Class Code
Date Established
Date Deleted
6220(1) Prior 1995

Classification Phraseology
EXCAVATION - N.O.C. - including borrowing, filling or backfilling - employees whose regular hourly wage equals or exceeds $26.00 per hour
Assignment of this classification is subject to verification at the time of final audit that the employee's regular hourly wage equals or exceeds $26.00 per hour. The payroll of an employee whose regular hourly wage is not shown to equal or exceed $26.00 per hour shall be classified as 6218(1), "Excavation - N.O.C."
Class code 6220

Directional Footnotes
Mass rock excavation, grading or excavation in connection with street or road construction, pile driving, shaft sinking, caisson or cofferdam work shall be separately classified.
Trenching operations conducted by specialty contractors in connection with the construction of canals, irrigation systems, cross-country water pipelines, oil or gas pipeline construction or sewer construction shall be assigned to the corresponding construction classification.

BureauRatesTM

Year
Pure Prem.
Rate
Expected
Loss Rate

D Ratio

20113.02 1.36 0.14
20102.93 1.40 0.15
20093.05 1.68 0.17
20082.38 1.39 0.20
2007(07-01)1.96 1.44 0.18
2007(01-07)2.29 1.55 0.18
2006(07-01)2.33 2.05 0.16
2006(01-07)2.79 2.05 0.16
2005(07-01)3.52 2.13 0.15
2005(01-07)4.29 2.13 0.15
2004(07-01)5.44 2.83 0.15
2004(01-07)5.85 2.83 0.15
2003(07-01)6.70 2.16 0.16
2003(01-07)6.25 2.16 0.16
2002(07-01)6.10 2.35 0.17
2002(01-07)5.54 2.35 0.17

Classification History
YearAmendments, Phraseology and Footnotes

2009Amended to increase the hourly wage threshold from $25.00 per hour to $26.00 per hour to reflect wage inflation.
2008Amended to clarify the classification applicable to certain trenching operations.
2004Amended to increase the hourly wage threshold from $24.00 per hour to $25.00 per hour to reflect wage inflation.
2002Amended to increase the hourly wage threshold from $23.00 per hour to $24.00 per hour.
2000Amended to increase the hourly wage threshold from $22.00 per hour to $23.00 per hour.
1997Amended to increase the regular hourly wage threshold from $21.00 to $22.00.

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