N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 12 § 43.4

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 43.4 - Definitions

(a) Air contaminants. Airborne substances, such as dusts, fibers, fumes, gases, mists, vapors and other impurities.

(b) Approved. In respect to a device or material: in compliance with a subsisting resolution of approval adopted by the board; in respect to action by the board: made the subject of a resolution of approval.

(c) Board. The Board of Standards and Appeals of the State of New York.

(d) Coin.

(1) A piece of metal issued and authorized by the United States for use as money.

(2) A piece of material so designed and constructed that when inserted into a receptacle it actuates a coin-operated machine or makes it available for actuation.

(e) Coin-operated machine. A machine designed and constructed to perform or to be used to perform a manufacturing process when actuated or made available for actuation by the insertion into a receptacle of a coin or combination of coins. The term includes all parts, components and accessories of the machine.

(f) Commissioner. The Industrial Commissioner of the State of New York.

(g) Customer. A person making normal use of a machine; a customer of the establishment or place where a machine is installed.

(h) Dangerous air contaminants. Air contaminants in quantities tending to injure health, or creating a fire or explosion hazard, or existing in quantities greater than 25 percent of the lower explosive level of any mixture or compound which they may form.

(i) Dry cleaning machine. A machine which performs or may be used to perform a process for cleaning materials by the use of solvents or substances other than water or water-soluble substances.

(j) Machine. A coin-operated machine.

(k) Manufacturing process. A process whereby any article or thing is made, altered, repaired, finished, bottled, canned, cleaned, laundered, pressed or dried, in whole or in part.

(l) Normal operation. Operation for performance of a manufacturing process.

(m) Owner. Of a machine: any person having the right to possess it.

(n) Work atmosphere. The atmosphere to which an employee is exposed in the course of performing his work.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 § 43.4