2019 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 28-D - Lasers, Radiation, Crane Operators and Blasters
481 - Definitions.

§ 481. Definitions. As used in this article:
1.   "Laser"  means  light  amplification  by  simulated  emission  of
  radiation.
2. "Radioactive material" means any material in any  form  that  emits
  ionizing   radiation  spontaneously.  "Radiation  equipment"  means  any
  equipment or device which can emit ionizing or non-ionizing radiation.
3. "Crane" includes but is not limited to cranes and equipment of  the
  following  types:  a  mobile,  carrier-mounted,  power-operated hoisting
  machine  utilizing  a  power-operated  boom  which  moves  laterally  by
  rotation  of  the machine on the carrier, tower cranes, hydraulic cranes
  and power-operated derricks; provided, however, that "crane"  shall  not
  include  public  utility  company  line  trucks used by a public utility
  company  in  the  construction  and  maintenance  of   its   generation,
  transmission and distribution facilities.
4.  "Blaster"  means  a person who performs the act of preparation for
  detonation and the detonation of an explosive.
5. "Pyrotechnician" means a person who performs  the  preparation  for
  and  the  firing  of  pyrotechnics, as defined in article sixteen of the
  labor law.
6. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of labor of the state of  New
  York,  except  that  any  reference  to the commissioner with respect to
  radioactive  material,  as  defined  in  this  article,   or   radiation
  equipment,  as  defined  in  this  article,  shall be a reference to the
  commissioner of health of the state of New York.