Class Codes & Rates:

Code 7539 is applied to insureds engaged in the operation of public electric light or power companies provided such companies are not otherwise classified in the manual. This classification contemplates all employees including store employees, meter readers, drivers, operators of instrument and control panels for operation of turbo-generators, water pumps, etc., maintenance and repair crews for all plant equipment, outside line maintenance and repair crews and crews “on standby” at all times for emergencies. This classification does not contemplate the construction of buildings, dams or reservoirs. While clearing of right-of-ways, pole or tower erection, stringing of high tension wires, installation of circuit breakers and transformers on poles and the laying of underground cables when undertaken by employees of these operating companies also are contemplated within the scope of Code 7539, such operations are generally sublet to insured independent contractors and are, therefore, subject to separate classification treatment.