Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 120 - OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER AND INDUSTRIAL LOAN COMMISSIONER › Chapter 120-3 - RULES OF SAFETY FIRE COMMISSIONER › Subject 120-3-24 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR LOSS PREVENTION DUE TO COMBUSTIBLE DUST EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE › Rule 120-3-24-.02 - Application

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
(a) Pursuant to O.C.G.A.
				25-2-4, rules and regulations
				adopted by the Safety Fire Commissioner shall have the force and effect of law
				and shall have statewide application as being the state minimum fire safety
				standards and shall not require adoption by a municipality or county. The
				governing authority of any municipality or county in this state is authorized
				to enforce the state minimum fire safety standards on all buildings and
				structures that have operations involving the manufacturing, processing, and/or
				handling combustible particulate solids including manufacturing processes that
				create combustible dust for those specific industry groups that have
				experienced either frequent combustible dust incidents or combustible dust
				incidents with catastrophic consequences and are identify by the Standard
				Industrial Classification (SIC) Code listed in (b) under this Rule. Regardless
				of enforcement by local governing authorities, any business which that has
				under its control, facilities where the manufacturing, processing, and/or
				handling combustible particulate solids are taking place shall comply with this
				Chapter including those manufacturing processes that create combustible dust
				except as specified herein.
(b) For
				the purpose of this Chapter, operations involving the manufacturing,
				processing, and/or handling combustible particulate solids including
				manufacturing processes that create combustible dust for specific industry
				groups that have experienced either frequent combustible dust incidents or
				combustible dust incidents with catastrophic consequences are as follows:
SIC
NAICS
Industries with either frequent or catastrophic
							 combustible dust incidents:
2046
311221
Wet
							 Corn Milling
4911
221112
Electric
							 Services -- Establishments engaged in the generation, transmission, and/or
							 distribution of electric energy for sale
2041
311211
Flour
							 and Other Grain Mill Products
2493
321219
Reconstituted
							 Wood Products
2899
325510,
							 325998
Chemicals and Chemical Preparations, Not Elsewhere
							 Classified
2099
311212
Prepared
							 foods and miscellaneous food specialties, not elsewhere classified
3471
332813
Electroplating,
							 Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring
3341
331314
Secondary
							 Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals
2834
325412
Pharmaceutical
							 Preparations
2499
321920,
							 321219
Wood Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
2421
321113
Sawmills
							 and Planing Mills, General
2062
311312
Cane
							 Sugar Refining
2063
311313
Beet
							 Sugar (Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing sugar from sugar
							 beets.
3061
326291
Molded,
							 Extruded, and Lathe-Cut Mechanical Rubber Goods
3714
336322
Motor
							 Vehicle Parts and Accessories
3365
331524
Aluminum
							 Foundries
723
115114,
							 115111
Crop Preparation Services for Market, Except Cotton
							 Ginning
2052
311821
Fresh
							 cookies, crackers, pretzels, and similar "dry"bakery products
2087
311930
Flavoring
							 extracts, syrups, powders, and related products, not elsewhere
							 classified
2221
313210
Broadwoven
							 Fabric Mills, Manmade Fiber and Silk
2262
313311
Finishers
							 of Broadwoven Fabrics of Manmade Fiber and Silk
2299
313111
Textile
							 Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified
2431
321911
Millwork
2434
33711
Wood
							 Kitchen Cabinets
2439
321213,
							 321214
Structural Wood Members, Not Elsewhere
							 Classified
2452
321992
Prefabricated
							 Wood Buildings and Components
2511
337122
Wood
							 Household Furniture, Except Upholstered
2591
337920
Drapery
							 Hardware and Window Blinds and Shades
2819
325188, 325998,
							 331311
Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere
							 Classified
2821
325211
Plastic
							 Materials, Synthetic Resins, and Nonvulcanizable Elastomers
2823
325221
Cellulosic Manmade
							 Fibers
2841
325611
Soap
							 and Other Detergents, Except Specialty Cleaners
2851
32551
Paints,
							 Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels, and Allied Products
2861
325191
Gum
