La. Admin. Code tit. 40 § VII-503

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section VII-503 - Manufacturing or Storage Operations Involving Explosives

A. Definitions

Explosives and Articles Containing Explosives-ammunition, black powder, blasting caps, high explosives, primers, smokeless powder, and all goods classified and defined as explosives by the Interstate Commerce Commission in regulations governing transportation of explosives and other dangerous substances by common carriers.

Plant or Establishment Manufacturing or Storing Explosive Articles-the land with all buildings and structures thereon which are used in connection with manufacturing, processing, or storing explosives or articles which contain explosive components.

B. Non-Explosive Area

1. An area which meets all of the following criteria is deemed a non-explosive area.

a. No work performed in the area involves handling or use of explosives.

b. The area is separated from the explosive area by a distance not less than that prescribed in the American Table of Distances for protection of inhabited buildings.

c. The area is separated from the explosive area by a fence or is otherwise located so that it constitutes a designated area.

2. Satisfactory controls have been established to prevent employees under 18 years of age who are working within the area from entering any area in or about the plant which does not meet criteria listed in Subsection C below.

C. Occupations prohibited in plants which manufacture or store explosives. The following occupations in or about any plant or establishment which manufactures or stores explosives are prohibited:

1. all occupations in manufacturing, mixing, transporting, or handling explosive compounds in manufacture of explosives, and all other occupations which require performance of any duties in an explosive area in which explosive compounds are manufactured or mixed;

2. all occupations involved in manufacturing, handling, or transportation of primers, and performance of any other duties in the same building in which primers are manufactured;

3. all occupations involved in priming cartridges, and performance of any other duties in the same room in which cartridges are primed;

4. all occupations involved in plate loading cartridges and in operation of automatic loading machines;

5. all occupations which involve loading, inspecting, packing, storing, and shipping blasting caps; and

6. all other occupations in or about any plant or establishment which manufactures or stores explosives except when such occupation is performed in a non-explosive area.

La. Admin. Code tit. 40, § VII-503

Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Labor, LR 7:46 (February 1981), amended by the Department of Labor, Office of Labor, LR 17:357 (April 1991), amended by the Department of Labor, Office of Regulatory Services, LR 30:2061 (September 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:161.