Subchapter A. PITS AND QUARRIES

§ 33.1. Definitions.

 (a)  This subchapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives, limbs and health of workers in pits and quarries.

 (a)  The owner, operator, superintendent and foreman of each pit or quarry shall use every reasonable precaution to insure the safety of the workmen in all cases, whether provided for in this subchapter. The owner or operator (individual, firm or corporation), superintendent and foreman of each pit or quarry shall be responsible for the carrying into effect of this subchapter.

 (a)  The employment of minors between 16 and 18 years of age is permitted in quarries, but the minors shall be prohibited from engaging in any of the following occupations in quarries:

   (1)  Drilling.

   (2)  Shot firing.

   (3)  Assisting in loading or tamping holes.

   (4)  Face cleaning.

   (5)  Attaching blocks to chains for cable hoisting.

   (6)  Operating, or assisting in operating, steam, air or electric shovels.

   (7)  Any other occupation prohibited by section 5 of act of May 13, 1915 (No. 177) (43 P. S. §  44).

 (b)  An engineer placed in charge of an engine whereby persons or materials are hoisted or lowered in any pit or quarry shall be a sober and competent person of not less than 18 years of age.

 (a)  Production and distribution. The Department will prepare, print and distribute an abstract designed to make known the provisions of this subchapter to all persons employed in or about any point or quarry affected by the provisions of this subchapter.

 (b)  Posting and replacement. The owner, operator or superintendent shall post the abstract in some conspicuous place at or near the entrance to each pit or quarry, and he shall replace all weathered, worn out or defaced copies.

 (c)  Destruction. Any person who destroys, defaces or pulls down any such abstract shall be guilty of a violation of this subchapter.

 Any person who violates this subchapter or who interferes with the Department or its authorized representative in the enforcement of this subchapter or regulations shall be penalized under the provisions of section 15 of act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 654, No. 174) (43 P. S. §  25-15).

EXPLOSIVES

§ 33.11. General provisions.

 (a)  The manner of storing and handling dynamite, black powder, fuse, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs, or other explosives at or in a pit or quarry shall be in accordance with Chapter 5, Subchapter D (relating to explosives).

 (a)  Inside the pit or quarry. All dynamite, black powder, fuse, blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs, or other explosives stored inside the pit or quarry shall be kept in Class B magazines.

 (b)  Outside the pit or quarry. All dynamite, black powder, fuse, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs, or other explosives stored outside the pit or quarry shall be kept in Class A magazines constructed, located, and operated in accordance with Chapter 5, Subchapter D (relating to explosives).

 (a)  All dynamite, black powder, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs, or other explosives shall be transported into a pit or quarry in a box, cage, wagon, car, skip or truck provided for that purpose. Rubbish or man boxes may be used in deep pit quarries.

 (b)  No person shall be allowed to ride on any box, cage, skip or car that is carrying explosives, and only the driver or chauffeur may ride on other vehicles.

 (c)  Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit a person from walking into a pit or quarry carrying the daily supply of explosives or any part of such supply if the amount carried at any one time by the person does not exceed 50 pounds of dynamite and 50 electric blasting caps or detonators or 100 blasting caps. The amount of black powder carried at any one time by any one person into a pit or quarry shall not exceed 25 pounds or one keg.

 (d)  Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit blasters or shooters from taking dynamite or black powder direct from the main storage magazine to the working face to load holes.

 (e)  No person is permitted to carry the daily supply of explosives or any part of the supply into a pit or quarry if the explosives are either carried on any planes having a grade of more than 30° or on any ladders.

 (f)  No person using black powder in a pit or quarry may put it into open containers or transport it in any manner except in the original container unless the transportation is effected in a closed container.

 (g)  Persons carrying boxes of dynamite shall be provided with slings designed for the purpose.

 (a)  When dynamite, black powder, fuse, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs, or other explosives are removed from a magazine they shall not be stored or kept in bulk near or in the pit or quarry except when loading well holes. Any person who keeps these articles in a pit or quarry for use in work for one day shall keep them in a Class B magazine, which shall be located in a cool, dry place protected from falling or flying objects. This magazine shall be kept securely locked except in deep pit quarries. The pit foreman or the blasters, or both, shall at all times hold the key or keys to such magazines. Matches, carbide, oil, gasoline or tools, shall not be kept in the same magazine with black powder, dynamite, fuse, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs, or other explosives.

