PDFWAC 296-17A-1105

Classification 1105.

1105-00 Septic tank pumping
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in septic tank pumping services.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Driving;
• Locating the septic tank;
• Digging as necessary to uncover the septic tank;
• Connecting the pumping hose to the septic tank;
• Pumping out the sludge; and
• Disposing of the waste products.
Exclusions:
• Worker hours engaged in installation or repair of septic tanks or systems are reported separately in classification 0108;
• Worker hours engaged in cleaning of sewage treatment tanks are reported separately in classification 0504.
1105-01 Street sweeping; parking lot sweeping; dust control; and portable chemical toilet servicing
Applies to:
• Businesses engaged in street sweeping and parking lot sweeping services for others.
• Businesses engaged in snow removal by plowing.
• Businesses engaged in delivery of portable toilets and related servicing and disposal of waste products which are recovered by establishments subject to this classification.
• Businesses engaged in operating trucks that spray water on roads and other surfaces for dust control.
Equipment used includes, but is not limited to:
• Trucks used for sweeping, equipped with rotating or nonrotating brushes or vacuum/suction devices.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Adjusting or unclogging the truck brushes;
• Cleaning the holding tanks on the sweeping or pumping vehicles;
• Driving.
1105-02 Vacuum truck services
Applies to:
Businesses engaged in vacuum truck services.
Services include, but are not limited to:
• Cleaning duct work using vacuum trucks;
• Picking up waste oils, lubricants, antifreeze, bilge water, and similar waste products using vacuum trucks.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Operating vacuum trucks;
• Testing materials using testing kits;
• Pumping acceptable material into tanker trucks;
• Consolidating similar products in storage tanks;
• Taking waste to appropriate treatment or disposal facilities;
• Picking up containers of used oil filters, bringing them into their plant, sorting them into crushed and uncrushed filters, and removing their gaskets. This activity is included within the scope of this classification if it is an incidental service.
• Related disposal of waste products recovered by businesses subject to this classification.
Exclusion:
• Septic tank pumping is classified in 1105-00.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 23-23-155, § 296-17A-1105, filed 11/21/23, effective 1/1/24; WSR 17-11-120, § 296-17A-1105, filed 5/23/17, effective 7/1/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035 and 51.16.100. WSR 07-12-047, § 296-17A-1105, filed 5/31/07, effective 7/1/07. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-1105, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 99-18-068, § 296-17-53802, filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99; WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-53802, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 96-12-039, § 296-17-53802, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96.]