California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 18 - Explosive Materials › Article 118 - Explosives for Well Service Industry › Section 5312 - Loading or Assembling of Industrial Explosives and Devices and/or Propellent Devices

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
						Loading operation of projectile firing devices which would fire in other than a
						vertical plane shall be isolated from other operations by a partition
						constructed of materials capable of withstanding the explosion of the device or
						shall be carried on in a separate area at least 25 feet from other work
						areas.
(b) Loading operations of
						projectile firing devices which fire only in a vertical direction shall have
						the work areas clearly delineated to separate them from other work
						areas.
(c) Loading operations of
						other types of explosive and/or propellant-actuated power devices shall be
						conducted in clearly defined areas separated from other work areas.
(d) Electrical apparatus in the loading area
						shall conform with the wiring requirements for Class II, Division 2, Hazardous
						Areas, Electrical Safety Orders, except that no electrical outlets or
						electrical tools are permitted on the loading bench. Metal parts of loading
						benches and racks shall be electrically bonded and grounded.
(e) Work benches used for loading shall be
						smooth finished to facilitate cleaning.
(f) Materials not necessary for the operation
						shall not be stored in the loading area.
(g) Only personnel necessary to the loading
						operation shall be in the loading area.
(h) The amount of explosive materials in the
						loading area shall be limited to that amount required for the day's loading
						operations.
(i) Waste, scrap and
						unused explosive materials shall be kept in labeled, covered containers and be
						returned to the magazine immediately upon completion of the days loading
						activities. More than one day's accumulation of waste or scrap explosives shall
						be stored in at least a Type 2 magazine, located outside the loading area, or
						destroyed or desensitized in a safe manner.
(j) Spilled explosives shall be cleaned up
						promptly.
(k) Explosives shall not
						be subjected to excessive heat, friction, or force during loading
						operations.
(l) Detonators shall
						not be installed in explosive devices in the loading area unless assembly of
						the detonator is necessary at the time of loading.
(m) Explosive loading areas shall be posted
						with a sign reading, "EXPLOSIVES," with letters 4 inches high and a 5/8 -inch
						stroke on a background of sharply contrasting color.
1.
						  Amendment of subsection (c) filed 10-17-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 75, No. 42).
2. Amendment of section heading and section
						  and new NOTE filed 7-11-2003; operative 8-10-2003 (Register 2003, No.
						  28).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.