Class 7231
Code 7231 is intended to apply to those employers that deliver and, as a messenger and courier service of non-owned mail, parcel or packages, or under contract with private enterprises, provide a pickup and delivery service for mail consisting of small individual parcels or packages in addition to envelopes. These items are usually picked up at post offices and delivered to the customer’s location. However, these employers also, as a contract messenger and courier service, deliver non-owned items or pick up mail or parcels from their customers and deliver to locations specified by the customer, performing a local delivery service comparable to that provided by the US Postal Service.
Please refer to this classification’s phraseology above for additional requirements that an employer must meet to qualify for Code 7231. An important distinction between Code 7380—Drivers, Chauffeurs, Messengers and Their Helpers NOC—Commercial and Code 7231 is that messengers and couriers assigned to Code 7231 deliver non-owned goods whereas Code 7380 is assigned to messengers who deliver owned goods.
Although in most instances, private passenger automobiles, station wagons, sedans, vans, and pickup trucks will be used, there is no specific restriction to the type of motor vehicle used for the delivery operations
This classification also includes mechanics and garage employees who maintain, service, or repair the equipment
Employees who deliver mail, parcels, or packages by foot or public transportation are assigned to the governing code of the employer
Refer to Code 7219 for risks engaged in mail, parcel or package delivery under contract to the U.S. Postal Service.
Refer to Code 7219 for classification procedures for dispatchers.
Class 7231
Applies to risks engaged exclusively under contract in local delivery of mail, parcels or packages limited to 100 pounds or less and may be used only upon specific assignment of the MA Bureau.
“Mail, parcels or packages,” as shown in the classification phraseology, refers to those items where the delivery tariff or charge is allocable to the individual envelope, parcel or package. This classification is not applicable to truckers hauling packaged goods or merchandise where the haulage or transport charge is based on a truck load or partial truck load, the cumulative weight of the packages and/or parcels being transported or a flat contract price for the consignment.
The term “local” is intended to limit the radius of operations to that which would permit a driver to complete the assigned deliveries and return to the point of dispatch within the normal workday.