Wash. Admin. Code § 296-17A-2004

Current through Register Vol. 24-23, December 1, 2024

Section 296-17A-2004 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Classification 2004

2004-21Iron or steel merchants; wire rope and cable dealers.

Applies to:

Businesses operating as iron or steel merchants or as dealers of wire rope, cable, or metal conduit. Also included is the merchandising of nonferrous metals such as, but not limited to, copper, brass, or aluminum.

This classification is distinguished from scrap metal dealers in classification 0604 who deal primarily in used metal as opposed to merchants in classification 2004 who sell new goods.

Raw metals may be received from mills in various forms including, but not limited to:

* Angles;

* Bars;

* Beams;

* Cables;

* Channels;

* Coils;

* Pipes;

* Plates;

* Rods;

* Rounds;

* Sheets;

* Tubes;

* Wire ropes.

Work activities include, but are not limited to:

* Receiving and unloading metal with overhead cranes.

* Storing metals in the shop or yard.

* Using power equipment to form metal to customer's specification.

* Winding wire rope or cable from large spools onto smaller spools.

* Cutting and shearing metals to length.

* Using hydraulic presses for attaching sockets, pulleys, and other hardware to wire rope to form rigging used by the fishing, logging, and construction industry.

Equipment used include, but are not limited to:

* Benders;

* Coilers;

* Cutting torches;

* Drills;

* Hacksaws;

* Hydraulic presses;

* Saws;

* Shears;

* Torches.

Exclusions:

* Scrap metal and junk dealers are classified in 0604.

* Rebar fabricators are classified in 5209.

Wash. Admin. Code § 296-17A-2004

Amended by WSR 24-23-081, Filed 11/19/2024, effective 1/1/2025

Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.16.100, 2008 c 70, and Title 51 RCW. 08-15-132, § 296-17A-2004, filed 7/22/08, effective 10/1/08. 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-2004, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.16.100. 06-12-075, § 296-17-557, filed 6/6/06, effective 1/1/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-557, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-557, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-557, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 73-22, § 296-17-557, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.