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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.21 - 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:
Demolition
-The removal of a building or
						structure or part thereof.
Lumber size
-Nominal stock
						size.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.22 - Scope

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This subchapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives,
						limbs and health of workers engaged in demolition work, places the
						responsibility of compliance with the rules upon both employer and employe, and
						requires notification to the Bureau of Inspection before demolition is begun in
						certain instances.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.23 - Penalty

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A person who violates this subchapter, or the regulations
						of the Department or who interferes with the Department or its authorized
						representatives in the enforcement of this subchapter, or the regulations shall
						be penalized under section 15 of the 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 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.24 - Filing of notice required

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No demolition may be commenced by a person except the
						owner of the building or structure or a part thereof, or his employes, until
						the person or firm, whether corporate or otherwise, which will perform the
						demolition work first notifies the Bureau of Inspection on prescribed forms. In
						the case of emergencies caused by fire, flood, riot, civil disorder or other
						acts of God, demolition work may be commenced without prior notice, if the
						notice is filed within 48 hours after the commencement of the
						work.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.31 - General

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(a)
Supervision.
Demolition of buildings or other structures shall
					 be done under the direction of persons experienced in that work.
(b)
Allowable loading.
No
					 structure, part of a structure, floor or temporary support, scaffold, sidewalk
					 shed, bridge or device or equipment may be loaded in excess of the safe
					 carrying capacity, but never more than 1/3 of its ultimate structural
					 strength.
(c)
Walkways and
					 passageways.
Walkways and passageways shall be provided for the use
					 of workmen, who shall be instructed in such use, and all such walkways and
					 passageways shall be kept adequately lighted and free from debris or other
					 materials.
(d)
Protruding
					 nails.
Protruding nails in any lumber shall be withdrawn, hammered in,
					 or bent over as soon as it is removed from the structure being demolished, or
					 all nail-bearing lumber shall be placed in piles for future cleaning or
					 burning.
(e)
First aid kit.
There shall be provided and properly maintained on each job an
					 approved type of first aid kit, in the charge of a person instructed in the
					 application of first aid.
(f)
Posting of danger signs.
On every demolition job, danger signs
					 shall be conspicuously posted around the property; all doorways or
					 thoroughfares to the property shall be kept barricaded, except during the
					 actual passage of men or equipment.
(g)
Sprinkling.
During
					 demolition, all chutes, floors, stairways and other places affected shall be
					 sprinkled frequently to keep down dust.
(h)
Cables, ropes, slings, and
					 tackle.
Cables, ropes, slings, and tackle shall be thoroughly and
					 frequently inspected. When not in use, they shall be stored in a dry place.
					 Equipment showing any defect shall be removed from service at once. Splicing of
					 ropes is prohibited.
(i)
Oxygen acetylene.
Oxygen acetylene and similar materials, when
					 used in connection with demolition, shall be stored in steel cylinders, in a
					 cool place shielded from the sun, at a point from which such cylinders cannot
					 fall and fully protected from falling materials or objects. Such cylinders
					 shall be chained or tied in position or set in cradles.
(j)
Personal protective devices.
Employes on demolition jobs shall wear approved hard hats and
					 steel-toed shoes. Employes working in atmospheres containing excessive dust
					 shall wear approved respirators. Employes subject to injury from flying
					 particles shall wear approved goggles.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.32 - Temporary sanitation

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(a)
Chemical closets.
(1)
					 Approved sanitary chemical closets shall be provided during demolition
					 operations in the following ratio, and shall be located so that workmen are not
					 obliged to walk more than three stories up or down to reach them:
Number of
								  Persons
Number of Closets
1-15
1
16-30
2
31-60
3
61-100
4
101-150
5
(2) For each additional 50 persons employed,
					 or fractional part thereof, at least one additional closet shall be
					 provided.
(3) In buildings of three
					 stories or less in height, facilities may be provided outside the building, but
					 not more than 150 feet distant.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.33 - Preparatory procedures

