PDFWAC 296-17A-2004
Classification 2004.
2004-21 Iron or steel merchants; wire rope and cable dealers
Applies to:
Businesses operating as iron or steel merchants or as dealers of wire rope, cable, or metal conduit. Also included is the merchandising of nonferrous metals such as, but not limited to, copper, brass, or aluminum.
This classification is distinguished from scrap metal dealers in classification 0604 who deal primarily in used metal as opposed to merchants in classification 2004 who sell new goods.
Raw metals may be received from mills in various forms including, but not limited to:
• Angles;
• Bars;
• Beams;
• Cables;
• Channels;
• Coils;
• Pipes;
• Plates;
• Rods;
• Rounds;
• Sheets;
• Tubes;
• Wire ropes.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Receiving and unloading metal with overhead cranes.
• Storing metals in the shop or yard.
• Using power equipment to form metal to customer's specification.
• Winding wire rope or cable from large spools onto smaller spools.
• Cutting and shearing metals to length.
• Using hydraulic presses for attaching sockets, pulleys, and other hardware to wire rope to form rigging used by the fishing, logging, and construction industry.
Equipment used include, but are not limited to:
• Benders;
• Coilers;
• Cutting torches;
• Drills;
• Hacksaws;
• Hydraulic presses;
• Saws;
• Shears;
• Torches.
Exclusions:
• Scrap metal and junk dealers are classified in 0604.
• Rebar fabricators are classified in 5209.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 24-23-081, s 296-17A-2004, filed 11/19/24, effective 1/1/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.16.100, 2008 c 70, and Title 51 RCW. WSR 08-15-132, § 296-17A-2004, filed 7/22/08, effective 10/1/08. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-2004, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.16.100. WSR 06-12-075, § 296-17-557, filed 6/6/06, effective 1/1/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-557, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-557, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-557, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 73-22, § 296-17-557, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]