Contractors are subject to a different set of rules when it comes to Workers' Compensation insurance.
How do you know if your business is considered a Construction Industry class? We've printed the
listing of Construction Industry classes below for your references. Next week look for a guide to
Work Comp for contractors.
69L-6.021 Construction Industry
Classification Codes, Descriptions, and Operations Scope of Exemption.
(1) The Division
adopts the classification codes and descriptions that are specified in the
Florida Contracting Classification Premium Adjustment Program, and published in
the Florida exception pages of the National Council on Compensation Insurance,
Inc. (NCCI), Basic Manual (2001 ed.), including updates through January 1,
2011. For convenience, the Division lists here the classification codes and
descriptions that are published in the Florida exception pages of the Basic
Manual and adopted in this rule.
(2) For purposes
of this rule, an employer is engaged in the construction industry when any
portion of the employer’s business operations is described in the construction
industry classification codes that are adopted in this rule.
(a)
0042 Landscape Gardening and Drivers
(b)
0050 Farm Machinery Operation By Contractor and
Drivers
(c)
1322 Oil or Gas – Well – Cleaning or Swabbing of
Wells – By Specialist Contractor – No Drilling & Drivers
(d)
2799 Manufactured, Modular or Prefabricated Home
Setup, Hookup, or Installation at Building Site
(e)
3365 Welding or Cutting NOC and Drivers
(f)
3719 Oil Still Erection or Repair
(g)
3724 Machinery or Equipment Erection or Repair
NOC and Drivers
(h)
3726 Boiler Installation or Repair – Steam
(i)
5020 Ceiling Installation Suspended Acoustical
Grid Type
(j)
5022 Masonry NOC
(k)
5037 Painting: Metal Structures Over Two Stories
in Height and Drivers
(l)
5040 Iron or Steel: Erection – Frame Structures
(m)
5057 Iron or Steel: Erection NOC
(n)
5059 Iron or Steel: Erection – Frame Structures
Not Over Two Stories in Height
(o)
5069 Iron or Steel: Erection Construction of
Dwellings Not Over Two Stories in Height
(p)
5102 Door and Window Installation – All Types –
Residential and Commercial
(q)
5146 Furniture or Fixtures Installation –
Portable – NOC
(r)
5160 Elevator Erection or Repair
(s)
5183 Plumbing NOC and Drivers
(t)
5188 Automatic Sprinkler Installation and Drivers
(u)
5190 Electrical Wiring Within Buildings and Drivers
(v)
5213 Concrete Construction NOC
(w)
5215 Concrete Work Incidental to the Construction
of Private Residence
(x)
5221 Concrete or Cement Work – Floors, Driveways,
Yards or Sidewalks and Drivers (N/A MA)
(y)
5222 Concrete Construction in Connection with
Bridges or Culverts
(z)
5223 Swimming Pool Construction, Installation, or
Repair -Not Iron or Steel & Drivers
(aa)
5348 Ceramic Tile, Indoor Stone, Marble, or
Mosaic Work
(bb)
5402 Hothouse Erection All Operations
(cc)
5403 Carpentry – NOC
(dd)
5437 Carpentry – Installation of Cabinet Work or
Interior Trim
(ee)
5443 Lathing and Drivers
(ff)
5445 Wallboard Installation Within Buildings and
Drivers
(gg)
5462 Glazier Away From Shop and Drivers
(hh)
5472 Asbestos Removal Operations: Contractor –
Pipe and Boiler Work Exclusively & Drivers
(ii)
5473 Asbestos Removal Operations: Contractor –
NOC and Drivers
(jj)
5474 Painting NOC & Shop Operations, Drivers
(kk)
5478 Floor Coverning Installation – Resilient
Flooring – Carpet and Laminate Flooring
(ll)
5479 Insulation Work NOC and Drivers
(mm)
5480 Plastering NOC and Drivers
(nn)
5491 Paperhanging and Drivers
(oo)
5506 Street or Road Construction: Paving or
Repaving and Drivers
(pp)
5507 Street or Road Construction: Subsurface Work
and Drivers
(qq)
5508 Street or Road Construction: Rock Excavation