							 and Wood Chemicals
3011
326211
Tires
							 and Inner Tubes
3069
326299
Fabricated
							 Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
3081
326113
Unsupported
							 Plastics Film and Sheet
3082
326121
Unsupported
							 Plastics Profile Shapes
3086
326140,
							 326150
Plastics Foam Products
3087
325991
Custom
							 Compounding of Purchased Plastics Resins
3089
326199
Plastics
							 Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
3291
327910
Abrasive Products
3313
331312
Alumina
							 and Aluminum Production and Processing
3334
331312
Primary
							 Production of Aluminum
3354
331316
Aluminum
							 Extruded Products
3363
331521
Aluminum
							 Die-Castings
3369
331528
Nonferrous
							 Foundries, Except Aluminum and Copper
3398
332811
Metal
							 Heat Treating
3441
332431
Metal
							 Cans
3469
332116
Metal
							 Stampings, Not Elsewhere Classified
3479
332812
Coating,
							 Engraving, and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
3496
332618
Miscellaneous
							 Fabricated Wire Products
3499
332999
Fabricated
							 Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
3548
335129
Electric
							 and Gas Welding and Soldering Equipment
3644
335932
Noncurrent-Carrying
							 Wiring Devices
3761
336414
Guided
							 Missiles and Space Vehicles
3799
333924
Transportation
							 Equipment, Not Elsewhere Classified
3995
339995
Burial
							 Caskets
3999
321999, 325998,
							 326199
Manufacturing Industries, Not Elsewhere
							 Classified
4221
493130
Farm
							 product warehousing and storage
4952
221320
Sanitary
							 treatment facilities.
4953
562920
Refuse
							 Systems
5093
423930
Scrap
							 and waste materials
5162
424610
Plastics
							 materials and basic forms and shapes
(c)
				Notwithstanding paragraph (b), these regulations do not cover those operations
				and installation governed by other specific regulations promulgated for
				specific processes and purposes specified in Title 25 of the Official Code of
				Georgia. These regulations are not applicable to any building or structure
				which is used exclusively for agricultural purposes as defined in paragraph
				(4.1) of Code Section
				1-3-3 of the Official Code of
				Georgia and which is located in an unincorporated area. Furthermore, this
				regulation shall not be applicable to any building or structure that is covered
				under the Federal regulations
				29 CFR
				1910.272, of the Occupational Safety and
				Health Administration entitled "Grain Handling Facilities."
(d) The provisions of this Chapter reflect
				what is believed to be necessary to provide an acceptable degree of protection
				from the hazards addressed by this Chapter and the standards adopted therein at
				the time this Chapter was promulgated. Unless otherwise specified, the
				provisions of this Chapter or the standards adopted herein, the adopted Codes
				and standards shall not apply to facilities, equipment, structures, or
				installations that existed or were approved for construction prior to March 7,
				2008.
(e) Any new construction
				modification or renovation shall comply with the new construction provisions
				and operation provisions established within this Chapter and the standards
				adopted herein whether such construction requires permitting or approval at the
				state or local level. Any modification or renovation of existing equipment or
				any installation of new equipment or any new processes shall comply with the
				new provisions established within this Chapter and the standards adopted herein
				whether such modification, renovation of existing equipment or any installation
				of new equipment or any new processes requires permitting or approval at the
				state or local level.
(f) This
				standard shall apply to facilities on which construction has begun and where
				specified in the Codes and standards adopted herein, the provisions of such
				Code or standard shall be retroactive.
(g) The retroactive requirements of the Codes
				and standards adopted herein shall be permitted to be modified if their
				application clearly would be impractical in the judgment of the authority
				having jurisdiction, and only where it is clearly evident that a reasonable
				degree of safety is provided.
(h)
				Pursuant to O.C.G.A.
				25-2-13(f), the
				municipal governing authority in any incorporated area or the county governing
				authority in any unincorporated area of the state shall have the authority to
				enact such ordinances as it deems necessary to perform fire safety inspections
				and related activities for those buildings and structures not covered by
				O.C.G.A. 25-2-13 and are covered by this
				Chapter.