Section 10-206 - Plant equipment.
§ 10-206. Plant equipment.
(a) In general.- Each building in a fireworks plant shall be equipped as provided in this section.
(b) Heating equipment.-
(1) A stove, an exposed flame, or an electric heater may not be used in a fireworks plant, except in a boiler room, machine shop, office building, pump house, or lavatory in which fireworks, fireworks components, or volatile chemicals are prohibited.
(2) If a unit heater is located inside a building that could, at any time, contain explosive composition:
(i) the heater shall be equipped with an explosion-proof motor; and
(ii) the switches controlling the motor of the unit heater shall be located outside the building in which the motor is located.
(c) Devices capable of producing open spark.- An electric motor, fan, open switch, or other device capable of producing an open spark shall be located:
(1) outside any building in a fireworks plant that at any time contains explosive composition; and
(2) in a manner so that an open spark cannot be introduced into a building in a fireworks plant that, at any time, contains explosive composition.
(d) Presses or other mechanical devices.- A press or other mechanical device located in a building in a fireworks plant that, at any time, contains explosive composition shall be properly grounded to prevent the accumulation of static electricity.
[An. Code 1957, art. 38A, § 21 (intro. lang.), (5), (7); 2003, ch. 5, § 2.]