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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter G - RAILINGS, TOEBOARDS, OPEN-SIDED FLOORS,PLATFORMS AND RUNWAYS › TOEBOARDS-EXISTING INSTALLATIONS › Section 47.291 - Exceptions

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(a) Toeboards of
					 not less than three inches in height may be accepted by the Department if they
					 conform to the requirements of §§
											47.241-47.242 (relating to installation;
					 construction).
(b) Toeboards of not
					 less than 7/8 inch in thickness may be accepted by the Department if they
					 conform to the requirements of §§
											47.241-47.242.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter G - RAILINGS, TOEBOARDS, OPEN-SIDED FLOORS,PLATFORMS AND RUNWAYS › OILING PLATFORMS-EXISTING INSTALLATIONS › Section 47.301 - Platforms

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Oiling platforms not less than 12 inches in width may be
						accepted by the Department if they are of permanent and substantial
						construction with a standard railing along one side.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter G - RAILINGS, TOEBOARDS, OPEN-SIDED FLOORS,PLATFORMS AND RUNWAYS › OILING PLATFORMS-EXISTING INSTALLATIONS › APPENDIX

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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.312 - Scope

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(a) This subchapter
					 sets forth rules relating to stuffed toys, and places the responsibility of
					 complying with these rules upon the manufacturers, retailers, distributors or
					 other persons having the article or material in their possession.
(b) This subchapter applies to manufacturers
					 or importers of all stuffed toys sold, distributed or given away in this
					 Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.313 - Penalty

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Any person who violates this subchapter or any
						regulations of the Department or who interferes with the Department or its duly
						authorized representative in the enforcement of these provisions or regulations
						shall upon conviction be penalized in accordance with section 9 of act of July
						25, 1961 (P. L. 857, No. 372) (35 P. S. §
												5209).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.314 - Registration

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(a) Applications
					 for registration shall be accompanied by a sample of all products within the
					 scope of this subchapter, manufactured by the applicant for sale, distribution
					 or gift in this Commonwealth. The application shall be accompanied by a
					 notarized statement of the manufacturer or of an authorized officer of the
					 manufacturer, that the submitted samples have been selected at random from the
					 products offered for sale by the manufacturer.
(b) No importer shall import articles within
					 the scope of this subchapter unless they have been approved by the Department.
					 However, the importer may consider himself as the manufacturer for purposes of
					 this subchapter and apply for registration as such manufacturer might
					 do.
(c) Within 15 days after any
					 change in or concerning a toy which makes the information previously submitted
					 with respect to it erroneous or inaccurate in any respect, or within 15 days of
					 commencement of a new toy as to which information has not been previously
					 submitted the manufacturer or importer shall submit to the Department the
					 information required by subsection (a) of this section concerning such new or
					 changed toys.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.315 - Seal of approval

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(a) Each
					 stuffed toy manufactured for sale, delivered, consigned or possessed for sale,
					 sold or offered for sale, gift or use in this Commonwealth shall have securely
					 affixed to it a tag or label. The form, design, color or size of the label is
					 left to the discretion of the manufacturer or importer, but the information
					 required on the label shall be clearly legible and in sufficient size type so
					 that it may be readily discerned.
(b) The label of a stuffed toy shall bear the
					 following information:
(1) A statement that
					 all new material or all new (type) material was used in the manufacture of the
					 stuffed toy.
(2) The registration
					 number of the manufacturer or importer assigned by the Commonwealth preceded by
					 the abbreviations "REG. NO. PA."
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.316 - Filling material

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When filling material is designated on the article or
						package in which the article is contained, the filling material shall be
						designated by its accepted generic term as set forth in §
											47.311 (relating to
						definitions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.317 - Tolerances

