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Before any cutting or welding process, the floor shall be swept clean and, if of wood, shall be sprinkled with water. The scene of such work shall be inspected 30 minutes after every cutting or welding operation and all smoldering sparks shall be extinguished.
Extra gas cylinders shall not be stored in the same room in which a portable generator is used.
Generators shall be cleaned and recharged and the air mixture shall be blown off outside of the building. Generators, when charged, shall not be moved by crane or derrick. When not in use they shall not be stored in any room in which open lights or fires are used unless free of carbide and thoroughly purged of gas.
Storage rooms for portable generators shall be thoroughly ventilated.
Cutting and welding operations shall not be carried on within ten feet of any combustible material other than the floor.
Generators shall not be placed where water will freeze. Salt or other corrosive chemicals shall not be used as a protection against freezing.
Not more than one cutting or welding flame shall be used with any portable generator unless permanently attached and piped as required under Section 15-26-480 for semiportable installations.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-96, p. 15616)