Class 2585
Code 2585 applies to those insureds who engage in laundering operations which are not otherwise classified. The classification includes both retail or wholesale laundries.
Code 2585 contemplates the soliciting of new customers by route supervisors or drivers; collecting and delivering; marking, weighing and sorting laundry; washing, extracting, tumbling, starching and drying; machine or hand ironing; mending, folding and wrapping. A collecting or distributing store operated on the premises where laundering is performed is classified under Code 2585 as are counter personnel, receiving clerks, sorters and markers at such locations.
Risks which specialize in the stone washing of jeans for manufacturers are contemplated by Code 2585.
Code 2585 contemplates carpet cleaning, diaper services, rug cleaners and upholstery cleaners.
By analogy, the laundering of non-clothing or non-fabric goods is classified to Code 2585. Examples of these materials include but are not limited to venetian blinds, plastic goods or computer parts.
Combined laundry and dry cleaning operations, retail or wholesale in nature, conducted at a single location are properly assigned to Class Codes 2585 and 2586, in accordance with Rule IV-D-4 outlined in the MA Manual.
Self-service laundromats not providing laundering services are assigned to Code 8017—Store—Retail.
Class 2585
Collecting or distributing stores, no laundering at the same location, to be rated as Code 8017—Store—Retail NOC.
Also applies to infants’ apparel laundry
Applies to shop or outside operations