Industry Code: 24900
This industry includes businesses that manufacture and repair wearing apparel and leather goods using a variety of sewing processes and equipment.
Also included in this industry are businesses that manufacture crests and pennants for uniforms, hats and jackets.
Operation Details:
Businesses in this industry use a variety of manual and automated processes to produce the desired product with sewing as a major activity. Repair or alterations are done by hand or sewing machine.
Leather goods manufacturing and repair includes businesses which make and repair a variety of products including shoes, gloves, mitts, coats, purses, handbags, wallets, saddles, chaps, harnesses, whips and halters, sporting equipment, etc.
Shoe repair shops specialize in the repair of leather goods rather than manufacturing them; they may sell a small inventory of related accessories such as leather cleaner, polish, etc.
Businesses in this industry engage in a variety of activities related to cutting and sewing leather to the desired shape, and attaching fasteners and other hardware.
The equipment used may include special cutting machines, sewing machines, stamping machines or a press to imprint designs on the leather, as well as various hand tools to assist in hand sewing and riveting.
Some businesses may silkscreen the garments they manufacture or silkscreen logos and designs on clothing such as t-shirts, sweatpants and sport uniforms.
The silk screening process begins by coating a photo sensitive emulsion to a wooden screen covered with silk. The images to be printed are cut out of a plastic plate and transferred to the screen where they are photographed. The exposed portion of the screen washes out thus allowing the ink to run through. The screen is clamped to a press machine where a squeegee runs back and forth to apply the ink. Finally, the clothing is run through a dryer.
Underwriting Considerations:
Leather product manufacturers may have store-front operations for the sale of the manufactured products as well as complementary items. Sporting equipment manufactured or repaired under this industry would be restricted to those manufactured from leather or requiring a sewing process for repair.
Businesses that manufacture and/or repair tents and awnings are classified in industry 22101, Awnings/Tents - Mfg. and Repair.
Industry Custom Pricing: Waiving Cost Relief Option
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2009. 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:
Clothing - Mfg and Alterations
Hats - Mfg
Tailors, Clothing Repairs and Alterations
Wearing Apparel - Mfg and Repair
Seamstress
Computer Embroidery
Crests - Mfg
Embroidery
Leather Goods - Mfg or Repair
Pennants - Mfg
Silk Screen T-shirt
Rate Group History:
Effective January 1, 2010, industries 17900, Leather Goods - Mfg/Repair, 22900, Crests/Pennants - Mfg/Repair and 24900, Wearing Apparel - Mfg/Repair were consolidated into 24900, Clothing & Leather Goods - Mfg/Repair.
This industry includes businesses that manufacture and repair wearing apparel and leather goods using a variety of sewing processes and equipment.
Also included in this industry are businesses that manufacture crests and pennants for uniforms, hats and jackets.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Clothing - Mfg and Alterations
Hats - Mfg
Tailors, Clothing Repairs and Alterations
Wearing Apparel - Mfg and Repair
Seamstress
Computer Embroidery
Crests - Mfg
Embroidery
Leather Goods - Mfg or Repair
Pennants - Mfg
Silk Screen T-shirt
Operation Details:
Businesses in this industry use a variety of manual and automated processes to produce the desired product with sewing as a major activity. Repair or alterations are done by hand or sewing machine.
Leather goods manufacturing and repair includes businesses which make and repair a variety of products including shoes, gloves, mitts, coats, purses, handbags, wallets, saddles, chaps, harnesses, whips and halters, sporting equipment, etc.
Shoe repair shops specialize in the repair of leather goods rather than manufacturing them; they may sell a small inventory of related accessories such as leather cleaner, polish, etc.
Businesses in this industry engage in a variety of activities related to cutting and sewing leather to the desired shape, and attaching fasteners and other hardware.
The equipment used may include special cutting machines, sewing machines, stamping machines or a press to imprint designs on the leather, as well as various hand tools to assist in hand sewing and riveting.
Some businesses may silkscreen the garments they manufacture or silkscreen logos and designs on clothing such as t-shirts, sweatpants and sport uniforms.
The silk screening process begins by coating a photo sensitive emulsion to a wooden screen covered with silk. The images to be printed are cut out of a plastic plate and transferred to the screen where they are photographed. The exposed portion of the screen washes out thus allowing the ink to run through. The screen is clamped to a press machine where a squeegee runs back and forth to apply the ink. Finally, the clothing is run through a dryer.
Underwriting Considerations:
Leather product manufacturers may have store-front operations for the sale of the manufactured products as well as complementary items. Sporting equipment manufactured or repaired under this industry would be restricted to those manufactured from leather or requiring a sewing process for repair.
Businesses that manufacture and/or repair tents and awnings are classified in industry 22101, Awnings/Tents - Mfg. and Repair.
Industry Custom Pricing: Waiving Cost Relief Option
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2009. 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:
Effective January 1, 2010, industries 17900, Leather Goods - Mfg/Repair, 22900, Crests/Pennants - Mfg/Repair and 24900, Wearing Apparel - Mfg/Repair were consolidated into 24900, Clothing & Leather Goods - Mfg/Repair.