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(a) Before
					 beginning the demolition of any building or structure, the contractor or person
					 in charge shall make a complete examination of such building or structure to
					 ascertain any existing dangerous structural defects.
(b) Where a structure to be demolished has
					 been partially wrecked by fire, flood, explosion, or other causes, the walls
					 shall be shored or braced in accordance with accepted engineering practice
					 before any demolition work is started.
(c) Electric, gas, water, steam, and other
					 service lines from the outside, except those which are especially maintained
					 for use in connection with the demolition work, shall be effectively cut off
					 before demolition work is started. In each case, the service company in charge
					 shall be notified in advance and the approval or cooperation obtained by the
					 contractors or the property owner.
(d) Power, water, or other service lines
					 especially maintained for use in demolition work shall be relocated when
					 necessary or protected with substantial covering to prevent damage.
(e) Glazed sash, glazed doors, and other
					 glass shall be removed before demolition work is begun.
(f) Exterior wall openings which extend down
					 to floor level shall be barricaded to a height not less than three feet above
					 floor level. This subsection does not apply to a story after structural
					 demolition of that story has been started, nor to the ground level.
(g) Floor openings and shafts not used for
					 material chutes shall be floored over or enclosed with guardrails and
					 toeboards.
(h) Except for the
					 cutting of holes in floors for chutes and holes through which to drop
					 materials, preparation of storage space and other necessary preparatory work,
					 demolition of exterior walls and floor construction shall begin at the top of
					 the structure and proceed downward, and each story of exterior walls and floor
					 construction shall be removed and dropped into the storage space before
					 commencing the removal of walls and floors in the story below. This requirement
					 does not prohibit the demolition of a structure in sections where positive
					 means are taken to prevent injury to persons or damage to property.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.34 - Sidewalk protection

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(a)
Public thoroughfare.
Before demolition work is commenced,
					 every sidewalk or public thoroughfare adjacent to the site shall be closed or
					 protected as specified in this section. Such thoroughfares shall be kept clear
					 and unobstructed at all times.
(b)
Sidewalk sheds.
When the structure to be demolished is more
					 than two stories or 25 feet high, measured from sidewalk or street level, and
					 the horizontal distance from the inside of the sidewalk to the structure is 15
					 feet or less, a sidewalk shed shall be constructed over the entire length of
					 the sidewalk adjacent to the structure, of sufficient width to accommodate
					 pedestrian traffic without causing congestion. The sidewalk shed shall be
					 lighted by natural or artificial means sufficient to ensure safety at all
					 times, and shall meet the following additional requirements:
(1) Each sidewalk shed shall be built to be
					 capable of safely sustaining a load of 150 pounds per square foot, and when
					 material is to be stored thereon it shall be capable of sustaining a load of at
					 least 300 pounds per square foot.
(2) The outside edge and ends of the deck of
					 a shed shall be provided with a substantial enclosure of at least 42 inches
					 above the deck of the shed. Such enclosures may be vertical or inclined outward
					 at approximately 45 degrees and shall consist of boards laid close together
					 secured to braced uprights.
(3)
					 Sidewalk shed openings for loading purposes shall be kept closed at all times
					 except during actual loading operations.
(4) The deck flooring of a sidewalk shed
					 shall consist of planking not less than two inches in thickness, closely laid
					 and made watertight. Members of the shed shall be adequately braced and
					 connected to resist displacement of members or distortion of the
					 framework.
(5) Unless the top deck
					 of the sidewalk shed is built solidly against the face of the structure to be
					 demolished, the vertical face of the shed supports next to the building shall
					 be solidly fenced throughout. This does not prohibit the construction and use
					 of solid sliding or swinging gates necessary for the work.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.35 - Removal of materials

