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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="10-209" title_number="10" title_name="Fireworks and Sparklers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Fireworks Plants">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The licensee shall designate an employee in each fireworks plant as safety officer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When an employee of a fireworks plant begins employment in the fireworks plant and at least annually thereafter, the safety officer shall instruct the employee formally about:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the provisions of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>regulations adopted by the State Fire Prevention Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>proper methods and procedures in fireworks plants;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>safety requirements and procedures for handling explosives and fireworks; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>other subjects that the State Fire Prevention Commission requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>After receiving each course of instruction, the employee shall sign a statement that the employee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has received instruction in the subjects required under paragraph (2) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>understands the requirements for safe practices.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The statement required under paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>filed in the personnel records of the fireworks plant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>made available for inspection by the State Fire Marshal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A licensee shall post conspicuously in each building signs stating the maximum number of workers and visitors who may be present in the building at any one time.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensee shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide cotton working uniforms and conductive shoes to each individual working in a mixing building and press building in a fireworks plant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide facilities for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>individuals to change into and out of uniforms; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the safekeeping of clothing;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>wash uniforms frequently to prevent the accumulation of explosive composition on the uniforms; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>provide for employees washing and showering facilities designated by the Secretary of Health.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Each individual working in a mixing building and press building in a fireworks plant shall wear the cotton uniforms and conductive shoes that the licensee provides.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Each individual working in a production building in a fireworks plant shall wear the type of eye protection designated by the Secretary of Health.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Each individual working in a mixing area in a fireworks plant shall wear the type of respirator designated by the Secretary of Health.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An individual may not wear the uniform outside the fireworks plant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may not smoke or carry a lighted pipe, cigarette, cigar, match, lighter, or open flame inside the fence of a fireworks plant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensee may allow smoking in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an office building; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>another building if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the building is used exclusively as a lunchroom or for rest rooms; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the presence of fireworks or any explosive composition in the building is prohibited.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The licensee shall mark locations in which smoking is authorized.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Smoking locations shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>suitable receptacles for cigarette and cigar butts and pipe heels; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>at least one serviceable fire extinguisher of a type that is acceptable to the State Fire Marshal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A person whose clothing is so contaminated with explosives or other dangerous materials as to possibly endanger the safety of other fireworks plant personnel may not be allowed in a smoking location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not bring into a finishing and assembling building, press building, mixing building, or storage building:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a match, cigarette lighter, or other flame–producing device; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a key, knife, coin, or other personal article made of metal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person shall only use properly maintained and nonferrous safety hand tools in any area of a fireworks plant in which there is a danger that materials may be ignited by sparks.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>enter or attempt to enter a fireworks plant while:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>possessing liquor or narcotics; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>under the influence of liquor or narcotics; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>consume intoxicants or narcotics while in a fireworks plant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
