Applies to baled cotton.  Includes warehouse or yard employees.

Code 8292 applies to employers engaged in the warehousing or storage of general merchandise for other business concerns provided such operations are Not Otherwise Classified (NOC).  Firms falling within the scope of this classification have no equity in the merchandise they store. For example, if an entity operates a chain of stores and maintains a central storage warehouse for distribution of goods owned to its various stores, then that warehouse is properly assigned to the applicable store classification, not to this classification.

The operations of this classification involve the care and maintenance of the warehouse and its equipment and the receiving, safekeeping and subsequent release of the merchandise from storage.  Such merchandise is usually stored over long periods of time and there is no exposure to constant piling or breaking down of the merchandise.  This classification is assigned to the storage of bulk materials such as dry cement and rice, coffee, potatoes, peanuts, or other nonperishable food products.