 (b)  Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the opening of containers at the distribution point for the purpose of distributing the daily supply to each person requiring explosives if the daily supply is less than 25 pounds of black powder, or 50 pounds of dynamite and 50 electric blasting caps, or detonators or 100 blasting caps.

 (c)  Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require any dynamite, black powder, fuse, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs or other explosives, left over from a day’s work to be transported from a Class B magazine back to the main magazine. All old explosives remaining over from work from a prior day shall be used first.

 (d)  No person shall keep more than one 25-pound keg of black powder or one 50-pound box of dynamite or other explosive at any one time in any one working place, unless more time is necessary to accomplish work for one day.

 (e)  Each person using blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, or electric squibs in a pit or quarry shall keep his daily supply in a safe and dry place, if blasting caps, electric blastings caps or detonators, or electric squibs are not stored in the same magazine containing his daily supply of dynamite, black powder or other explosives. Fuse shall be kept in a cool, dry place. If more than 25 pounds of black powder or 50 pounds of dynamite is kept at one spot in a pit or quarry, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, and electric squibs shall be kept not less than ten feet away from the explosives.

 (f)  All blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, and electric squibs used in work for that day in a pit or quarry shall be carried into the pit or quarry in the container in which they were originally packed by the manufacturer, except that a quantity less than one full container may be carried into a pit or quarry in a suitable container.

 (a)  Open flame or fire. Any person in or about a pit or quarry, before he opens a magazine or keg of black powder, or box of dynamite, or other explosives, or before he approaches it after opening, shall first place any lamp with open flame, or any lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette, or any other thing containing open fire not less than 10 feet from the magazine box, or keg, and in a position that the air current does not convey sparks to it.

 (b)  Opening containers of explosives. The use of an axe, bar, hammer, pick or other iron or steel implement to punch holes in or open containers of dynamite, black powder, blasting caps, electric blasting caps or detonators, electric squibs, or other explosives is prohibited. A wooden, rubber, rawhide, fibre, zinc or babbitt mallet and a wooden wedge shall be used in opening containers of dynamite.

 (c)  Experience requiremnt for blasters. No person may blast limestone, sandstone, clay, slate ore or other material in a pit or quarry unless he has given satisfactory proof to the pit, quarry or blaster foreman that he has had practical experience and is in every way qualified to perform the duty of shot firer or blaster. The foreman shall secure this proof from each person required or permitted to fire shots. No inexperienced person shall charge or fire a blast in the absence of an experienced person unless he has given satisfactory evidence of his ability to do so with safety and has obtained permission from the pit, quarry or blaster foreman. The foreman shall be responsible for insuring that the proof has been given and permission granted.

 (d)  Tamping sticks. In charging holes for blasting, wood tamping sticks shall be used whenever practicable. Except in the case of block holes or pop shots, wood tamping sticks only shall be used with dynamite. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of loaded wood tamping sticks tipped with copper or other soft metal. No iron or steel tamping bar shall be used for tamping block holes, pop shots or black powder unless the end of the tamping bar is tipped with at least 6 inches of copper or other soft metal.

 (e)  Preparation of holes. Horizontal holes shall be charged only in cartridge form unless powder is used and loaded by a method approved by the Department. The powder shall be of a character to withstand a satisfactory friction, impact and free burning test conducted by the Department. If black powder and dynamite are used in the same hole, separate primers shall be used unless the dynamite is used to detonate the black powder or cordeau is used. All holes shall be adequately tamped to a depth not less than eight inches, unless the hole itself is less than eight inches in depth in which case the hole shall be tamped in its full depth. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the slitting of dynamite cartridges nor the dividing of them into two or more pieces.

 (f)  Well holes. When well holes are being charged, no person may work at or near the face of a point where he shall be in immediate danger from a premature explosion.

