For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
EXPLOSIVE. Any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is intended for the purpose of producing an explosion; that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects, or of destroying life or limb.
(IC 22-11-13-1)
FIREWORKS. Any composition or device designed for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. FIREWORKS consist of COMMON FIREWORKS and SPECIAL FIREWORKS. The following items are excluded from the definition of fireworks: model rockets; toy pistol caps; emergency signal flares; matches; fixed ammunition for firearms; ammunition components intended for use in firearms, muzzle loading cannons, or small arms; shells, cartridges, and primers for use in firearms, muzzle loading cannons, or small arms.
(1) COMMON FIREWORK. A small firework that is designed primarily to produce visible effects by combustion, and that is required to comply with the construction, chemical composition, and
labeling regulations promulgated by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. 1507. The term also includes some small devices designed to produce an audible effect, such as whistling devices, ground devices containing 50 milligrams or less of explosive composition, and aerial devices containing 130 milligrams or less of explosive composition. Propelling or expelling charges consisting of a mixture of charcoal, sulfur, and potassium nitrate are not considered as designed to produce an audible effect.
(a) COMMON FIREWORKS include:
1. Ground and hand-held sparkling devices, which include dipped stick, certain wire sparklers, cylindrical fountains, cone fountains, illuminating torches, wheels, ground spinners, and flitter sparklers;
2. Aerial devices, which include sky rockets, missile-type rockets, helicopter or aerial spinners, roman candles, mines, and shells;
3. Ground audible devices, which include fire-crackers, salutes, and chasers; and
4. Firework devices containing combinations of two or more of the effects described in the preceding three divisions.
(b) COMMON FIREWORKS do not include the following novelties and trick noisemakers:
1. Snakes or glow worms.
2. Smoke devices.
3. Wire sparklers which contain no magnesium and which contain less than 100 grams of composition per item.
4. Trick noisemakers, which include party poppers, booby traps, snappers, trick matches, cigarette loads, and auto burglar alarms.
(2) SPECIAL FIREWORKS. Fireworks designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation, including firecrackers containing more than 130 milligrams of explosive composition, aerial shells containing more than 40 grams of pyrotechnic composition, and other exhibition display items that exceed the limits for classification as “common fireworks.”
(IC 22-11-14-1)