Class Codes & Rates:

Code 8393 is applied to insureds who are engaged in the business of metal, fiberglass and plastic automobile body repair work including incidental upholstering and painting. Estimators employed by these automobile body shops indicate the repairs needed and quote prices to customers who have driven to the shops or had their cars towed in. Repair of the automobile bodies may involve the removal of panels or other parts which may require the use of an acetylene torch; realignment of bent frames by heating and bending with hydraulic equipment; hand forming of replacement parts; welding of replacement parts to the bodies; repair or replacement of upholstery; replacement of broken glass and sanding and painting of the repairs. All employees engaged in these body repair operations as well as the estimators are contemplated within the scope of this classification. Van conversion operations conducted by specialists also are assigned by analogy to Code 8393.