 (g)  Firing of charges. When dynamite is used in primary shooting, it is recommended that it be fired by means of cordeau or electric current from a battery or switchboard. Nothing less than No. 6 blasting caps or electric blasting caps or detonators shall be used to explode dynamite at any time. The use of fuse and caps to explode powder charges shall be accepted. The use of patent squibs or patent matches is prohibited, except squibs of the Daddow or Powell type. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of fuse and blasting caps in primary shooting, mud capping, block holing or pop shooting. Each blaster or shooter using an electric battery or switchboard, before connecting the charge to the leading wires, shall first insure that the wires have been disconnected from the switchboard or battery. The practice of connecting a charge with the leading wires before placing the charge is prohibited. When fuse is used, its length shall be in accordance with specifications found in subsection (j). All blasting caps shall be crimped to the fuse with a crimper. The crimping of blasting caps by the use of a knife or the teeth is prohibited. No fuse shall be capped in or within 10 feet of any magazine.

 (h)  Loose powder or dynamite. Prior to the firing of a charge the person supervising the blast shall insure that all loose black powder or dynamite around the hole has been cleared away in order to prevent a premature explosion.

 (i)  Warning of blast. Prior to the firing of a blast, the person supervising such blast shall notify all persons who may be in danger from such blast by giving sufficient alarm before igniting the charge. The warning of the public on a public highway shall be accomplished by a person waving a red flag. The owners or operators of all pits or quarries shall notify by signal or telephone all quarries or cement plants within a surrounding area of four miles of the intention to fire primary shots.

 (j)  Fuse lengths. In no case shall the length of any 40-second fuse be less than 18 inches or any 30-second fuse be less than 24 inches. When fuse is used, the length of fuse and the number of holes that any one person shall be permitted or required to light at any one time shall be in accordance with the following table prepared from data submitted by the manufacturers of fuse:

 Column (1) indicates the various numbers of holes up to 25 which may be lighted at one time by one person if the length of fuse used for each hole agrees with the number of inches shown in column (2) if 40-second fuse is used or in column (4) if 30-second fuse is used. For convenience columns (3) and (5) are included to show the burning time of 40-second and 30-second fuses respectively in steps of six inches each. Thus, for example, if 13 holes are to be lighted at one time, the first hole to be lighted shall have 42 inches of 40-second fuse or 60 inches of 30-second fuse:

 (k)  Misfired holes. A hole which has missed fire shall not have the charge withdrawn. Every work place in which a hole has missed fire shall remain idle for one hour before reentry is made if approved fuse was used. Otherwise the waiting period shall be not less than six hours. In the event that a powder squib or electric current from a battery or switchboard was used to explode a hole which missed fire, the waiting period shall be not less than 15 minutes if the wires have been disconnected from the battery or switchboard. The handling of misfired holes shall be in accordance with the following specifications, under the personal supervision of the pit, quarry or blaster foreman. If the misfired hole has 18 inches or less of tamping, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the recharging of the missed hole on top of the old tamping. If the unfilled portion of the missed hole is insufficient to accommodate the new charge and tamping, or if the missed hole has been tamped the full depth, a new hole shall be drilled or compressed air may be used to clean out the tamping in the old hole. The second hole shall be not less than 2 feet away from the missed hole. When a well hole or tunnel shot has missed fire the owner, operator, superintendent or blaster in charge shall immediately notify the Department by telephone or telegraph and no attempt shall be made to remove the charge or refire the hole or shot until permission has been given by the Department.

 (l)  Counting number of explosions. The total number of explosions in every blast, except in case of simultaneous firing, shall be counted by the blaster, or by the pit, quarry or blaster foreman. If the total number of explosions is less than the number of charges that were to be fired, a report shall be made to the pit, quarry or blaster foreman. When it is not certain that all charges have been exploded, no person shall enter the place where such charges were fired within the time limits and under the conditions enumerated in subsection (j).

   This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §  33.65 (relating to use); and 34 Pa. Code §  33.193 (relating to use).

OPERATING CONDITIONS

§ 33.21. Tunnel work and mining.

 (a)  The use of wooden main ladders as a second means of ingress or egress in deep pit or slate quarries is permitted. The ladders shall be constructed in accordance with the following specifications:

   (1)  Sides, 2 inches by 6 inches oak.

   (2)  Rungs or steps, 1 1/2 inches by 2 inches oak, notched or mortised full depth into the sides and secured by a 1-inch by 2-inch strip or batten nailed with not less than ten penny nails.

