§ 33.1. Definitions.

 The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   Barricaded—A natural or artificial physical barrier around the magazine, designed to protect life and limb in buildings, on highways, on railroads, and on railways from damage by premature explosion.

   Blaster, shooter, or shot firer—A quarryman or other person who has satisfactorily demonstrated his ability to charge and fire explosive materials in a pit or a quarry with a reasonable degree of safety.

   Class A magazine—The principle magazine located outside of the pit or quarry, used for the storage of the main supply of explosives and constructed in accordance with the specifications contained in Chapter 5, Subchapter D (relating to explosives).

   Class B magazine—The magazine located in the pit or quarry, used for the storage of a one-day supply of explosives and constructed in accordance with the specifications contained in Chapter 5, Subchapter D.

   Inclined plane—Any inclined traveling way used in pit or quarry operations for the purpose of hoisting or lowering men or materials by means of a cable operated from an electric, steam, air or gravity hoist. This term does not include any part of a tipple.

   Owner or operator—The person, firm or body corporate who is in legal possession of a pit or quarry.

   Pit or quarry—Any natural or excavated opening in the ground, or any abandoned or worked out sections of all other pits or quarries, from which clay, gravel, slate, limestone, sandstone or other rocks or minerals, or other materials, are obtained by stripping digging, blasting, dredging or other means, except anthracite and bituminous coal strippings.

   Pit foreman or quarry foreman—The person who is designated by the owner, operator or superintendent to have immediate general supervision over all workings and operations in a pit or quarry.

   Superintendent—The person who shall have, on behalf of the owner or operator, general supervision of one or more pits or quarries.

   Workings—All parts of a pit or quarry in which actual, active quarrying operations are carried on.