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Toys shall be declared unfit for sale, gift or use in
						this Commonwealth if they contain any of the following:
(1) Material of sufficient size to visibly
					 reveal a pattern, weave, or other mechanical unification of threads to indicate
					 prior use or a previous manufacturing process.
(2) Dirt or any other foreign matter in
					 excess of 1% by weight.
(3) More
					 than 1% oil or grease.
(4) More
					 than .002% lead (as Pb)-20 parts per million.
(5) More than .0002% arsonic (as
					 As2O3 -two parts per
					 million.
(6) More than 5%
					 ammonia.
(7) More than 1%
					 urea.
(8) Plastic or metal
					 ornaments such as eyes and nose not of a safety design or not attached to the
					 stuffed toy so as to prevent removal.
(9) Stones or other hard materials having
					 jagged or sharp edges.
(10)
					 Material bearing electrostatic charge with adherence characteristics which when
					 exposed could lodge in the windpipe, ears or nostrils.
(11) Filling material which surface burns at
					 a rate of less than three seconds for 12 square inches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.318 - Sterilization

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(a) Any process
					 used for the disinfecting of new material of animal origin shall not be deemed
					 to afford proper and thorough disinfecting unless the process effectually
					 removes disease producing spores, germs and bacilli, insects and insect nites,
					 animal matter subject to decay, and dirt and filth to a degree which is not
					 harmful or dangerous to the user.
(b) Each applicant for a certificate of
					 disinfection shall give a detailed description of the process to be employed,
					 accompanied with a random sample of such product of animal origin.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › CLASSIFICATION OF FLAMMABILITY › Section 47.321 - Fabrics

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Classes I, II and III include stuffed toy coverings
						accepted as having no unusual burning characteristics; class IV includes all
						coverings which are considered dangerously flammable and recognized as being
						unsuitable for stuffed toys because of their rapid and intense burning. The
						classification for fabrics shall be as follows:
No map, pile, tufting, flock, or other
								  type raised fiber surface
Napped, pile, tufted,
								  flocked, or other type raised fiber surface
Class I (Relatively slow
								  burning)
When time of flame spread is 20 seconds or more
								  for 12 square inches.
When time of flame spread is over seven seconds
								  for 12 square inches.
Class II (Moderately
								  flammable)
When time of flame spread is eight to 19 seconds
								  for 12 square inches.
Burns with a rapid surface flash in less than
								  seven seconds for 12 square inches, with no fusing or ignition of base fabric.
Class III (Relatively
								  flammable)
When time of flame spread is three to seven
								  seconds for 12 square inches.
When time of flame spread is from four to
								  seven seconds, both inclusive, for 12 square inches with fusing or ignition of
								  base fabric.
Class IV (Rapid and intense
								  burning)
When time of flame spread is less than three
								  seconds for 12 square inches.
When time of flame spread is less than
								  four seconds for 12 square inches with fusing or ignition of base fabric.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter H - STUFFED TOYS › CLASSIFICATION OF FLAMMABILITY › Section 47.322 - Nonfabric

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Nonfabric materials include plastics, paints, and
						nonfabric portions of a stuffed toy. These materials which meet the
						requirements in class V are accepted as having no unusual burning
						characteristics. Materials which have burning characteristics as set forth in
						class VI are considered dangerously flammable and recognized as unsuitable for
						stuffed toys because of their rapid burning and intense burning. The
						classification shall be as follows:
Class V
Such materials shall be classified as normal flammability
						when a nine square inch sample does not burn or flash the full area during a
						four second flame exposure.
Class VI
Such materials shall be classified as rapid burning when
						a nine square inch sample burns or flashes the full area during a four second
						flame exposure.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter I - TEXTILE INDUSTRIES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.341 - Scope

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This subchapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives,
						limbs and health of workers in textile industries, and places the
						responsibility of complying with such rules upon both employer and
						employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter I - TEXTILE INDUSTRIES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.342 - Apparatus

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Mechanical power transmission apparatus shall be guarded
						according to the requirements of Chapter 29, Subchapter C (relating to
						mechanical power transmission apparatus).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													47.351 (relating to heating and
						  ventilating).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter I - TEXTILE INDUSTRIES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.344 - Exhaust systems