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(a)
Through chutes.
The removal of materials through chutes shall
					 comply with the following:
(1) No material
					 shall be dropped to any point outside the exterior walls of the building except
					 through enclosed wooden or metal chutes, except where buildings being
					 demolished are not adjacent to other buildings or thoroughfares, in which case
					 materials may be dropped to points outside the building walls, if a sufficient
					 number of employes are assigned to keep the public and other employes from
					 entering the danger area.
(2)
					 Material chutes at an angle of more than 45 degrees from the horizontal shall
					 be entirely enclosed on all four sides except for openings at or about floor
					 level for the receiving of materials and debris.
(3) The openings specified in paragraph (2)
					 shall not exceed 48 inches in height, measured along the wall of the chute, and
					 in all stories below the top floor such openings shall be kept closed when not
					 in use.
(4) Chutes at an angle of
					 less than 45° with the horizontal may be left open on the upper side, if at
					 the point where such a chute discharges into a chute steeper than 45° with
					 the horizontal, the top of the steeper chute is boarded over to prevent the
					 escape of material.
(5) A strong
					 gate shall be installed in each chute at or near the discharge end and a
					 responsible employe shall be designated to control the gate and the backing up
					 and loading of trucks. Such employe shall be instructed to prevent any person
					 from standing or passing under the discharge end of the chute.
(6) When operations are not in progress, the
					 danger area at the discharge end of a chute shall be completely enclosed with a
					 substantial fence or otherwise made inaccessible.
(7) Any opening into which workmen dump
					 debris at the top of a chute shall be guarded by a substantial guardrail
					 extending at least 36 inches above the level of the floor or other surface on
					 which men stand to dump material into chutes.
(8) A toeboard or bumper, not less than 2
					 inches thick and 6 inches high, shall be provided at each chute opening where
					 material is dumped from wheelbarrows. Any space between the chute and the edge
					 of openings in floors through which it passes shall be solidly planked
					 over.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.36 - Stairs, passageways and ladders

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(a) Except for stairways, passageways, and
					 ladders for the use of workmen, access to any building being demolished shall
					 be entirely closed off at all times.
(b) Ladders shall meet the material and
					 construction requirements in Chapter 21 (relating to ladders), and shall be
					 maintained in a safe condition.
(c)
					 Ladders or their side rails shall not extend less than 42 inches above the
					 floor or platform to which such ladders give access.
(d) Ladders shall be secured against slipping
					 out at the bottom and against any movement at the top.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.37 - Removal of walls

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(a) Masonry
					 walls or other sections of masonry shall not be permitted to fall upon floors
					 in such masses as to exceed the safe carrying capacity of the floors.
(b) No section of wall whose height is more
					 than 22 times its thickness shall be permitted to stand without lateral bracing
					 unless such wall is in good condition and was originally designed to stand to a
					 greater height without such lateral support.
(c) Workmen shall not be permitted to work on
					 top of a wall when weather conditions constitute a hazard.
(d) Structural or load supporting members on
					 any floor shall not be cut or removed until all stories above that floor have
					 been demolished and removed. This provision does not prohibit the cutting of
					 floor beams for the purposes stated in §
											5.35 (relating to removal of
					 materials) or in §
											5.40(e) (relating
					 to storage space).
(e) Before
					 demolishing any interior or exterior wall within ten feet of any opening in the
					 floor immediately below, such opening shall be substantially planked over
					 unless all workmen are removed from all floors below and access to such floors
					 is positively prevented.
(f) In
					 buildings of "skeleton" construction, the steel framing may be left in place
					 during the demolition of masonry work. Where this is done, all steel beams,
					 girders, and the like shall be cleared of all loose material as the masonry
					 work progresses downward.
(g)
					 Walkways shall be provided to enable workmen to reach or leave their work on
					 any scaffold or wall. Such walkways shall be not less than three planks, nor
					 less than 30 inches wide.
(h) Each
					 day, at the completion of work, all walls shall be left stable and in no danger
					 of being overturned.
(i) Foundation
					 walls which serve as retaining walls to support earth or adjoining structures
					 shall not be demolished until the adjoining structures have been underpinned or
					 braced, and earth removed or supported by sheet piling or sheathing.
(j) In the demolition of brick and masonry
					 chimneys which cannot safely be toppled or dropped, all materials shall be
					 dropped down on the inside of such chimneys.
(k) The loading point at the discharge end of
					 any chute at or near the bottom of a chimney shall be completely protected by
					 means of an overhead timber canopy having a strength equal to a sidewalk shed,
					 as specified in §
											5.34 (relating to sidewalk
					 protection).
(l) Construction sheds
					 and tool boxes shall be so located as to protect workers from the danger of
					 falling walls and all other falling objects.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.38 - Catch platforms

