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Workers' Compensation Class Codes Related to Lawn Care

Employees are grouped into classification codes based on what they do for their job. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) currently utilizes nearly 800 class codes to help insurance companies categorize employees. Insurance companies create a manual rate for each class code in order to price a policy.

Properly classifying workers is an important part of the quote process. Mis-classified employers may end up paying too much for coverage or owing too much after an audit.

Class Code 9102 | Lawn Care

Lawn maintenance businesses are primarily engaged in providing lawn care such as mowing, weed-eating and other light lawn maintenance such as replenishing mulch and other general ground maintenance. Lawn spraying for fertilization and weed control is commonly included under this class code. Work can be performed for individuals, business facilities and other private and public entities and municipalities. Golf course maintenance is typically included under this code as well.

Landscaping services are often provided in conjunction with lawn care services: class code 0042. A business will need to keep clear payroll records documenting work performed in each class code in order to divide payroll during an annual workers' comp audit. Otherwise an insurance company will apply the most expensive class code to the payroll.

Lawn care is a separate operation from excavation- 6219. Excavation involves changing the contour of the land and may include back-filling dirt. Tree pruning and trimming is also a separate operation and generally falls under tree service- 0601.

Synonyms: lawn maintenance, park NOC, golf course grounds maintenance, country club grounds-keeping, park maintenance, lawn mowing.