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The following machines shall be covered and exhaust
						systems shall be installed for the removal of dust or fly:
(1) Dusting and opening machines in the
					 manufacture of woolen and worsted yarns such as willows, burr pickers, and
					 mixing pickers.
(2) Machines used
					 in the preparation of cotton for carding of cotton yarns such as openers and
					 pickers.
(3) Machines used in the
					 manufacture of cotton yarns on cotton waste cards such as willows, pickers, and
					 openers.
(4) Machines used in the
					 spinning of asbestos yarn such as willows, pickers, and cards.
(5) The cylinders, workers, strippers, and
					 doffers of cards for carding cotton waste shall be enclosed. Exhaust systems
					 are not required.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter I - TEXTILE INDUSTRIES › DYEING AND FINISHING › Section 47.351 - Heating and ventilating

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(a) The
					 requirements of this section in addition to the requirements of §§
											47.342-47.343 (relating to apparatus;
					 machines) shall be complied with in dyeing and finishing
					 establishments.
(b) Dye houses
					 shall be equipped with ventilating systems which will produce the following
					 conditions:
(1) During the months of
					 November, December, January, February, March, April and May, the temperature of
					 the dye house shall be maintained between 40°F and 95°F. During this
					 period when the weather is clear and the outside temperature is 40°F or
					 more, the dye house shall be kept free from steam to a height of 6 feet from
					 the floor. The ventilating system employed to produce this freedom from steam
					 shall be maintained in operation during less favorable weather
					 conditions.
(2) During the months
					 of June, July, August, September and October, the dye house shall be kept free
					 from steam at all times to a height of 6 feet from floor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter I - TEXTILE INDUSTRIES › DYEING AND FINISHING › Section 47.352 - Special hazards

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(a)
Caustic soda or potash.
When caustic soda or caustic potash is
					 used, means shall be provided for emptying containers in which the material is
					 received without employes coming in contact with the caustic. Steam solution
					 towers or specially arranged hoists and vats with provisions to prevent
					 splashing may be used for this purpose.
(b)
Carboys.
Carboys shall
					 be provided with inclinators or the acid dispensed from them by pumps or hand
					 operated siphons. The carboys shall not be stored close to steam
					 pipes.
(c)
Clear water,
					 oils, soda.
If corrosive materials such as concentrated acid or
					 caustic soda are used, clean water shall be piped so as to be within easy reach
					 of employes. A solution of bicarbonate of soda shall be available for use in
					 cases of acid burns, and a supply of mineral or vegetable oil shall be kept on
					 hand at all times for the relief of victims of caustic soda burns. Care shall
					 be exercised to prevent the deterioration of these preparations.
(d)
Pipes and drains.
Dye
					 kettles and vats which may at any time contain hot or corrosive liquids shall
					 not empty on the floor but shall be provided with pipes or drains of sufficient
					 capacity to carry off the contents of the vat without backing up on the
					 floor.
(e)
Tanks and vats.
Tanks and vats containing hot or corrosive liquids shall be so
					 protected that employes do not accidentally fall into them. This may be done
					 either by railings or other means or by elevating the tank or vat to a height
					 of 3 or more feet above the floor or working platform.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter I - TEXTILE INDUSTRIES › DYEING AND FINISHING › Section 47.353 - Penalty

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Any person who violates this subchapter or any
						regulations of the Department or who interferes with the Department or its duly
						authorized representative in the enforcement of these provisions or regulations
						shall be subject to summary proceedings before an alderman, magistrate, or
						district justice, and upon conviction shall be penalized under the provisions
						of section 15 of act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 654, No. 174) (43 P. S. §
												25-15).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.371 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Double-head anchor (four bolt
						system)
-Two anchor heads in the window frame on each side of the
						window made and installed according to this subchapter. Each pair of anchor
						heads shall be used simultaneously and not singly.
Window cleaning
-The operation of
						washing, wiping or other methods of cleaning windows.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.372 - Scope

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This subchapter applies to all window cleaning operations
						over which the Department has supervision, sets forth rules to safeguard the
						lives, limbs and health of workers who engage in window cleaning, and places
						the responsibility of complying with these rules upon both employer and
						employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.373 - Application

