Wash. Admin. Code § 296-17A-4404
Applies to:
Businesses providing a cold storage facility for general merchandise. These businesses do not own equity in the merchandise they store.
The cold storage facility is maintained through a mechanical refrigeration process.
Products stored include, but are not limited to:
* Food products;
* Furs;
* Pharmaceuticals.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
* Maintenance and security of the facility;
* Incidental repackaging and loading and unloading of the warehoused items when performed by employees of an employer having operations subject to this classification.
Exclusions:
* Fruit/vegetable freezer operations are classified in 3902;
* Cold storage locker operations are classified in 4401;
* General merchandise warehouses (not cold storage) are classified in 2102;
* Mini-storage warehouses are classified in 4910; and
* Field bonded warehouses are classified in 2008.
Special note: The distinction between this classification (4404) and cold storage locker operations (4401) is that classification 4404 contemplates a warehouse type facility which stores general merchandise of commercial enterprises such as manufacturers and wholesalers as opposed to classification 4401 which rents lockers out to individuals for storing of their personal items.
Wash. Admin. Code § 296-17A-4404
07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-4404, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. 98-18-042, § 296-17-636, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-636, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; Order 73-22, § 296-17-636, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.