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Phraseology
Plastics Mfg. – Sheets, Rods, or TubesIncludes the mixing or grinding of molding materials.
Description
Code 4459 applies to employers engaged in manufacturing plastic sheets, rods and tubes as well as other plastic products using the extrusion process. This classification also applies to manufacturing molding materials produced in powder, pellet or granular form.
Raw materials such as liquid and powdered resins and stabilizers are converted into the various forms by mixing with dyes, then heated and extruded through dies in continuous lengths. The material is air or water cooled, cut to desired length, and ground or chopped into powder, pellet or granular form to be used in the manufacturing of molded plastic products.
Assignment by Analogy
• Converting all types of plastic raw materials into sheets, rods, tubes or molding materials
• Recycling – reclaiming – plastic
• Scrap plastic reclaiming
Operations to be Separately Rated
Plastic manufacturing – molded products produced by the compression of injection molding processes, or by laminating under heat and pressure. Refer to Code 4475 “Plastics Mfg. – Molded Products – NOC.” Assembling and subsequent finishing only of molded plastic products and Code 4476 “Plastics Mfg. – Molded Products – NOC – Assembling and Subsequent Finishing Only.”