 (b)  The ladders shall be permanently and substantially secured. Unless the ladder is built in staggered sections of less than 30 feet each, and provided with platforms between each section, all ladders shall be provided with ladder backs or cages of adequate dimensions in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 21 (relating to ladders). Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the erection of stairways provided with landings not more than 30 feet apart.

 (c)  All ladders, other than the wooden main ladders specified in subsection (a), shall conform in all respects to the requirements of Chapter 21.

 (a)  In pit quarries. The owner, operator or superintendent of each pit or quarry shall provide and maintain sufficient lifebelts and lifelines for all persons requiring them. In deep pit quarries all persons employed on ledge operations shall use lifelines and lifebelts on the first cut, or when cleaning ledges, or when working within l5 feet or less of the edge on ledges inclining toward the pit on any cut, or when within three feet of the edge on ledges pitching away from the pit, or at any other time when life or limb is in danger. This requirement does not prohibit the use of the lifeline as a belt. If snub tenders are employed, all lifelines watched by them shall be snubbed at all times.

 (b)  In side hill quarries. In every side hill quarry where persons work on side hill operations, including drilling, blasting and cleaning face, the owner, operator or superintendent shall provide lifebelts and lifelines for all persons so employed. Whenever life or limb is in danger, persons so employed shall use such lifebelts and lifelines in the performance of such operations. Failure or refusal by an employe to comply with this requirement shall be deemed a violation of this subchapter.

 (c)  On crushers and elsewhere. All crushers, working platforms or bins on or in which persons descend into the feeding hoppers thereof shall be equipped with lifebelts and lifelines for the persons. Lifelines shall be of sufficient length to prevent the persons using them from being drawn into the jaws of the crusher or from being sucked under by a sudden rush of material. Lifelines shall be securely fastened and shall be easily accessible from any point of such platform. The lifelines and lifebelts shall be used only when necessary for the person or persons to descend into the feeding hopper or bin, or when material is barred from the car or skip. When crushing or loading machinery is stopped for making repairs, the person making the repairs shall hold the key or plug to the electric circuit to prevent any person from putting the machinery in operation while repairs are being made.

 (a)  No person shall drill, load, attach block chains to a lift, or do any work about a working face until such working face has been personally examined by the pit, quarry, or blaster foreman. If the working face is found unsafe, all hazards shall be removed by workmen under the personal supervision of the pit, quarry or blaster foreman, or other qualified person, before permitting other men to commence work.

 (b)  No person shall work at any point where he may be in danger from slides or falls of loose material without the presence of some person who shall be in position to help him should he fall or be injured.

 (a)  There shall be provided at a safe distance from the working face in each pit or quarry shelters or refuge places. The shelters or refuge places shall be of a capacity sufficent to accommodate all men working in the danger zone unless they are removed from the pit or quarry when blasting is being done.

 (a)  Substantial fences, berms, walls or cribbings shall be constructed around the openings of deep pits or slate quarries to prevent wash and slides from falling into the quarry. The devices shall be constructed at such points where workmen are in danger from slides or falls.

 (b)  The over burden of clay or shale shall be terraced at the top for a distance of not less than ten feet back from the edge at all points where a fence, berm, wall, or cribbing is required. The angle of the terrace shall not be greater than 45 degrees.

 All persons in pits or quarries engaged in tasks where there is a hazard from flying pieces or particles of material shall be provided with and required to use goggles in accordance with Chapter 39, Subchapter C (relating to head and eye protection).

HOISTING AND HAULING EQUIPMENT

§ 33.31. Indicator.

 (a)  Every hoisting engine used for hoisting or lowering men or materials at any pit or quarry shall be provided with an indicator from which the engineer, lookout or signalman may ascertain when the load is approaching the top or bottom of the pit or quarry or any level of the pit or quarry.

 (a)  Requirement. Unless the engineer has a full view of the load at all times, every hoisting engine and every lookout or signalman operating at a pit or quarry shall have an efficient signal system. No hoisting engine shall be operated when the signal system is out of order unless the engineer has a full view of the load. In deep pit quarries calling shall not be accepted as a method of signaling. The custom of placing a man on the bank to signal by waving his hands to the engineer is prohibited.

