Industry Code: 01103
This industry is for those independent businesses that contract services to poultry producers or processors to gather and load poultry for transport to processing facilities.
Operation Details:
Activities and schedules for poultry loading services are generally coordinated by processing firms. Under this direction, poultry loading firms send their workers to farm locations to manually catch and load the poultry onto waiting transport units. Chickens are loaded at night due to their sensitivity to light and turkeys are loaded during the day. A worker may work at as many as five farms per shift. Employers are paid on a per bird basis plus mileage and expenses.
The trucks and ramps used to haul the poultry are either provided by the processing plant or contracted by the farm. The only equipment a poultry loading service maintains is a vehicle to transport the workers between farms.
Underwriting Considerations:
These employers are not involved in any other activities related to the poultry processing industry. Trucking of the poultry is generally conducted by independent trucking firms and classified in industry 50714.
Industry Custom Pricing: Waiving Cost Relief Option
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2013. Costs related to the aggravation of a pre-existing condition will not be removed from the experience record of employers classified in this industry. In return, the portion of premiums collected to fund retroactive cost relief has been removed from the industry rate, resulting in a reduction in WCB premium rates for the industry.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Chicken Catchers
Poultry Loading Services
Rate Group History:
This industry was created in 1993 to address the specific activities of independent poultry loading services. Poultry loading was placed into this rate group as all activities were coordinated by the processing firms.
This industry is for those independent businesses that contract services to poultry producers or processors to gather and load poultry for transport to processing facilities.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Chicken Catchers
Poultry Loading Services
Operation Details:
Activities and schedules for poultry loading services are generally coordinated by processing firms. Under this direction, poultry loading firms send their workers to farm locations to manually catch and load the poultry onto waiting transport units. Chickens are loaded at night due to their sensitivity to light and turkeys are loaded during the day. A worker may work at as many as five farms per shift. Employers are paid on a per bird basis plus mileage and expenses.
The trucks and ramps used to haul the poultry are either provided by the processing plant or contracted by the farm. The only equipment a poultry loading service maintains is a vehicle to transport the workers between farms.
Underwriting Considerations:
These employers are not involved in any other activities related to the poultry processing industry. Trucking of the poultry is generally conducted by independent trucking firms and classified in industry 50714.
Industry Custom Pricing: Waiving Cost Relief Option
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2013. Costs related to the aggravation of a pre-existing condition will not be removed from the experience record of employers classified in this industry. In return, the portion of premiums collected to fund retroactive cost relief has been removed from the industry rate, resulting in a reduction in WCB premium rates for the industry.
Rate Group History:
This industry was created in 1993 to address the specific activities of independent poultry loading services. Poultry loading was placed into this rate group as all activities were coordinated by the processing firms.