PERMFILE72288

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 41 Explosive Handling & Blasting Procedures
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• 3.5 Cases or boxes containing explosives shall not be stored in:
- Magazines on their ends or sides not stacked more than six feet high. Boxes of explosives
shall be stored at leas[ two inches away from the walls of the magazine.
- Explosives must be stored in such a manner as to insure issuance of the oldest dated
explosives first.
3.6 Explosive storage areas shall be properly posted with suitable danger signs.
3.7 Detonators will be stored in a separate magazine and not stored with any explosive. Detonator
storage magazines shall be separated by at least 25 feet from explosive storage magazines.
3.8 Ammonium nitrate-fuel oil blasting agents shall be physically separated from other explosives,
safety fuse, or detonating cord stored in the same magazine and in such a manner that oil does
not contaminate the other explosives, safety fuse, or detonating cord.
3.9 Locks and wheel chocks will be provided for all trailers used to store blasting agents other than
high explosives and detonators.
3.10 All magazines and trailers will be electrically grounded to eliminate the build-up of static
electricity.
3.11 The interior of the magazine must be kept clean and dry at all times. Magazines shall be used
exclusively for storage of explosives or detonators.
• 1V. Inventory Control
4.1 All magazines shall contain a written inventory record at all times.
4.2 Anytime a transfer of blasting supplies either to or from a magazine occurs during a shift, the
magazine inventory sheet must reflect the transaction.
4.3 At the end of each shift the magazine inventory sheets used during the shift will be removed
from each magazine after entering the end-of-shift inventory on another inventory sheet will
remain in each magazine.
4.4 The transactions on all magazine inventory sheets for that shift will be compiled by the Shooter
to complete a "Summary Inventory Report" for that ship.
4.5 A copy of the summary inventory report will be attached to the daily blast report. The original
copy of the Summary Inventory Report will be retained in the "Magazine Inventory Book"
located in the office of the Construction Superintendent [or Civil Contractor.
V. Transporting of Explosives
5.1 Only experienced employees who understand the hazards involved shall be allowed to handle or
transport explosives or detonators.
5.2 Trainees shall handle or transport explosives or detonators only if under the direct supervision,
and in the immediate presence of, experienced personnel.
. 5.3 Vehicles used to transport blasting supplies shall meet the design specification included in
federal safety regulations and shall be posted with proper warning signs.