Workers' comp class code · Retail & Services
Class code 0042 — Landscape Gardening
Lawn care, planting, and grounds maintenance services.
This classification covers landscape gardening businesses providing lawn mowing, planting, mulching, and general grounds maintenance for residential and commercial properties. It applies to crews who travel between job sites performing routine outdoor maintenance rather than heavy construction-grade excavation.
Crews operate mowers, trimmers, blowers, and hand tools, load and unload plants and mulch, and travel between multiple properties throughout the day using trucks and trailers. Payroll includes ground crew laborers, crew leads, and equipment operators, with work performed almost entirely outdoors and often in the heat.
Exposure to power equipment like mowers and trimmers, repetitive lifting of bags of mulch or soil, and outdoor hazards such as heat and uneven terrain are the leading sources of injury. Cuts and lacerations from blades, strains from lifting, and occasional equipment-related incidents keep this classification in the moderate risk range.
What code 0042 typically includes
- Ground crew laborers mowing and trimming
- Crew leads and equipment operators
- Employees planting trees, shrubs, and flowers
- Mulch and soil delivery and spreading staff
- Irrigation system installation helpers
Codes this one gets confused with
0170 — Florist
Florists focus on arranging and selling cut flowers rather than performing outdoor grounds maintenance and lawn care.
See code 01709014 — Janitorial Services
Janitorial work involves cleaning building interiors rather than outdoor lawn and landscape maintenance.
See code 9014What this code means for your premium
This classification carries a moderate rate, reflecting power equipment use and physical outdoor labor common to landscaping crews.
Estimate your premiumClassification is not final until a carrier assigns it. Code numbers, wording and exceptions vary by state and rating bureau — several states run their own bureaus. This page is general reference written in our own words; your carrier's underwriter assigns the code based on your actual operations and payroll records.
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