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: EXPLOSIVES
Section 5.117 - Attire of employes

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 5.117

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) All employes handling loose explosives or working in or around explosives manufacturing buildings where there is a possibility of explosion by the attrition of metals shall wear powder shoes or rubber soled shoes without iron or steel nails. No pockets shall be allowed in the clothing worn in such work except skeleton pockets. Neither iron nor steel buttons, nor other metal attachments, shall be allowed on such clothes, nor shall metal objects such as knives, keys, and the like, be allowed to be carried in the pockets.

(b) All persons before entering such buildings shall wipe or clean their shoes. All explosives buildings shall be provided at each entrance with devices whereby the shoes of all persons entering may be cleaned.

(c) Suitable change or locker houses shall be provided where employes may change their clothes and wash. No lockers are allowed in explosives buildings.

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