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(a)
Safety
					 devices.
In buildings having windows with sills 12 or more feet above
					 the grade or adjoining flat roof, and so constructed that it is necessary to
					 clean the windows from the outside, approved safety devices for the protection
					 of the window cleaner shall be provided. When windows are cleaned on the inside
					 from sills located more than 12 feet above the floor or working platform, or
					 when windows are of such size that they cannot be cleaned from the sills,
					 approved devices such as ladders or scaffolds built or erected in accordance
					 with this subchapter shall be used.
(b)
Sills.
In buildings,
					 where the window sill extends less than 6 inches out from the window frame, an
					 approved portable auxiliary sill or other approved device shall be provided.
					 Portable sills shall not be less than 10 inches wide nor less than 30 inches
					 long. Portable sills or other devices shall be so designed and constructed that
					 are safely held in place and readily put into position and removed.
(c)
Alterations.
When
					 windows are so constructed and it is usual or practicable to clean them from
					 the inside, alterations, changes and obstructions which make it necessary to
					 clean such windows from the outside, shall not be made unless provision is also
					 made for safety devices.
(d)
Windows at balconies.
This subchapter shall not apply to a
					 window opening to fire escape balcony or other balcony more than 2 feet wide
					 and not more than 12 inches below the window sill.
(e)
New construction.
In
					 buildings erected after November 15, 1932, approved anchors for window cleaners
					 shall be installed at the time of erection and shall be indicated on the plans
					 of the buildings except for the following:
(1) When casement windows are provided which
					 may be cleaned from inside the building.
(2) When windows are so designed as to
					 necessitate cleaning from the outside of the building by scaffolds.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.374 - Specification of materials

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(a)
Brass.
Brass or other approved durable corrosive-resistive
					 material of equal strength or toughness shall have an ultimate tensile strength
					 of not less than 50,000 pounds per square inch and elongation not less than 15%
					 in two inches. When the material is annealed, the tensile test shall be made
					 after annealing.
(b)
Leather.
Leather shall be oak tanned, free of glucose, salts,
					 adulterants and acid.
(c)
Canvas.
Canvas shall be of double web and stitched.
(d)
Rope.
Rope shall be not
					 less than 1/2 inch diameter Yacht Manila. It shall be from fiber of fine
					 texture and flexible, yet hard enough to wear well.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.375 - Belts and ropes

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(a) Approved
					 safety belts shall be of oak-tanned leather, canvas or other approved equally
					 strong durable material. The belt shall be so designed and constructed that
					 safety terminals do not pass through their fastenings on the body belt of the
					 window cleaner in case one terminal becomes loosened from its window
					 anchor.
(b) Rope, if used, shall be
					 of Yacht Manila, or its equivalent. It shall not be less than 1/2 inch in
					 diameter and shall be doubled in such a manner that the tearing of one section
					 of the rope does not affect the safety of the window cleaner. Larger sizes of
					 rope shall be of corresponding higher minimum tensile strength.
(c) Ropes or straps secured to eyes or rings
					 shall be provided with metal thimbles to prevent wear.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.376 - Terminals

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(a) The ends of the
					 belt shall be fitted with approved heavy forged or cast metal safety terminals
					 of brass, or other approved durable corrosive-resistive materials. If cast they
					 shall be properly annealed.
(b)
					 Safety belt terminals shall have slots not less than 4 inches long. The slots
					 shall be 1/2 inch wide and that portion of the slot which passes over the
					 anchor head shall be 7/16 inch deep by 1 inch wide and shall have an approved
					 catch to prevent the automatic or accidental release of the terminal.
(c) Right angle sections of terminals shall
					 have 1/8 inch radius fillets in all inside corners.
(d) All other metal parts, fittings, rivets
					 and thimbles shall be of the same strength and specifications as the safety
					 terminals.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.377 - Anchors