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(a) During
					 the demolition of the exterior walls of a structure originally more than 70
					 feet high, catch platforms shall be erected along the exterior faces of such
					 walls where necessary to prevent injury to the public or workmen
					 below.
(b) Such catch platforms
					 shall be constructed and maintained not more than three stories below the story
					 from which the exterior walls are being removed. Where demolition has
					 progressed to within three stories of ground level, catch platforms are no
					 longer required.
(c) Catch
					 platforms shall be not less than 5 feet in width, measured in a horizontal
					 direction from the face of the structure, and shall consist of outriggers and
					 planks. Planks shall be laid tightly together, without openings between them
					 and the wall.
(d) Catch platforms
					 may be constructed of material other than wood, if such material is of equal
					 strength and does not otherwise lessen the security against falling
					 material.
(e) Catch platforms shall
					 be capable of sustaining a live load of not less than 125 pounds per square
					 foot.
(f) Catch platforms shall be
					 so inclined that the outer edge is at least 10 inches higher than the inner
					 edge.
(g) Supports shall consist of
					 outriggers of ample strength, secured against turning and spaced not more than
					 10 feet apart.
(h) Each outrigger
					 shall have ample support against the building or in window openings and shall
					 be adequately secured. Planks supported by the outrigger shall be not less than
					 2 inches thick and the ends shall overlap each other for a distance of at least
					 1 foot over the supports. All planks shall be secured against
					 displacement.
(i) The outer edge of
					 each catch platform shall be provided with a substantial enclosure, constructed
					 at an angle of approximately 45° with the horizontal and having its outer
					 edge not less than 48 inches from the platform, measured along the slope of the
					 enclosure.
(j) The enclosure wall
					 shall consist of boards nailed closely together. Such enclosure shall be
					 secured to supports placed not more than 10 feet apart.
(k) There shall be no openings between the
					 platform and the enclosure.
(l)
					 Supports for the enclosure shall be not less than 2 by 6 inches, in sections
					 with the greater dimension at right angles to the enclosures.
(m) Materials shall not be dumped on catch
					 platforms, nor shall such platforms be used for the storage of
					 materials.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.39 - Removal of floors

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(a) As used in
					 this section, the term "floor arches" shall mean the masonry filling between
					 the floor beams and girders, irrespective of the type of floor system; and the
					 term "planks of ample strength" shall mean planks of not less than two inches
					 thick by ten inches wide.
(b) In
					 cutting holes in floor arches which span in one direction between two beams or
					 supports, the section of floor arch to be removed in making the hole may be of
					 any width and shall include the entire span of the floor arch which is between
					 the two beams or supports on which it bears.
(c) Where workmen are engaged in removing
					 floors, planks of ample strength shall be provided and used in breaking down
					 floor arches. Such planks shall be so placed as to give the workmen firm
					 support should the arch collapse unexpectedly. Where it is necessary for a
					 workman to straddle a space between two planks, such space shall not exceed 16
					 inches.
(d) Walkways not less than
					 30 inches wide, formed of planks of ample strength, shall be provided and used
					 by workmen when necessary to enable them to reach any work place without
					 walking on exposed beams.
(e)
					 Stringers of ample strength shall be installed to support the planks where
					 necessary and the ends of such stringers shall be supported by floor beams or
					 girders and not by floor arches alone.
(f) When floor arches are being removed, no
					 workmen shall work in the area directly underneath and such area shall be
					 barricaded to prevent access to it.
(g) The demolition of floor arches shall not
					 be started until they and the surrounding floor area for a distance of 20 feet
					 have been entirely cleared of debris and other unnecessary material.
(h) Planks used for temporary protection
					 shall be sound and at least 2 inches thick. They shall be laid close together
					 with the ends overlapping at least 4 inches over solid bearings to prevent
					 tipping under a load.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.40 - Storage space