 (b)  Location. Each signal system operated in connection with a hoisting engine shall be so constructed and located as to be audible and visible to the hoisting engineer at all times.

 (a)  Engineer. Engineers in charge of the hoisting machinery by which men are hoisted or lowered in a pit or quarry shall be in constant attendance for that purpose while operations are being conducted in the pit or quarry. Unless authorized by the owner, operator, superintendent or other competent person, the engineer shall not allow any person to handle or interfere with the engine under his charge or any part of the machinery connected with it. Each engineer shall operate his engine slowly and with great care when any men are being hoisted or lowered. No person shall interfere with or intimidate him while in the discharge of his duties.

 (b)  Lander and signal man. The following procedures shall be followed for hoisting and lowering men in pits and quarries:

   (1)  At every pit or quarry employing ten persons or more in the pit or quarry, during the hours when men are hoisted or lowered, the foreman shall designate a lander and the pit or quarry foreman himself or someone designated by him shall act as a signalman.

   (2)  These men shall be at their proper places from the time that persons begin to ascend or descend until all persons shall be in or out of the pit or quarry.

   (3)  They shall personally attend to the signals and see that all hoisting and lowering regulations are complied with.

   (4)  In the absence of the lander or the pit or quarry foreman or other person or persons designated by him, the person or persons about to ascend or descend shall give the signals.

   (5)  No person except the man giving the signal shall jump on a man box, skip or car after the signal to start has been given.

   (6)  If any person shall enter a man box, skip, or car in excess of the permitted number, the lander or the pit or quarry foreman, or his representative shall notify him of the fact and request him to get off, which request shall be immediately complied with. Failure or refusal to comply with this request shall be immediately reported to the Department.

 (c)  Riding prohibition. No person shall ride upon any loaded lift, car, skip, hoist box or rubbish box in any pit or quarry.

 (d)  Test trip. When any steam or air hoisting engine has been standing idle for one hour or more an empty trip shall be hoisted or lowered before men are hoisted or lowered. When it is possible for the engineer to clear out the condensed water from the cylinders and steam or air line without making a trip, the hoisting or lowering of an empty trip shall not be required. Every morning before men are lowered into a pit or quarry, at least one empty trip shall be made to ascertain the condition of the hoisting equipment.

 (a)  In each slate pit or slate quarry the owner, operator or superintendent shall provide at least two man boxes for hoisting and lowering men out of and into the pit or quarry. These man boxes shall be not less than 14 inches high by 4 feet wide by 6 feet 6 inches long. They shall be equipped with four corner chains. All corner chains shall be permanently secured to the man box and shall be connected with a king ring which shall be attached to the cable hook when men are being hoisted or lowered in a pit or quarry. Man boxes shall be built of best grade material and shall be of sufficient strength to carry six persons.

 (b)  No person shall be lowered into or hoisted out of any pit or quarry in a rubbish box or in the block chains, but nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit persons from using a rubbish box in accident or emergency situations, to protect men from accident.

 (a)  In every pit or quarry where inclined planes are operated, blocks, derails or safety switches shall be provided at the top of every plane to prevent cars that have been hoisted from running back down the plane and to prevent cars which have been left standing at the top from running to the foot of the plane.

 (b)  At a safe point near the bottom, to be determined by the owner, operator, superintendent or foreman, the owner, operator or superintendent shall provide either a sharp curve, a blind end switch, or a mechanical derail to derail cars which have broken away and to prevent them from running into the quarry or injuring workmen engaged at the bottom of the plane.

 (a)  Required strength. All chains and cables used in and about all pits or quarries shall be of a size sufficient to sustain the maximum load hoisted out of a pit or quarry with a factor of safety of five. The use of chains or cables which do not sustain the maximum load is prohibited.

 (b)  Open rings prohibited. The use of open rings, or open links on block, rubbish, man box, skip or car chains is prohibited.

 (c)  Other regulations. Chains and cables used in pits or quarries for hoisting purposes shall comply in all other respects with the requirements for chains and cables found in Chapter 25, Subchapter B (relating to cranes, booms and hoists).