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(a) When the anchor
					 head comes in contact with the belt terminal while in use, the terminal shall
					 be not less than 1/4 inch thick.
(b) Anchors shall be forged and of the same
					 material as the terminals. Anchors shall be of the twin or double headed type
					 designed for attachment to window frames, mullions or masonry.
(c) The anchor heads shall be not less than
					 5/8 inch across the flat and 9/32 inch thick nor more than 3/4 inch across and
					 21/64 inch thick. The area of the neck of each anchor head shall be not less
					 than the area of a 3/8 inch round.
(d) Anchors shall have 1/8 inch radius
					 fillets at all places where diameters or other dimensions change. Wail flanges
					 shall be not less than 1-1/4 inches in diameter.
(e) The space between the underside of the
					 anchor head and the upperside of the flange or window frame shall be not less
					 than 1/2 inch or more than 7/8 inch.
(f) Double anchor heads shall be spaced not
					 less than two or more than three inch centers.
(g) The back face of anchors for installation
					 in wood window frames or mullions shall be provided with at least two sharp
					 lugs to prevent turning of the anchor after installation; other equally
					 effective and approved methods may be used.
(h) The anchors on the building to which
					 safety belts are fastened shall be installed at a point not less than 42 inches
					 or more than 51 inches above the window sill.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.378 - Test reports

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When application is made for approval of anchors, belts
						or ropes the information presented to the Department shall include the
						following:
(1) Test report or other
					 documentary evidence showing that the materials from which the metal parts and
					 the nonmetallic parts are made conform to the specifications of this
					 subchapter, or test reports of individual metal parts showing a minimum
					 ultimate tensile strength of 1,500 pounds.
(2) Test report showing that waist band,
					 ropes or terminal straps, and all interconnecting parts have been subjected to
					 test separately, and as an assembled unit, and have shown sufficient strength
					 to hold a suspended load of 1,000 pounds.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.380 - General requirements

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(a)
Scaffolds.
When windows are cleaned from a scaffold, the
					 scaffold shall be built in accordance with the regulations of the Department
					 pertaining to scaffolds.
(b)
Ladders.
When ladders are used they shall be fitted with
					 safety feet or other suitable means to prevent slipping and shall comply in all
					 respects with Chapter 21 (relating to ladders). When ladders of over 18 feet in
					 length are used, a man shall be stationed at the foot of the ladder to hold it
					 in place while the window cleaner is on the ladder.
(c)
Safety devices.
Window
					 cleaners shall use safety devices provided for their protection. Window
					 cleaners shall not pass from window to window on the outside unless a supported
					 railing is installed. Existing safety devices and methods of window cleaning
					 other than those specified in this section shall be approved by the
					 Department.
(d)
Anchors.
In buildings with windows where the distance between anchors is
					 greater than 6 feet, there shall be installed special approved anchors at each
					 side of the window frame. The anchors shall be set 42 inches above the window
					 sills.
(e)
Back support.
The owner shall provide for each window when it is being cleaned a
					 brass cable or chain to be attached to the anchors as a back support for the
					 window cleaner. In addition there shall be installed above these anchors,
					 standard belt anchors to which the window cleaner shall attach his
					 belt.
(f)
Mullion windows.
If masonry openings for mullion windows are more than 5 feet 6 inches
					 wide at least one anchor fitting shall be installed in each mullion.
(g)
Casement windows.
Casement windows which cannot be wholly cleaned while standing at the inside
					 shall have anchor fittings installed in the same manner as specified for other
					 windows.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.381 - Inspection

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(a)
Anchors.
Anchors shall be regularly inspected by the owner of
					 the equipment at least once every 6 months. Anchors that have become loose or
					 worn shall be immediately replaced.
(b)
Belts.
Belts and ropes
					 of window cleaners shall be inspected by the owner of the equipment at least
					 once each week, and a record kept as to the condition and age of the equipment.
					 Belts, ropes or terminals that show signs of wear or weakness shall be removed
					 from service. The record of the inspections shall be kept in the office of the
					 owners of the equipment and shall be opened to representatives of the
					 Department on demand.
(c)
Ladders and scaffolds.
Ladders and scaffolding equipment shall
					 be inspected by the owner of the equipment at least once each month and a
					 record kept of the condition of the equipment. Broken or badly worn equipment
					 shall be removed from service. The record of such inspections shall be kept in
					 the office of the owner of the equipment and shall be open to representatives
					 of the Department on demand.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - WINDOW CLEANING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 47.382 - Penalty

