3412-00 Automobile or truck: Body or fender repair

Applies to:

• Businesses engaged in repairing and refinishing automobile and truck body panel components for others.

• Businesses engaged in repairing fiberglass or sheet metal boat bodies or spray-on pickup truck bedliners.

Work activities include, but are not limited to:

• All phases of automobile body repair work and panel replacement;

• Automobile and truck detailing such as striping, vinyl repair, window tinting (applying film to windows);

• Finish removal;

• Glass repair;

• Incidental mechanical repair associated with a collision repair or car restoration;

• Incidental sales of rebuilt cars and trucks;

• Installation of body and wheel molding and sunroofs;

• Installation of electronic accessories when performed by employees of an employer subject to this classification;

• Painting, washing, vacuuming, and waxing vehicles;

• Sandblasting or plastic medium blasting;

• Towing service for in-shop repairs;

• Upholstery work.

Work occupations include, but are not limited to:

• Customer courtesy van or car drivers;

• Parts and paint mixing department employees;

• Shop managers.

Note:

Estimators may be reported separately in classification 6303 provided all the conditions of the general reporting rule covering standard exception employees have been met.

Exclusions:

• Repair of wooden boats is classified in 2903.

• Routine servicing or repair of automobiles or trucks not done in conjunction with collision repair or car restoration are classified in 3411.

• Servicing or repair of mechanical or electrical systems in boats is classified in 3414.

Special notes: Auto body shops will routinely have a physically separate area where they store and mix paints. The separate paint storage and mixing area is generally a requirement of local fire codes and insurance policies. This separate area does not constitute a separate operation subject to a different classification. Some shops may also carry an inventory of repair panels, trim pieces, and molding. Regardless of the volume of parts and supplies it is included within the basic scope of classification 3412. Businesses engaged in providing towing service for hire are reported separately in classification 1109. For purposes of this classification "towing for hire" means a towing service not performed in connection with repairs to be done by the repair shop.

Care must be taken in assigning classification 3411-01 to a business engaged in body and fender repair. A business could have both classifications 3411 and 3412 if they also provide routine mechanical or electrical repair services not in conjunction with collision repair or car restoration.

PDFWAC 296-17A-3412

Classification 3412.