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(a) The storage
					 of debris on any floor of the structure being demolished may not exceed the
					 original allowable floor load.
(b)
					 In buildings having wooden floor construction, the flooring boards may be
					 removed from not more than one floor above the curb to provide storage space
					 for debris where falling material is not permitted to endanger the stability of
					 the structure.
(c) Where wooden
					 floor beams are required to brace interior walls or free standing exterior
					 walls, such beams shall be left in place until some other adequate support is
					 substituted.
(d) In buildings of
					 fireproof construction, floor arches of not more than 10 feet above the curb
					 may be removed to provide storage for debris, where such removal does not
					 endanger the stability of the structure.
(e) Intermediate steel floor beams not
					 required for the stability of the structure may be removed from the storage
					 space defined in subsection (d).
(f) The dumping of material from upper floors
					 into the storage space shall cease during all periods when workmen are
					 performing any work in such storage space.
(g) Walls shall not be subjected to lateral
					 pressure from stored material or lateral impact from falling
					 material.
(h) The storage space
					 into which material is dumped shall be blocked off, except for openings
					 necessary for the removal of material. Such openings shall be closed at all
					 times when material is not being removed.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													5.37 (relating to removal of
						  walls).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter B - DEMOLITION WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.41 - Demolition of steel construction

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(a)
					 Where floor arches have been removed, the entire tier of beams on which any
					 derrick is supported shall be completely planked over, except for openings
					 required for handling material or equipment.
(b) In the operation of cranes and derricks,
					 a standard signal system shall be used and all men assigned to the operation of
					 such equipment shall be fully instructed on such signals.
(c) A tagline or guide rope shall be used on
					 all hoisted or lowered loads.
(d)
					 The riding of the load line in any lifting device is strictly
					 prohibited.
(e) Wherever acetylene
					 or oxygen cylinders are transported or lifted by crane or derrick, such
					 cylinders shall be placed in substantial stands or cradles.
(f) A beam may not be cut until precautions
					 have been taken to prevent it from swinging freely and possibly striking a
					 workman, piece of equipment or part of the structure being
					 demolished.
(g) Structural steel
					 shall be lowered from the building and never allowed to drop, except where
					 buildings being demolished are not adjacent to other buildings or
					 thoroughfares, in which case materials may be dropped, if a sufficient number
					 of employes are assigned to keep the public and other workmen from entering the
					 danger area.
(h) When a structural
					 steel frame is demolished without a derrick, the entire tier of beams next
					 below that from which the beams and columns are being removed shall be
					 completely planked over. This does not apply to floors from which arches have
					 not been removed nor to openings for the passage of material or
					 equipment.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.51 - 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:
Fireworks
-A combustible or explosive
						composition, substance or combination of substances, or article prepared for
						the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion,
						explosion, deflagration or detonation.
Fireworks factory building
-A building or
						structure in which the manufacture of fireworks, other than sparklers, or in
						which processing involving fireworks, is carried on.
Fireworks plant
-Lands with buildings
						thereon, used in connection with the manufacturing or processing of fireworks,
						as well as the storehouses for the storage of finished fireworks.
Fireworks storage building
-A building in
						a fireworks plant used exclusively for the storage of finished or unfinished
						fireworks of less than 100 pounds.
Magazine
-A box or building used
						exclusively for the storage of explosive raw materials used in the manufacture
						of fireworks or for the storage of finished or unfinished fireworks in excess
						of 100 pounds.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.52 - Scope

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This subchapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives,
						limbs and health of workers in fireworks plants, and places the responsibility
						of compliance with the rules upon both employer and employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.53 - Penalty

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A person who violates this subchapter or the regulations
						of the Department or who interferes with the Department or its authorized
						representatives in the enforcement of this subchapter or the regulations, shall
						be penalized under section 15 of the 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 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.61 - General

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No fireworks factory building or fireworks storage
						building shall contain more than 100 pounds of explosives at any one time,
						except finished or unfinished fireworks stored in class A magazines; "100
						pounds of explosives" shall mean the sum total of raw material and processing
						material.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.62 - Location