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Any person who violates subchapter or any regulations of
						the Department or who interferes with the Department or its duly authorized
						representative in the enforcement of these provisions or regulations shall be
						subject to summary proceedings before an alderman, magistrate, or justice of
						the peace, and upon conviction shall be penalized under the provisions of
						section 15 of act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 654, No. 174) (43 P. S. §
												25-15).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.391 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Double-head anchor (four bolt system)
-Two
					 anchor heads in the window frame on each side of the window made and installed
					 according to this subchapter. Each pair of anchor heads shall be used
					 simultaneously and not singly.
Window cleaning
-The operation of washing,
					 wiping or other methods of cleaning windows.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.392 - Scope

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This subchapter applies to all buildings and facilities
					 within this Commonwealth as defined and enumerated herein and in the act of
					 June 2, 1971 (P. L. 115, No. 5) (35 P. S. §
											5811).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.393 - Removal and replacement of guards

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No person shall remove or make ineffective any safe-guard,
					 safety appliance or device required by these regulations, except for the
					 purpose of immediately making repairs or adjustments; and any person or persons
					 who remove or make ineffective any safe-guard, safety appliance or device for
					 repairs or adjustments, shall replace the same immediately upon completion of
					 the repairs or adjustments.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.394 - Owner's responsibility

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Every owner, lessee or person exercising direction or
					 control over any person or persons who remove or make ineffective such
					 safeguards, safety appliance or device shall have the safeguard, safety
					 appliance or device so removed or made ineffective promptly and properly
					 replaced or made effective.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.395 - Employers' responsibility

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Every employe shall use, or cause to be used all
					 safeguards, safety appliances or devices, furnished for his protection and
					 shall carry out all regulations which may concern or affect his
					 conduct.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.396 - Submission of plans for approval

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Before any installation to which these regulations apply is
					 made or the safety glazing material is to be installed is furnished for
					 installation, the installation and furnishment of glazing materials shall be
					 submitted in the form of detailed architectural plans and elevations consisting
					 of drawings to scale for all portions of the buildings contemplated to contain
					 such installations, to and approved by the Bureau of Occupational and
					 Industrial Safety, Division of Building, Department of Labor and Industry. All
					 drawings shall be submitted in triplicate.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.397 - Posting, painting or marking

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All glazed doors or panels recited as pertinent to these
					 regulations shall be posted, painted or marked as hereinafter stipulated
					 including those previously glazed with nonsafety glazing materials prior to the
					 effective date of the act of June 2, 1971, (P.L. 115, No. 5) (35 P.S. §
											5811).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 47 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL › Section 47.398 - General specifications

