4402-00 Ice: Manufacturing or harvesting
Applies to:
• Businesses manufacturing ice made by treating, forming, and freezing water in refrigeration compressor systems;
• Harvesting of naturally occurring ice from frozen bodies of water such as lakes or ponds.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Scoring, cutting, or sawing ice into blocks;
• Crushing ice blocks;
• Bagging crushed ice;
• Cutting of natural ice from lakes, ponds, or other bodies of water that have frozen over to a suitable thickness and storing it in refrigerated warehouses;
• Delivering ice directly to customers or selling it to ice dealers.
Equipment used include, but are not limited to:
• Bagging machines;
• Conveyors;
• Filtering systems;
• Forklifts;
• Holding bins;
• Ice cube making systems;
• Inline screws;
• Molds;
• Refrigeration systems (which are generally freezer coils or pipes running through or around tanks, or refrigerated vaults);
• Tubing or cutting blades;
• Water tanks;
• Winches.
Exclusions:
• Ice dealers are classified in 4402-02;
• Manufacturing of dry ice is classified in 3701.
4402-02 Ice Dealers
Applies to:
Dealers of ice manufactured or harvested by others.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Picking up ice directly from manufacturers;
• Storing ice in their own refrigerated warehouses or ice stations prior to delivery to their customers;
• Delivering ice;
• Ice dealers may own coin-operated dispensing machines, at various locations, which they refill.
Equipment used include, but are not limited to:
• Refrigerated and insulated trucks;
• Trailers.
Customers include, but are not limited to:
• Grocery and convenience stores;
• Lounges;
• Restaurants;
• Service stations.
Exclusions:
• Manufacture of ice in refrigerated systems and the harvesting of natural ice is classified in 4402-00;
• Manufacturing of dry ice is classified in 3701.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
51.04.020 and
51.16.035. WSR 24-23-081, s 296-17A-4402, filed 11/19/24, effective 1/1/25. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-4402, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW
51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-63501, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-63501, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), § 296-17-63501, filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83.]