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(a) No fireworks
					 plant may be located nearer than 2,000 feet from any inhabited building, 1,300
					 feet from railroad tracks or 650 feet from the nearest highway. For quantities
					 of explosives greater than 25,000 pounds, the American Quantity and Distance
					 Tables shall be used to govern the location of the fireworks plant, under act
					 of April 27, 1927 (No. 291) (35 P. S. §
												119.4) (Repealed).
(b) No fireworks factory building shall be
					 located nearer than 80 feet from any other fireworks factory building, 100 feet
					 from any fireworks storage building, or 300 feet from any magazine.
(c) No magazine containing up to and
					 including 5,000 pounds of explosives shall be located nearer than 300 feet from
					 any other magazine or fireworks storage building. No fireworks storage building
					 shall be located nearer than 100 feet from any other fireworks storage
					 building.
(d) Factory buildings,
					 storage buildings, and magazines for quantities of fireworks in excess of 5,000
					 pounds shall be subject to the Intraplant Quantity and Distance Table in
					 subsection (e).
(e) Unbarricaded
					 factory buildings and magazines shall conform with the following:
(1) All unbarricaded factory buildings shall
					 be located one from the other and from other buildings on explosives plants in
					 which persons are regularly employed, and all unbarricaded magazines shall be
					 located from factory buildings and buildings on explosives plants in which
					 persons are regularly employed, in conformity with the following table:
Intraplant Quantity and Distance
						Table
Explosives (in
								  pounds)
Distance (in feet)
0-10
See paragraph (2)
10-25
40
25-50
60
50-100
80
100-200
100
200-300
120
300-400
130
400-500
140
500-750
160
750-1,000
180
1,000-1,500
210
1,500-2,000
230
2,000-3,000
260
3,000-4,000
280
4,000-5,000
300
5,000-6,000
320
6,000-7,000
340
7,000-8,000
360
8,000-9,000
380
9,000-10,000
400
10,000-12,500
420
12,500-15,000
450
15,000-17,500
470
17,500-20,000
490
20,000-25,000
530
25,000-30,000
560
30,000-35,000
590
35,000-40,000
620
40,000-45,000
640
45,000-50,000
660
50,000-55,000
680
55,000-60,000
700
60,000-65,000
720
65,000-70,000
740
70,000-75,000
770
75,000-80,000
780
80,000-85,000
790
85,000-90,000
800
90,000-95,000
820
95,000-100,000
830
100,000-125,000
900
125,000-150,000
950
150,000-175,000
1,000
175,000-200,000
1,050
200,000-225,000
1,100
225,000-250,000
1,150
(2) If up to ten pounds of explosives are
					 involved, the only requirement is that they be stored in a separate building or
					 within substantial dividing walls.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.63 - Enclosure

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All fireworks plants shall be enclosed on all sides by a
						substantial fence and all openings to such enclosure shall be fitted with
						suitable gates, which when not locked shall be in the charge of a competent
						watchman who shall have charge of the fireworks plant when it is not in
						operation. No person other than authorized employes or representatives of
						authorized State or Federal departments having jurisdiction over such
						establishments shall be allowed in any fireworks plants, except upon written
						permission of the owner manager, or other person in authority. The fence shall
						not be nearer than 100 feet from the nearest building.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.65 - Fire protection

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(a)
					 Fireworks plants and all buildings situated within fireworks enclosures shall
					 be equipped with suitable fire protection, commensurate with the hazard
					 involved. Such fire protection shall be installed as directed by the
					 Department.
(b) No person shall
					 smoke or carry matches or other flame-producing device, or a lighted cigarette,
					 cigar or pipe, within any room or enclosure or upon any part of a fireworks
					 plant. Fireworks plants shall be posted with conspicuous "NO SMOKING"
					 signs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.66 - Transportation

