailing vessels; • Logs for log homes. Work process/activities include, but are not limited to: • Receiving in lumber or logs; • Peeling of logs (mechanized or manual); • Machining or turning of lumber, including cutting material into ties or cross arms; • Drying/seasoning in kiln; • Application of preservative, retardant, or insecticide treatment (heated, pressurized vacuum process in autoclave, or by surface application, spraying, brushing, and dipping, or soaking in tanks); • Notching logs to assemble them together; • Delivery. Machinery and equipment used include, but are not limited to: • Log handling and trimming/cutting machinery; • Kilns; • Autoclaves; • Storage tanks; • Wood finishing equipment; • Hand tools (planers, grinders, skids, drawn knives, slicks, chisels); • Trolley cars; • Chain saws; • Loaders/cranes; • Fork lifts. Exclusions: • Dry kiln operations that are part of a wood, veneer, or lumber product manufacturing or remanufacturing operation are classified in the classification applicable for the operation being performed. • Worker hours engaged in all operations conducted in the woods, such as the felling of timber, are reported separately in the applicable logging classification. • Worker hours conducted away from the shop or yard, except delivery, is reported separately in the classification applicable for the work being performed. • Log home manufacturing performed in a sawmill environment using dimensional lumber is classified in 2903-12. • Worker hours engaged in the erection of log home shells at the customer's site are reported separately in classification 0510-00. • All other phases of construction are classified in the applicable construction classification. Note: For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications.