§ 5.62. Location.
(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shall be used to govern the location of the fireworks plant, under act of April 27, 1927 (No. 291) (35 P. S. § 119.4) (Repealed).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.
(f) Barricaded factory buildings and magazines shall conform with the following:
(1) The term means a physical barrier, natural or artificial, around the building or magazine to protect life and limb in buildings and on highways, railroads, and railways from damage by premature explosion.
(2) The methods of barricading are as follows:
(i) The building or magazine shall be located in an isolated ravine.
(ii) An excavation at the foot or side of a mountain shall be made sufficiently deep to provide protection on the sides and end of the building or magazine. A 2 foot space will be allowed between the building or magazine and the excavated sides.
(iii) A substantial barricade of concrete or timber shall be constructed.
(3) Barricaded magazines or factory buildings shall be located not less than 1/2 the distance from buildings, magazines, highways, railroads and railways as required for unbarricaded factory buildings or magazines, in subsection (e).
Cross References This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 5.120 (relating to cleanliness); 34 Pa. Code § 5.122 (relating to tables of quantity and distance); 34 Pa. Code § 5.145 (relating to machine mixing house); 34 Pa. Code § 5.191 (relating to distance limitations); and 34 Pa. Code § 5.192 (relating to operation).
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