CHAPTER 167
SAFEGUARDS OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
167.07 Manufacture, storage and distribution of matches.
167.10 Regulation of fireworks.
167.11 Hazardous substances.
167.12 Safety appliances.
167.13 Operation.
167.14 Sale regulated.
167.151 Unlawful operation of corn shredders.
167.18 Threshing machine joints to be covered.
167.19 Farm machinery storage.
167.20 Stairway guards.
167.22 Cigars not to be manufactured in basements.
167.25 Refrigerators and iceboxes.
167.26 Leaving unguarded ice holes.
167.27 Capping and filling wells or similar structures.
167.30 Use of firearms, etc., near park, etc.
167.31 Safe use and transportation of firearms and bows.
167.32 Safety at sporting events.
167.07 167.07 Manufacture, storage and distribution of matches.
167.07(1)(1) No person, association or corporation shall manufacture, store, offer for sale, sell, or otherwise dispose of or distribute white phosphorus, single-dipped, strike-anywhere matches of the type popularly known as "parlor matches;" nor manufacture, store, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of or distribute white phosphorus, double-dipped, strike-anywhere matches, or other type of double-dipped matches, unless the bulb or first dip of such match is composed of a so-called safety or inert composition, nonignitible on an abrasive surface; nor manufacture, store, sell or offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of or distribute matches which, when packed in a carton of five hundred approximate capacity and placed in an oven maintained at a constant temperature of two hundred degrees F., will ignite in eight hours; nor manufacture, store, offer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of or distribute Blazer, or so-called wind matches, whether of the so-called safety or strike-anywhere type.
167.07(2) (2) No person, association or corporation shall offer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of or distribute any matches, unless the package or container in which such matches are packed bears plainly marked on the outside thereof the name of the manufacturer and the brand or trademark under which such matches are sold, disposed of or distributed; nor shall more than one case of each brand of matches of any type or manufacture be opened at any one time in the retail store where matches are sold or otherwise disposed of; nor shall loose boxes or paper-wrapped packages of matches be kept on shelves or stored in such retail stores at a height exceeding five feet from the floor; all matches, when stored in warehouses, excepting manufacturers' warehouses at place of manufacture, when such warehouses contain automatic sprinkler equipment, must be kept only in properly secured cases, and not piled to a height exceeding ten feet from the floor; nor be stored within a horizontal distance of ten feet from any boiler, furnace, stove or other like heating apparatus, nor within a horizontal distance of twenty-five feet from any explosive material kept or stored on the same floor; all matches shall be packed in boxes or suitable packages, containing not more than seven hundred matches in any one box or package; provided, however, that when more than three hundred matches are packed in any one box or package, the said matches shall be arranged in two nearly equal portions, the heads of the matches in the two portions shall be placed in opposite directions, and all boxes containing three hundred and fifty or more matches shall have placed over the matches a center holding or protecting strip, made of chipboard, not less than one and one-quarter inches wide; said strip shall be flanged down to hold the matches in position when the box is nested into the shuck or withdrawn from it.
167.07(3) (3) All match boxes or packages shall be packed in strong shipping containers or cases; maximum number of match boxes or packages contained in any one shipping container or case, shall not exceed the following number:
Nominal Number of - See PDF for table PDF
One-half gross700
One gross500
Two gross400
Three gross300
Five gross200
Twelve gross100
Twenty grossover fifty and under 100
Twenty-five grossunder 50
167.07(4) (4) No shipping container or case constructed of fiber board, corrugated fiber board, or wood, nailed or wirebound, shall exceed a weight, including its contents, of 75 pounds; and no lock-cornered wooden case containing matches shall have a weight, including its contents, exceeding 85 pounds; nor shall any other article or commodity be packed with matches in any such container or case; and all such containers and cases in which matches are packed shall have plainly marked on the outside of the container or case the words "Strike-Anywhere Matches" or "Strike-on-the-Box Matches".
167.07(5) (5) Any person, association or corporation violating this section shall be fined for the first offense not less than $5 nor more than $25, and for each subsequent violation not less than $25.
167.10 167.10 Regulation of fireworks.
167.10(1) (1)Definition. In this section, "fireworks" means anything manufactured, processed or packaged for exploding, emitting sparks or combustion which does not have another common use, but does not include any of the following:
167.10(1)(a) (a) Fuel or a lubricant.
167.10(1)(b) (b) A firearm cartridge or shotgun shell.
167.10(1)(c) (c) A flare used or possessed or sold for use as a signal in an emergency or in the operation of a railway, aircraft, watercraft or motor vehicle.
167.10(1)(d) (d) A match, cigarette lighter, stove, furnace, candle, lantern or space heater.
167.10(1)(e) (e) A cap containing not more than one-quarter grain of explosive mixture, if the cap is used or possessed or sold for use in a device which prevents direct bodily contact with a cap when it is in place for explosion.
167.10(1)(f) (f) A toy snake which contains no mercury.
167.10(1)(g) (g) A model rocket engine.
167.10(1)(h) (h) Tobacco and a tobacco product.
167.10(1)(i) (i) A sparkler on a wire or wood stick not exceeding 36 inches in length that is designed to produce audible or visible effects or to produce audible and visible effects.
167.10(1)(j) (j) A device designed to spray out paper confetti or streamers and which contains less than one-quarter grain of explosive mixture.
167.10(1)(k) (k) A fuseless device that is designed to produce audible or visible effects or audible and visible effects, and that contains less than one-quarter grain of explosive mixture.
167.10(1)(L) (L) A device that is designed primarily to burn pyrotechnic smoke-producing mixtures, at a controlled rate, and that produces audible or visible effects, or audible and visible effects.
167.10(1)(m) (m) A cylindrical fountain that consists of one or more tubes and that is classified by the federal department of transportation as a Division 1.4 explosive, as defined in 49 CFR 173.50.
167.10(1)(n) (n) A cone fountain that is classified by the federal department of transportation as a Division 1.4 explosive, as defined in 49 CFR 173.50.
167.10(2) (2)Sale. No person may sell or possess with intent to sell fireworks, except:
167.10(2)(a) (a) To a person holding a permit under sub. (3) (c);
167.10(2)(b) (b) To a city, village or town; or
167.10(2)(c) (c) For a purpose specified under sub. (3) (b) 2. to 6.
167.10(3) (3)Use.
167.10(3)(a)(a) No person may possess or use fireworks without a user's permit from the mayor of the city, president of the village or chairperson of the town in which the possession or use is to occur or from an official or employe of that municipality designated by the mayor, president or chairperson. No person may use fireworks or a device listed under sub. (1) (e) to (g) or (i) to (n) while attending a fireworks display for which a permit has been issued to a person listed under par. (c) 1. to 5. or under par. (c) 6. if the display is open to the general public.
167.10(3)(b) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to:
167.10(3)(b)1. 1. The city, village or town, but municipal fire and law enforcement officials shall be notified of the proposed use of fireworks at least 2 days in advance.
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