scope:

This standard shall apply to the production, processing, finishing, handling, storage, and use of all metals and alloys that are in a form that is capable of combustion or explosion.

Combustible Powder or Dust.

This standard also shall apply to operations where metal or metal alloys are subjected to processing or finishing operations that produce combustible powder or dust.

Operations where metal or metal alloys are subjected to processing or finishing operations that produce combustible powder or dust shall include, but shall not be limited to, machining, sawing, grinding, buffing, and polishing.

Metals and metal alloy parts and those materials, including scrap, that exhibit combustion characteristics of aluminum, lithium, magnesium, tantalum, titanium, or zirconium shall be subject to the requirements of the metal whose combustion characteristics they most closely match.

Metals and metal alloy parts and those materials, including scrap, that do not exhibit combustion characteristics of aluminum, lithium, magnesium, tantalum, titanium, or zirconium are subject to the requirements of Chapter 10.

This standard shall not apply to the transportation of metals in any form on public highways and waterways or by air or rail.

This standard shall not apply to the primary production of aluminum, magnesium, and lithium metal.

This standard shall not apply to those laboratories covered by NFPA45, Standard on Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals.