Industry Code: 35301
This industry includes businesses that are involved in the sale, engraving and installation of memorials.
Operation Details:
Marble monuments are purchased pre-cut and pre-polished from manufacturers and weigh anywhere from 300 to 1,000 pounds. The equipment used to move the stones include overhead cranes, electric hoists, forklifts and dollies. Engraving is done using a sandblasting process, usually in an enclosed chamber.
Some employers use small saws and manual polishers to repair stones that are chipped or scratched in transit. There is no other stone cutting.
Monuments are transported to the cemetery on trucks with electric hoists and then placed in cement foundations on the graves. Some companies use prefabricated foundations (cement boxes) supplied by the manufacturers, while others mix their own concrete in portable cement mixers at the grave site.
Underwriting Considerations:
This industry is specific to the sale and installation of the specified product and does not include manufacturing. Depending on the process, manufacturing may be classified in industry 34702 (Marble Products) or industry 34700 (Concrete Products).
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:
Gravestone Carvers
Monument and Tombstone Dealers
Tombstone Dealers
Rate Group History:
This rate group was consolidated for 1996, generally to recognize installation activities.
This industry includes businesses that are involved in the sale, engraving and installation of memorials.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Gravestone Carvers
Monument and Tombstone Dealers
Tombstone Dealers
Operation Details:
Marble monuments are purchased pre-cut and pre-polished from manufacturers and weigh anywhere from 300 to 1,000 pounds. The equipment used to move the stones include overhead cranes, electric hoists, forklifts and dollies. Engraving is done using a sandblasting process, usually in an enclosed chamber.
Some employers use small saws and manual polishers to repair stones that are chipped or scratched in transit. There is no other stone cutting.
Monuments are transported to the cemetery on trucks with electric hoists and then placed in cement foundations on the graves. Some companies use prefabricated foundations (cement boxes) supplied by the manufacturers, while others mix their own concrete in portable cement mixers at the grave site.
Underwriting Considerations:
This industry is specific to the sale and installation of the specified product and does not include manufacturing. Depending on the process, manufacturing may be classified in industry 34702 (Marble Products) or industry 34700 (Concrete Products).
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:
This rate group was consolidated for 1996, generally to recognize installation activities.