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Classification sub-group 501-03 - Waste management, snow removal and towing

Industry sector 5 – Transportation, communications and storage

Rate risk category 150%

Please refer to relevant exclusion excerpt from The Workers Compensation Act (the Act) under Regulation 169/2008 below.

Included	Similar but classified elsewhere
Waste management, including: Garbage collection or removal. Street cleaning. Feed lot cleaning. Operation of a garbage dump. Operation of incinerators for burning waste. Operation of bury pits (burying waste). Removal of hazardous waste materials. Pumping manure out of a sewage lagoon – spread or sprayed on farmland. Custom removal of refuse from building sites, etc. (Includes separating reusable materials for recycling). Soil remediation (cleaning or removing contaminated soil from a site). Cleaning shorelines of deadfall, garbage, etc. Removing CFC (cholorofluorocarbon) gas from old fridges and freezers.	Roadway waste removal incidental to construction or repair is found under 408-03 – Roadwork. Waste removal activities (collection, dumps, bury pits, etc) operated by a town, city or municipality is found under 801-02 – Municipal operations. Feed lot cleaning as an incidental part of operating a stockyard is found under 301-05 – Stockyards. Junk dealers are found under 310-08 – Scrap metal and salvaging. Cleaning septic tanks is found under 604-06 – Bulk liquids and fuels. Collecting used oil for recycling is found under 604-06 – Bulk liquids and fuels. Recycling waste, including incidental pick up, is found under 316-25 – Recycling. Custom hauling found under 501-02 – Local and long-haul trucking. Tearing out building materials as part of the demolition of a building is found under 401-06 – Wrecking and moving buildings.
Private or contract work to remove snow and ice from city streets, parking lots, provincial roads or highways by heavy equipment. Includes spreading salt or sand on icy streets, roads, highways or parking lots.	Snow removal operations by a town, city or municipality are found under 801-02 – Municipal operations. Landscapers who also do snow removal are found under 401-15 – Landscaping. Property managers who also do snow removal are found under 701-09 – Property management. Coverage for clubs or rinks who also do snow removal is optional and is found under 901-04 – Arcades, billiards, bowling, recreational clubs and rinks. Snow removal by hand (with shovels and snow blowers, not driven equipment) is found under 706-05 – Yard maintenance and pest control. Large industrial equipment used for a multitude of industrial applications is found under 408-09 – Equipment contracting.
Towing vehicles. Includes assisting stranded motorists with lock-out service, starting the vehicle, etc. Motor associations that provide towing services and want to purchase optional coverage for their operations.	A tow truck operated in conjunction with the operation of a garage is found under 604-02 – Automotive sales and repair. Motor associations that do not provide their own towing services are found under 903-13 – Professional & business office.

Relevant Exclusion(s): Schedule A, Regulation 169/2008, WCA

21 Carrying on business as a motor or automobile association.