 (d)  Inspections. All block, rubbish and man box chains used in a deep pit or slate quarry and all cable and spreader chains used on a plane in a side hill quarry shall be inspected at least once each week by a competent person, preferably the blacksmith or hook-on. All cables used in a pit or quarry for hoisting men or materials shall be inspected at least once a week by a competent person.

 (a)  All pulleys and sheave wheels used in or about a pit or quarry shall be of a size and design sufficient to sustain the maximum load hoisted.

 (b)  All bolts in sheave wheels and carriages shall be provided with cotter pins turned over at the ends to prevent the nut from coming off the bolt, or with a jam nut and lock washer in lieu of the cotter pin.

FIRST AID

§ 33.41. Equipment.

 (a)  Each pit or quarry shall maintain at a convenient place inside or outside the pit or quarry a first aid station where medical treatment may be provided for sick or injured employes. The first aid station shall be not less than 8 feet by 12 feet and shall be heated, well lighted, clean, and ventilated. It shall be furnished to accommodate not less than two sick or injured persons.

 (b)  Each first aid station at a pit or quarry shall be provided with standard first aid supplies.

 (c)  The owner, operator or superintendent of each pit or quarry shall be responsible for ensuring that the first aid stations are established and their equipment maintained complete at all times.

 (d)  The erection of a new first aid station is not necessary if there is an office at the pit or quarry arranged and maintained to meet the requirements for a first aid station as provided in this subchapter.

 In the event of illness or injury to any employe in or about any pit or quarry, the foreman, his assistant, or some person trained in first aid work shall provide the sick or injured employe with adequate first aid treatment. After receiving first aid treatment and when, in the opinion of the attending physician or the person rendering first aid, it is safe or desirable to move him, the sick or injured person shall, if necessary, be wrapped in blankets and placed on a stretcher for transportation to his home or to a hospital.

 (a)  General requirement. Any person injured or becoming ill in or about a pit or quarry to the an extent as to render him unable to walk to his home or to the hospital shall be transported to his home or to the hospital.

 (b)  Stretchers. Pits or quarries shall maintain at least two stretchers for the transportation of sick or injured persons.

 (c)  Ambulances. Each pit or quarry shall maintain one motor ambulance capable of accommodating two sick or injured persons and two attendants, with the following exceptions:

   (1)  No motor ambulance shall be required at any pit or quarry where the greatest number of persons employed at any time is less than 15.

   (2)  No motor ambulance shall be required at any pit or quarry where the owner or operator maintains a plant hospital with adequate bed and operating room facilities for the care of sick or injured workmen. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit two or more pits or quarries from erecting and maintaining a joint plant hospital to meet the requirements of this section.

   (3)  Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the creation of an ambulance pool by two or more pits or quarries using the same motor ambulance if each pit or quarry so participating is not more than 15 miles from the central ambulance station and each participating pit or quarry is in direct telephone or telegraph communication with such ambulance station and there is always a driver or other person on duty at the central ambulance station, capable of receiving an ambulance call during the working hours of all participating pits or quarries.

   (4)  No ambulance is required at any pit or quarry if the place of abode of all the workmen at such pit or quarry is within a radius of 1/2 mile from the principal entrance to the pit or quarry or if such principal entrance to the pit or quarry is located within a radius of 15 miles from the nearest hospital or nearest ambulance station maintained by an undertaker or any other public or private agency, and if the ambulance complies with the specifications of this section. The motor ambulance shall be the equivalent of the United States Army specifications for motor ambulances. Except in the case of an ambulance pool as permitted by this section, a light covered truck, operated on pneumatic tires, shall be accepted if the stretchers may be suspended by springs from the roof or corner posts and further if the truck, if used for other purposes, is never away from the pit or quarry for a period of time greater than one hour during the working hours.

 (d)  Other means of transportation. In the event that any sick or injured person may be transported more quickly and conveniently to his home or to a hospital by railroad or electric railway the mode of conveyance is permitted; but in all the cases conveyance shall be effected under cover and the comfort of the sick or injured person provided for in this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the removal of a sick or injured employe to his home or to a hospital in an automobile in case of sickness or slight injury not requiring the use of a stretcher.

   This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §  33.151 (relating to cabinets).