This classification applies to the cutting and splitting of logs at outside locations, including but not limited to logging sites and forests for the production of wood products, such as firewood, kindling and railroad ties.
Commercial timber harvesting shall be classified as 2702(1), Logging.
The cutting and splitting of logs at a permanent shop or yard location shall be classified as 2710(1), Sawmills or Shingle Mills.
Shown below is the previously published phraseology and footnote | Effective Date |
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WOOD CHOPPING OR TIE MAKING — including lumbering, timber cutting and incidental sawing in connection therewith An independent contractor engaged in hauling split wood products shall be separately classified as 7219(1), Trucking Firms. | 1/1/2016 |
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