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Subchapter 4. Construction Safety Orders
Article 27. Powder-Actuated Tools
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§1692. Power Loads.


(a) Identification of Cased Power Loads. Cased power loads shall be coded to identify power load levels by case color and power load color as specified in Table 1.

(b) Identification of Caseless Power Loads. Caseless power loads shall be coded to identify power load levels by power load color as specified in Table 1 and by configuration.

(c) Power Load Use Limitation. No power load (cased or caseless) shall be used if it will properly chamber in any existing commercially available tool and will cause a fastener to have a test velocity in excess of the maximum test velocities specified for the tool.

(d) Identification of Power Load Packages. Power load packages shall provide a visual number-color indication of the power level of the power load as specified in Table 1.


                            Table 1  
                   Power Load Identification 

                                          Nominal         Nominal 
Power        Color Identification         Velocity       Velocity 
Level       Case Color   Load Color      (+ or -45'/s)  (+ or -14m/s) 

  1          Brass        Gray              300              90 
  2          Brass        Brown             390             120 
  3          Brass        Green             480             145 
  4          Brass        Yellow            570             175 
  5          Brass        Red               660             200 
  6          Brass        Purple            750             230 
  7          Nickel       Gray              840             255 
  8          Nickel       Brown             930             285 
  9          Nickel       Green            1020             310 
 10          Nickel       Yellow           1110             340 
 11          Nickel       Red              1200             365 
 12          Nickel       Purple           1290             395 
 

NOTE: The nominal velocity applies to a 3/8-inch (9 mm), 350-grain (113 carat) ballistic slug fired in a test device and has no reference to actual fastener velocity developed in any specific tool.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 10-16-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 42).

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