Section 10-206 - Plant equipment. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]