Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part I - State Police › Chapter 15 - Explosives Code › Subchapter A - General › Section I-1513 - Storage within Magazines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Packages of
				  explosives stored in magazines shall be laid flat with the top side up, except
				  when turning dynamite to minimize exudation, the case may be laid flat with top
				  side down. Black powder, when stored in magazines with other explosives, shall
				  be stored separately. Black powder stored in kegs shall be stored on ends,
				  bungs down, or on side, seams down. Corresponding grades and brands shall be
				  stored together in such a manner that brands and grade marks show. All stocks
				  shall be stored so as to be easily counted and checked. Packages of explosives
				  shall be piled in a stable manner. When any kind of explosive is removed from a
				  magazine for use, the oldest explosive of that particular kind shall always be
				  taken first. Electric detonators will be shunted (shorted by twisting bare lead
				  together) except when tying to firing lines. When electric detonators have
				  broken lead wires of insufficient length to shunt, the detonator will be
				  wrapped in at least a double thickness of metal foil to prevent accidental
				  discharge from stray extraneous current.
B. Packages of explosives shall not be
				  unpacked or repacked within magazines nor within 50 feet of such magazines or
				  in close proximity to other explosives. This requirement does not apply when
				  working in proximity to indoor magazines. Tools used for opening packages of
				  explosives shall be constructed of nonsparking material, except that metal
				  slitters may be used for opening fiberboard boxes. A wood wedge and fiber,
				  rubber or wood mallet shall be used for opening or closing wood packages of
				  explosives. Opened packages of explosives shall be securely closed before being
				  returned to a magazine.
C. Magazine
				  floors shall be regularly swept, kept clean, dry, free of grit, paper, empty
				  used packages and rubbish. Brooms and other cleaning utensils shall not have
				  any spark-producing metal parts. Sweepings from floors of magazines shall be
				  properly disposed of. Magazine floors stained with nitroglycerin shall be
				  cleaned according to the instructions of the explosives manufacturer.
D. When any explosive has deteriorated to an
				  extent that it is in an unstable or dangerous condition, or if nitroglycerin
				  leaks from any explosive, then the person in possession of such explosive shall
				  immediately report the circumstance to the Office of the Deputy Secretary of
				  Public Safety Services.
E. When
				  magazines need inside repairs, all explosives shall be removed and the floor
				  cleaned. In making outside repairs, if there is a possibility of causing sparks
				  or fire, the explosives shall be removed from the magazine. Explosives removed
				  from a magazine under repair shall either be placed in another magazine or
				  placed a safe distance from the magazine. The explosives shall be properly
				  guarded and protected until repairs have been completed, then returned to the
				  magazine.
F. Smoking, matches, open
				  flames, spark producing devices and firearms shall be prohibited inside of or
				  within 50 feet of magazines.
G.
				  Magazine safety and security shall be the responsibility of a competent person
				  at all times, who shall be responsible for compliance with these rules and
				  regulations.
H. Magazine doors and
				  covers must be kept closed and locked with approved locking devices except when
				  opened for transacting business.
I.
				  The keys to a primary licensee's magazine doors and covers must be available
				  only to the primary licensee and one of his blasters. Variances to this
				  requirement may be requested in writing to the Deputy Secretary of Public
				  Safety Services. It is the primary licensee's responsibility to keep his
				  magazine locked from all unauthorized persons.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 40:1472.1 et
					 seq.