(a) Definitions.
Automatic fire extinguishing system. The term "automatic fire extinguishing system" shall mean:
(i) A system of piping connected to one or more acceptable sources of water supply, which system is provided with approved distributing devices so arranged and located as to automatically discharge an effective spray over the interior of the building in the event of fire therein; or
(ii) A system of piping and distributing devices automatically controlled, connected to an adequate supply of chemical fire extinguishing media of an approved type suitable for the hazard involved.
Factory building. The term "factory building" shall mean a factory building as defined by Section 10 of the New York State Labor Law. Section 10. "Factory building" means a building, shed or structure which or any part of which, is occupied by or used for a factory, and in which at least one-tenth or more than twenty-five of all the persons employed in the building are engaged in work for a factory, but shall not include a building in a city having a population of more than one million, used exclusively by one employer and in which not more than one-tenth of all the persons employed therein are engaged in work for a factory and which, except for such factory work, would be classified as a mercantile establishment. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any part of a building occupied or used as a factory, except as otherwise provided by this subdivision.
Non-flammable.
(i) The term "non-flammable" as used in these rules when applied to solids shall mean materials which will not ignite and continue to burn when brought in contact for five seconds with an open flame or when in contact with glowing materials.
(ii) The term "non-flammable" as used in these rules when applied to liquids shall mean any liquid which will not generate a flammable vapor at a temperature of 300° F or less when tested in a Tagliabue open cup tester.
Volatile flammable oils or solvents. The term "volatile flammable oils or solvents" as used in these rules shall mean any liquid mixture or compound that will generate a flammable vapor at a temperature of 110° F or less when in a Tagliabue open cup tester.
(b) Medium hazards.
Bagging, manufacturing
Bags, Cloth, Paper or Burlap, manufacturing
Bakeries except retail bakeries and except bakeries where all products baked are consumed on the premises
Bamboo or Rattan Products, manufacturing
Baskets (other than metal), manufacturing
Bookbinding Boots or Shoes, manufacturing
Burlap, manufacturing Buttons, manufacturing, except non-flammable buttons
Candles, or wax products, manufacturing
Canvas, manufacturing
Cardboard, manufacturing
Cereal Mills
Chemical Works (except where volatile flammable oils or solvents are used, stored or manufactured)
Cloth, Backing
Cloth, Dyeing or Printing Works
Cloth, manufacturing
Confectionery Products, manufacturing
Cotton Batting or Waste, manufacturing
Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Industrial Plants (except those using volatile flammable oils)
Distilleries
Envelope, manufacturing
Excelsior or Excelsior Products, manufacturing or storage
Feed, Flour or Grist Mills
Felt or Felt Products, manufacturing
Furniture, manufacturing, repairing or refinishing
Furs or Fur Products, manufacturing or processing
Gloves, manufacturing
Handbags, Luggage or Trunks, manufacturing
Hats, manufacturing
Knitting, Weaving or Embroidering
Laundries
Leather Goods, manufacturing
Lithographing
Millinery, manufacturing (except custom)
Paper Pulp Mills
Paper Boxes or Cartons, manufacturing
Pencil, manufacturing
Picture Frame, manufacturing
Plastic Articles (except non-flammable)
Printing except incidental to primary use with area not exceeding 2,000 feet
Rag sorting or processing
Rope, Cordage and Twine, manufacturing
Rubber Products, manufacturing
Rugs, manufacturing
Shades, Window, manufacturing
Silk, manufacturing
Straw Goods, manufacturing
Synthetic Yarns or Fabric, manufacturing, except non-flammable
Tanneries
Tobacco Products, manufacturing
Umbrella, manufacturing
Upholstering
Woodworking
(c) High hazards.
Aluminum, powdered, manufacturing
Artificial Flowers, manufacturing
Artificial Leather, manufacturing
Carpet cleaning, using volatile flammable oils or solvents
Chemical manufacturing using volatile flammable oils or solvents
Combustible or flammable mixtures, manufacturing
Compressed Gases, manufacturing, flammable or explosive
Cotton Picking and Opening Operations
Dry Cleaning Plants, using volatile flammable solvents
Enameling (except vitrous enameling) using more than 2 qts. per day or storing more than 20 gals.
Essential Oils or Perfumes, manufacturing
Feathers, processing
Fireworks
Linoleum, manufacturing
Linseed Oil
Mills
Lithographing Inks (except non-flammable), manufacturing
Magnesium (powdered), manufacturing or processing (Chemical Extinguishing system only)
Mattress manufacturing or repairing
Matches, manufacturing
Nail Polish, manufacturing
Nitrocellulose Products, manufacturing or processing
Painting or Lacquering using more than 2 qts. per day or storing more than 20 gals.
Paint, Varnish, Enameling, Lacquers, Lithographing ink (except non-flammable), manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Products, manufacturing
Plastics, manufacturing, except non-flammable
Raincoats, manufacturing (using rubber)
Rubber Cement, manufacturing
Shoddy Mills
Silk Screen Printing
Starch or Sugar Mills
Surgical Sutures, manufacturing, processing or packing
Solvent Extracting (other than non-flammable)
Tallow, manufacturing
Tires (rubber), re-capping, re-treading or vulcanizing
Volatile, Flammable Oils, Solvents, or Mixtures, manufacturing
Woodworking with painting, varnishing, lacquering or shellacking
(Renumbered City Record 4/4/2019, eff. 5/5/2019)