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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

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 6204 Description: Code 6204 classification covers all types of drilling except drilling related to oil or gas wells or drilling in underground mines. This code applies to specialist contractors engaged in drilling work provided such operations are not otherwise classified (NOC). Drilling can be water well drilling including the installation of site machinery; exploratory … Read More

NY Workers Comp Rate for Code 6229 Irrigation or Drainage System Construction Description: New York State Insurance Fund’s rate for Code 6229 Enforce Coverage Group has rate options that vary from $7.46 to $9.22. This Code applies to irrigation or drainage system construction and all types of irrigation construction operations. This Code covers the digging of main irrigation canals, all … Read More

NY Workers Comp for Code 6325 Conduit Construction for Cables or Wire and Drivers. Description: Code 6325 is an all-inclusive classification and is intended to apply to an entire job. For example, the digging of a trench, laying of conduit, back filling and concrete or masonry work. It also includes cable laying by contractors employing automatic equipment, which in one … Read More

NY Workers Comp Rate for Code 6319 Gas Main or Connection Construction  Description: Code 6319 applies to the construction of gas mains, steam mains, water mains or construction that connects these types of mains. Code 6319 only applies to tunneling when the tunneling is conducted at street crossings without the use of air pressure. Otherwise Code 6251 or Code 6260 … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 6217 Excavation  Description: Code 6217 is a not otherwise classified code which means it is used when no other more specific code applies. It applies to contractors engaged in general excavation including ditch digging, burrowing, filling or backfilling; excavations for building foundations, swimming pools, landscape gardening. It can also apply to grading involved in … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Code 5651  Description: Code 5651 applies to work on buildings designed primarily for multiple dwelling occupancy. Code applies to all of the carpentry work in connection with the construction of a dwelling of up to three stories if performed by employees of the same contractor; also all work including the construction and erection of the … Read More

NYS Workmens Comp Rate for Plumbing code 5183  Description: Code 5183 is a NOC code which applies when no other more specific code applies. Workers may install, repair or remove equipment that provides water or gas to a destination. Boiler or pump installations in a residential or domestic site do fall into this code. However commercial or industrial installations do … Read More

NYS Workmen Comp Rate for Asphalt/ Tar Distilling code 1463  Description: Code 1463 includes grinding and pulverizing asphalt rock obtained from natural deposits or melting natural or distilled asphalt and mixing it with sand, gravel or limestone for use in road making operations. This code also applies to asphalt plants operated by paving contractors provided such plants are operated at … Read More