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(a)
Buildings.
All buildings, structures or enclosures covered by
				  this subchapter shall be designed and constructed requiring the installation of
				  safety glazing materials which meet the requirements of ANSI Standard Z-97.
				  1-1966 in all openings glazed and known as glass entrance doors, sliding glass
				  doors, storm doors, bathtub enclosures and fixed glazed panels adjacent to
				  entrance and exit doors, whether or not such glazing is transparent, except
				  those glazing materials used as the curved panel in revolving doors.
(b)
Labeling.
Each light of
				  safety glazing material manufactured, distributed, imported or sold for use in
				  hazardous locations or installed in such a location within the Commonwealth,
				  shall be permanently labeled by the means as etching, sandblasting, firing of
				  ceramic material on the safety glazing material or by other suitable means. The
				  label shall identify the labeler, whether manufacturer, fabricator or
				  installer, and the nominal thickness and the type of safety glazing material
				  and the fact that said material meets the test requirements of USA Standard
				  Z-97.1-1966 (now ANSI) and such further requirements as may be adopted by the
				  Department. The label shall be legible and visible after
				  installation.
(c)
Posting,
				  painting or marking.
Transparent glass or plastic doors in commercial
				  or public places in buildings open to the public, must in addition to use of
				  safety glazing materials; be posted, painted or otherwise marked so as to alert
				  the public as to their presence in accordance with standards, rules and
				  regulations of the Department. The posting, painting or marking shall also be
				  required in those places previously glazed with nonsafety glazing materials,
				  prior to the effective date of the act of June 2, 1971 (P. L. 115, No. 5)
				  (35
				  P. S. §
											5811).
(d)
Violation of standards.
It shall be unlawful, for use in the Commonwealth, to knowingly sell,
				  fabricate, assemble, glaze, include in specifications, install or consent to be
				  installed any product commonly known as a sliding glass door, entrance door,
				  fixed glazed panel adjacent to an entrance door which may be mistaken for means
				  of ingress or egress, storm door, shower door, tub enclosure, or any other
				  glazed structure for use in any hazardous locations, where said product,
				  glazing material, or glazed structure contains any glass or glazing product
				  other than safety glazing material.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.2 - Jurisdiction and effective dates

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(a)
				Chapters 49-59 apply to all classes of buildings as listed in paragraphs
				(1)-(5) which have four or more persons housed, employed or assembled as
				defined in each occupancy group listed in §
									50.1 (relating to occupancy
				groups) and Chapters 49-59 are effective for all buildings which have plans
				approved on or after May 19, 1984, except that buildings for which design or
				construction contracts are entered into prior to May 19, 1984, shall be
				governed by the chapters in effect at the time the contracts were entered into.
(1)
Class I buildings.
Factories, power plants, mercantile buildings, hotels, office buildings,
				hospitals, asylums, public and private institutions, convalescent and nursing
				homes, schools, colleges, school and college auditoriums and gymnasiums when
				used for public assemblages, airports, airport buildings, airplane hangars,
				dormitories, warehouses, garages, farm buildings, except farm buildings
				occupied by less than ten employes, which are used for the production or
				storage, or both, of agricultural products, or used in the storage of farm
				equipment by the owner or tenant of the building and other buildings specified
				by the Department not enumerated in Classes II, III, IV and V wherein persons
				are employed, housed or assembled except farm buildings excluded in Chapters
				49-59.
(2)
Class II
				buildings.
Theatres and motion picture theatres.
(3)
Class III buildings.
Public halls, dance halls, banquet halls, lodge halls, churches, skating rinks,
				armory halls or other auditoriums in which the public assembles, not used for
				one or more of the other purposes mentioned in the act.
(4)
Class IV buildings.
Tenement houses, apartment houses, apartment hotels, club houses, lodging
				houses and rooming houses.
(5)
Class V buildings.
Grandstands, stadiums and amphitheatres and
				summer theatres.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.3 - Submission of plans

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(a)
Submission and approval.
Before a building to which Chapters
				49-59 apply (except for C-3 occupancies covered under Chapter 56) is erected,
				adapted, remodeled or altered, detailed architectural plans, wall sections and
				elevations for new construction remodeling or alteration work and line drawings
				to scale for all portions of the existing buildings showing means of egress
				shall be submitted to and approved by the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial
				Safety, Buildings Section, Department of Labor and Industry, as required under
				section 8 of the act (35 P. S. §
										1228). Drawings shall be submitted in
				triplicate. In cases where emergency lighting systems, fire alarm systems, or
				fire extinguishing apparatus is required by this chapter, these requirements
				shall be completely shown on or with the drawings submitted before approval of
				the building is obtained.
(b)
C-3 occupancies.
C-3 occupancies covered under Chapter 56
				shall have the following information on file in the Department:
(1) Building name and address.
(2) Owners name and address.
(3) Number of residents.
(4) A building sketch will be made by the
				Department's representative which indicates exits, smoke detectors and room
				locations for each floor.
(5) An
				inspection report indicating that the building complies with Chapter 56 for C-3
				occupancies.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.4 - Professional registration requirements

