§397-3 - Definitions.
[§397-3] Definitions. "Appeals
board" means the department of labor and industrial relations appeals
board.
"Boiler" means a closed vessel in
which water is heated, steam is generated, steam is superheated or any
combination thereof by the direct application of heat. The term
"boiler" includes fired units for heating or vaporizing liquids other
than water where these units are separate from processing systems and complete
within themselves.
"Contractor" means any person, firm
or corporation installing, repairing or servicing and responsible for the safe
operation of any boiler, pressure system, amusement ride, and elevator and
kindred equipment or structure inspected pursuant to this chapter.
"Department" means the department of
labor and industrial relations.
"Director" means the director of
labor and industrial relations.
"Division" means the division of
occupational safety and health.
"Elevator" means a hoisting and
lowering mechanism permanently installed in a structure, designed to carry
passengers or authorized personnel, equipped with a car or platform which moves
in fixed guides and serves two or more fixed landings.
"Elevators and kindred equipment" as
used in this chapter means elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks,
stage lifts, mechanized parking elevators, manlifts, inclined lifts, personnel
hoists, aerial tramways, permanently installed material lifts, personal
automatic trains and any other similar mechanized equipment used to convey
people in places other than a public right-of-way.
"National Board" means the National
Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, 1055 Crupper Avenue, Columbus,
Ohio 43229.
"Owner" means any person, firm or
corporation with legal title to any boiler, pressure system, amusement ride,
and elevator and kindred equipment inspected pursuant to this chapter who may
or may not be the user.
"Pressure piping" means piping
systems specified in the American National Standard Code for Pressure Piping
developed and promulgated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
"Pressure systems" means both
pressure vessels and pressure piping as defined in this section.
"Pressure vessel" means a closed
vessel in which pressure is obtained from an external source or by the direct
application of heat from a direct or indirect source.
"User" means any person, firm or
corporation legally in possession and responsible for the safe operation of any
boiler, pressure system, amusement ride, and elevator and kindred equipment
inspected pursuant to this chapter.
"Vendor" means any person, firm or
corporation that sells or distributes any boiler, pressure system, amusement
ride, and elevator and kindred equipment required to be inspected pursuant to
this chapter. [L 1980, c 19, pt of §1]