and Drivers
(rr)
5509 Street or Road Maintenance or Beautification
& Drivers
(ss)
5535 Sheet Metal Work – Installation &
Drivers
(tt)
5537 Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and
Refrigeration Systems Installation, Service and Repair,
Shop, Yard & Drivers
(uu)
5551 Roofing – All Kinds and Drivers
(vv)
5606 Contractor – Project Manager, Construction
Executive, Construction Manager or Construction
Superintendent
(ww)
5610 Cleaner – Debris Removal – Construction
Contractor
(xx)
5613 Cleaner – Debris Removal – Temporary Labor
Service
(yy)
5645 Carpentry – Detached One or Two Family
Dwellings
(zz)
5651 Carpentry – Dwellings – Three Stories or
Less
(aaa)
5703 Building Raising or Moving
(bbb)
5705 Salvage Operation – No Wrecking or Any
Structural Operations
(ccc)
6004 Land Pile Driving
(ddd)
6006F Marine Pile Driving, Dock & Seawall,
Jetty or Breakwater, Dike or Revetment Construction –
All Operations to
Completion & Drivers
(eee)
6017 Dam or Lock Construction: Concrete Work –
All Operations
(fff)
6018 Dam or Lock Construction: Earth Moving or
Placing – All Operations and Drivers
(ggg)
6045 Levee Construction – All Operations to
Completion and Drivers
(hhh)
6204 Drilling NOC and Drivers
(iii)
6206 Oil or Gas Well: Cementing and Drivers
(jjj)
6213 Oil or Gas – Well – Specialty Tool &
Equipment Leasing NOC – All Employees & Drivers
(kkk)
6214 Oil or Gas Well: Perforating of Casing – All
Employees and Drivers
(lll)
6216 Oil or Gas – Lease Work NOC – By Specialist
Contractor & Drivers
(mmm)
6217 Excavation and Drivers NOC
(nnn)
6229 Irrigation or Draining System Construction
& Drivers
(ooo)
6233 Oil or Gas Pipeline Construction &
Drivers
(ppp)
6235 Oil or Gas Well: Drilling or Redrilling
& Drivers
(qqq)
6236 Oil or Gas Well: Installation or Recovery of
Casing & Drivers
(rrr)
6237 Oil or Gas Well: Instrument Logging or
Survey Work and Drivers
(sss)
6251 Tunneling
Not Pneumatic – All Operations
(ttt)
6252 Shaft Sinking – All Operations
(uuu)
6260 Tunneling – Pneumatic – All Operations
(vvv)
6306 Sewer Construction – All Operations and
Drivers
(www)
6319 Gas Main or Connection – Construction and
Drivers
(xxx)
6325 Conduit Construction – For Cable or Wires –
& Drivers
(yyy)
6400 Fence Installation and Repair-Metal, Vinyl,
Wood or Prefabricated Concrete Panel Fence Installed By
Hand
(zzz) 7538 Electric Light or Power Line Construction
& Drivers
(aaaa)
7605 Burglar
and Fire Alarm Installation or Repair & Drivers
(bbbb)
7855 Railroad Construction: Laying or Relaying of
Tracks or Maintenance of Way by Contractor – No Work
on Elevated Railroads –
& Drivers
(cccc)
8227 Construction or Erection Permanent Yard
(dddd)
9534 Mobile Crane and Hoisting Service
Contractors – NOC – All Operations – Including Yard Employees
and Drivers
(eeee) 9554 Sign Installation, Maintenance, Repair,
Removal, or Replacement NOC & Drivers
(3) The Division adopts the definitions
published by NCCI, SCOPES® of Basic Manual Classifications (February 2011),
including updates through February 1, 2011, that correspond to the
classification codes and descriptions adopted in subsection (1) above. The
definitions identify the workplace operations that satisfy the criteria of the
term “construction industry” as used in the workers’ compensation law. The
definitions are hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained by writing
to the Division of Workers’ Compensation, Bureau of Compliance, 200 East Gaines
Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4228.
Rulemaking
Authority 440.02(8), 440.591 FS. Law Implemented 440.02(8) FS. History–New
10-21-02, Formerly 4L-6.021, Amended 7-4-04, 3-15-06, 2-8-07, 10-11-11.
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