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NYS Workers Comp Rate for Code 8803 Auditors, Accountant, or Computer System Designers or Programmers. Description: Code 8803 applies to clerical-type employees who augment the in-house staff that provide accounting, auditing, computer programming, or related clerical services for their clients. These employees travel to customers’ locations to provide these services. The key to applying to Code 8803 is that the … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 2916 Veneer Products  Description: Code 2916 applies to the manufacture of products made from veneer but not the manufacture of the veneer used in such products. Veneer can be a thin layer of material, usually made of wood or plastic, which is used to cover the surface of another material. All veneer product operations … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 5213 Concrete Construction  Description: This code is considered a “NOC” meaning when no other specific code applies. This code includes all commercial types of concrete building construction. For example,  self-supporting floors, foundations, piers, culverts, silos, grain elevators. This code also includes making and erecting forms, placing reinforcing steel and stripping forms. This code includes … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for  Carpentry Code 5403 Description: This code includes general carpentry such as decks, gazebos, pergolas, wooden silos, tanks, wooden brides. This also includes setup or repair of plastic or wood playground equipment and any carpentry work associated to termite repair. This code may also apply for installers of vinyl or aluminum siding. This code does not … Read More

NYS Workmen Comp. Code 9027 Building Operation  Description: This code applies for locations whose occupancy is not more than twelve tenants {including a janitor) in a one story sturcture. “Operations” includes window cleaning, maintenance or repairs. “Location” is defined as one or more buildings located on a single property occupied by the client. No more than one full time equivalent … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 5222 Bridge or Culvert Concrete Construction Description: Code 5222 includes making, setting up or taking down forms, scaffolds, false work or concrete distributing apparatus; the manufacture of concrete piles at the job location; and the pouring of concrete into hollow steel piles. However, this code applies only when clearance is more than 10 feet … Read More

Brewery class code 2121  NYS Workers Compensation Rate  Who can use: class 2121 includes workers who participate all operations of a brewery also filling of various containers of beer or ale. Warehousing and distribution are also included as long as they are maintained at the breweries where the beer is brewed. This includes brewery employees who erect or repair signage … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 1472 Distillation of Wood and Drivers Description: Code 1472 applies to wood distillation plants utilizing destructive distillation processes such as steam. The process involves the purchasing of cord wood, cutting it to size, grinding the wood to produce chips to enable the steam to thoroughly saturate the wood being processed. As example, pine wood … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 0401 Cotton Gin Operations, Local Managers and Drivers Description: Code 0401 applies year round (either ginning or dormant seasons). It applies to yard workers, weighers, seed or fuel haulers, local managers and drivers. It includes storage at the gin location or at a warehouse at a separate location within the state. It doesn’t matter … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 1624  Description: Code 1624 is applicable to operations engaged in quarrying various materials including agricultural limestone, aplite rock, argillaceous limestone, ballast rock, cement rock, coral rock, feldspar, granite, hard rock shale, limestone, rock asphalt, and slate and silica rock. Code 1624 is a “not otherwise classified” classification that applies when more specific codes do … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 5606 Construction Management  Description: Code 5606 covers project manager, construction executive, construction manager, or construction superintendent of both specialty and general contracting jobs. The covered worker will spend some time in the office and the remainder of time visiting various job sites conferring with the job superintendent or foremen to keep track of the … Read More