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(a) Any vehicle
					 carrying fireworks upon a public highway shall display signs on both sides and
					 the rear of the vehicle reading "FIREWORKS-DANGER-KEEP FIRE AWAY." The
					 lettering on these signs shall not be less than 3 inches in height.
(b) No metal tools or other piece of metal
					 shall be carried in the bed or body of a vehicle containing fireworks, unless
					 contained in a suitable box or container.
(c) No exploders, detonators, blasting caps
					 or other similar explosive materials shall be transported in a vehicle
					 containing fireworks. Smoking is prohibited when the vehicle is transporting
					 fireworks.
(d) Nothing in this
					 section applies to the transportation of any article or thing shipped in
					 conformity with the regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission, nor to
					 the military or naval forces of the United States, nor to the duly authorized
					 militia of the State, nor to the use of signals necessary for the safe
					 operation of railroads, steamboats, or aircraft.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter C - FIREWORKS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 5.67 - Certificate of operation

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(a) No
					 fireworks plant shall open or continue to operate until a certificate of
					 operation has been obtained from the Department.
(b) Application for such certificate shall be
					 made by the owner, manager or operator of the plant, to the Department. The
					 application shall include drawings or blueprints in quadruplicate of the
					 general arrangement of buildings, showing the distances between buildings, the
					 quantities of explosives to be stored in each building, and the location of the
					 plant with respect to railroads, highways and other buildings.
(c) Upon receipt of an application, the
					 Department will authorize an inspection of the premises of the applicant. If
					 the conditions of the fireworks plant conform to the requirements of this
					 subchapter, the Department will issue a certificate of operation.
(d) The certificate of operation shall be
					 displayed under glass in the office or factory building and shall remain in
					 force until revoked.
(e) The
					 Department may revoke a certificate of operation any time a fireworks plant is
					 not maintained in accordance with this subchapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.81 - Scope

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This subchapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives,
						limbs and health of workers in plants manufacturing or using explosives, and
						places the responsibility of compliance with such rules upon both employer and
						employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.82 - Applicability

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(a)
Places
					 covered.
This subchapter governs the operation of all buildings,
					 factories, establishments or other places where people are employed, wherein
					 explosives are manufactured, used, handled, stored or in which they are
					 produced as the result of manufacturing processes.
(b)
Materials covered.
Materials classed as explosives by the Board include black powder of all
					 varieties, dry guncotton, nitroglycerine, dynamite, chlorates, fulminates, all
					 sensitized ammonium nitrate compositions, and any other of their compounds or
					 mixtures or any other substances which are subject to explosion by the aid of
					 shock, friction, spark or heat. Smokeless powder, wet guncotton and wet
					 nitrostarch are also included in this classification for the purposes of this
					 subchapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5.83 - Penalty

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A person who violates this subchapter or the regulations
						of the Department or who interferes with the Department or its authorized
						representatives in the enforcement of this subchapter or the regulations, shall
						be penalized under section 15 of the 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 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: EXPLOSIVE VAPORS › Section 5.91 - Construction of buildings

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(a) Rooms
					 or portions of explosives plants in which there are used, generated or found,
					 explosive vapors and where persons are employed, shall be separated from other
					 rooms or portions of plants by fire-resistive walls or partitions, pierced with
					 only openings that are necessary except when the rooms or portions of plants
					 consist of separate buildings. Where the material being used or which produces
					 the explosives vapors does not exceed 10 gallons in quantity and is confined in
					 safety cans, it is necessary only to prohibit the use of open flames, post
					 danger signs and observe safe practices. Materials which give off explosive
					 vapors may not be stored in workrooms where people are employed, unless the
					 materials are stored in closed, properly vented containers. Where practical,
					 safety cans should be used.
(b)
					 Where materials giving off explosives vapors are stored in separated or
					 underground storage systems outside of buildings, they may be distributed by
					 pipelines throughout buildings where persons are employed.
(c) Openings necessary in fire-resistive
					 walls shall be provided with fire-resistive doors. The doors shall be kept
					 closed at all times except when in use to permit passage from one room or
					 portion of a plant to another. On these doors danger signs shall be posted,
					 warning against the carrying of matches or an open light and permitting the
					 entrance of authorized employes or others designated by the manager or
					 superintendent only.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													5.182 (relating to rooms
						  containing ether vapor).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: EXPLOSIVE VAPORS › Section 5.92 - Number of employes