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Buildings shall be designed by an architect or engineer
				  regularly engaged in the profession and registered in this Commonwealth under
				  the Architects Licensure Law (63 P. S. §§
										34.1-34.22), or the Professional Engineers
				  Registration Law (63 P. S. §§
										148-158) except that this shall not prohibit
				  persons from preparing any drawings or other design documents for the
				  remodeling or alteration of a building not involving structural or egress
				  changes or additions thereto, if the author of such plans or other design
				  documents does not receive any compensation as the author
				  thereof.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.5 - Certification of plans

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Every architect or engineer who shall prepare plans and
				  specifications for any building to which this chapter and Chapters 50-59 apply,
				  shall file with the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety, at the time
				  of submission of the plans, a certificate on a form as prescribed by the
				  Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.6 - Appeal of Department action as to final plans

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(a) A person whose final plans are not
				approved by the Department may appeal the Department's action to the
				Board.
(b) The appeals shall be
				filed with the Secretary of the Industrial Board, Labor and Industry Building,
				Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.7 - Legal effect of approval of plans

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(a)
				Final plans approved by the Department which reflect compliance with the act
				and with this title shall be valid for 2 years after the date of final plans
				approval; if construction commences within 2 years of the date of final plans
				approval, final plans approval shall be valid for 5 years after the date of
				final plans approval.
(b) After
				issuance of final plans approval by the Department, the Department may not
				require changes in a building during or after construction if all of the
				following apply:
(1) The final plans approval
				was issued without connivance or fraud.
(2) The building is being or was constructed
				in accordance with the final plans which were approved by the
				Department.
(3) The occupancy or
				use of the building is not being or was not changed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.8 - Fees for building-plan examinations

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(a) The Department will charge a fee for
				examination of plans, field inspections and issuance of an Occupancy Permit
				equal to the cost of making the examination and inspections. A plan approval is
				not valid until this fee is collected by the Commonwealth.
(b) A basic fee of $75 will be charged for
				each new or existing building reviewed.
(c) Final plan review for new buildings or
				additions includes the basic fee of $75, plus an additional fee of $5 per 100
				square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.
(d) C-3 occupancies will be charged only a
				$75 basic fee.
(e) Final plan
				review for alterations, renovations or remodeling of existing buildings
				includes the basic fee of $75, plus an additional fee of $5 per $1,000 of
				estimated cost of alterations, renovations or remodeling, which require
				approval under the act or this chapter and Chapters 50-59 as certified by the
				applicant. An individual or firm submitting plans for alterations, renovations
				or remodeling of an existing building may be charged a fee based on the formula
				for calculating fees listed in subsection (c) if the fee is less than the fee
				prescribed by this subsection.
(f)
				Payment shall be made by check or money order at the time of submission of
				plans and shall be made payable to the "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Cash may
				not be sent.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.9 - Field inspection

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(a) The
				owner or other responsible person shall notify the local office of the Bureau
				of Occupational and Industrial Safety listed on the plan approval letter when
				construction of the project has begun.
(b) Prefinal inspections may be conducted
				based upon the size and complexity of a project.
(1) If a nonconforming condition is observed
				at a prefinal inspection, the district office supervisor will notify the owner
				of the building of these observations in writing.
(2) It shall be the owner's responsibility to
				correct the conditions or obtain a revised approval for the
				conditions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.10 - Applicability of general rules

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Under 1 Pa. Code §
									31.1 (relating to scope of part),
				  1 Pa. Code Part II (relating to general rules of administrative practice and
				  procedure) is applicable to all proceedings for the enforcement of the act
				  except as provided in this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 49 - ADMINISTRATION-BUILDINGS › Section 49.11 - Service of orders, notices and duty of owner to post address

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Service of orders, notices and other documents shall be
				  effected in the manner provided by 1 Pa. Code §
									33.31 (relating to service by the
				  agency).