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The number of employes in rooms or portions of a plant
						shall be kept to the minimum compatible with the process of manufacture. This
						may be done by building additional fire-resistant portions or by the addition
						of small unit buildings.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													5.182 (relating to rooms
						  containing ether vapor).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: EXPLOSIVE VAPORS › Section 5.93 - Lighting

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(a) Open or naked
					 lights-such as lanterns, stoves, torches and the like-are not allowed in rooms
					 or portions of plants, except for necessary repairs under proper supervision.
					 Watchmen or others using portable lights shall be supplied with vapor-proof
					 lights.
(b) The rooms or portions
					 of plants shall be lighted, if artificial light is needed, by means of an
					 electric system installed in conduit or in lead encased cables with vapor-proof
					 keyless lamps. Switches or fuses shall be located away from the rooms or
					 buildings in a protected place. It is preferable that lights be projected by
					 reflectors into rooms from the outside through properly located windows. The
					 use of electric motors other than the sparkless induction type is
					 forbidden.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													5.166 (relating to electric
						  apparatus and lighting); and 34 Pa. Code §
													5.182 (relating to rooms
						  containing ether vapor).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: EXPLOSIVE VAPORS › Section 5.94 - Ventilation

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(a) Where the
					 amount of gases or vapors produced is deemed by the Department or its
					 authorized representative to be a menace to the safety or health of employes,
					 an efficient exhaust system, the plans of which shall be approved by the
					 Department, shall be installed in the rooms designated and kept operating at
					 all times when persons are employed therein.
(b) During necessary repairs which might
					 cause a spark, other operations shall cease, and the repairs shall be made only
					 after adequate ventilation has been established to free the room or portion of
					 the plant from explosive gas or vapor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: EXPLOSIVE VAPORS › Section 5.95 - Prevention of explosions

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(a) Oil
					 lanterns, open lights, and any work which might generate a spark are prohibited
					 in the vicinity of acid containers, except when necessary to apply heat for
					 thawing purposes, which shall be done under proper supervision. The opening of
					 drums by means of an iron chisel and hammer is prohibited. Suitable wrenches
					 shall be provided.
(b) Localities
					 where such material is stored shall be posted with warning signs calling
					 attention to the danger of bringing open lights into the vicinity.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 5 - BLASTING, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES › Subchapter D - EXPLOSIVES › GENERAL PRECAUTIONS: EXPLOSIVE VAPORS › Section 5.96 - Nitric acid

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(a) Due to the
					 danger to workers from inhalation of nitrous fumes in case of fire or of the
					 breakage of carboys, carboys containing nitric acid shall be stored in detached
					 sheds with sandstone, brick, or other suitable flooring, in quantities not to
					 exceed 100 carboys, in not more than four rows. Nitric acid in carboys may be
					 stored in unlimited quantities in the open.
(b) The following notice will be supplied by
					 the Department on application, and shall be posted at all places in plants
					 where there is danger of poisoning by acid fumes:
ACID FUMES
WARNING-The Inhalation of Dense Acid Fumes May Cause
						Death. Employes are strictly prohibited from entering buildings where acid
						fumes exist, or tanks, or confined spaces which are not entirely clear of acid
						fumes, unless they wear the proper protective equipment such as gas masks, hose
						masks, etc. Employes working in tanks shall, in addition to the gas mask, hose
						mask, etc., wear a lifeline which is at all times in the hands of an assistant
						stationed outside of the tank. Employes who have been exposed to acid fumes and
						who feel weak, sick, short of breath, or who are attacked with cramps or
						coughing shall report this condition to their foreman or to the hospital at
						once, so that proper treatment can be given. Don't wait to get home. Delay may
						be fatal. Take no chances. Responsibility for complying with these regulations
						shall rest with the foreman or other person designated for that purpose by the
						management of the plant. Failure to comply with these regulations may subject
						the offender to a penalty of a fine or imprisonment.
(c) Water shall always be available for use
					 in case of evolution of nitrous fumes caused by breakage or other accident, and
					 all workers handling such acid shall be warned against sprinkling sawdust,
					 earth, or anything of an organic nature on spilled acid. Only water or alkalies
					 shall be used upon spilled nitric acid.