Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 211.141 - General requirementsThe blasting activity permittee shall:
(1) Immediately unload a vehicle carrying explosives upon reaching a magazine location. The unloaded vehicle shall be removed from the site. The only exception to this requirement is if the vehicle is a licensed magazine under Subchapter B (relating to storage and classification of explosives).(2) Load or unload explosives from a vehicle only after the engine is turned off, unless power is needed for the loading or unloading operation. The permittee shall take all precautions necessary, such as blocking the wheels, to prevent the movement of the vehicle while it is being loaded or unloaded.(3) Load explosives only into a vehicle that is marked in accordance with the Department of Transportation standards for placarding vehicles transporting explosives.(4) Prohibit smoking within 100 feet of a vehicle used for transporting explosives. "NO SMOKING" signs shall be posted when a vehicle containing explosives is parked at a blast site or magazine.(5) Load no more than 2,000 pounds (908 kilograms) of explosives into an open body vehicle for transporting. The ends and sides must be high enough to prevent explosives from falling off, and the load must be covered with a fire-resistant tarpaulin, unless the explosives are transported in a magazine securely attached to the vehicle.(6) Load explosives into a closed body vehicle if the load is more than 2,000 pounds (908 kilograms) of explosives.(7) Only load explosives into a vehicle with a bed made of wood or other nonsparking material.(8) Load explosives into a vehicle which is also transporting metal, metal tools, blasting machines or other articles or materials likely to damage the explosives, only if these items are separated from the explosives by substantial nonsparking bulkheads constructed to prevent damage to the explosives.(9) Load detonators and other explosives into the same vehicle only if the detonators are in containers that conform to the current version of the Institute of Makers of Explosives' Safety Library Publication # 22 available from the Institute of Makers of Explosives, 1120 Nineteenth Street, N. W., Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036-3605.(10) Not load explosives into the same vehicle with materials such as matches, firearms, electric storage batteries, corrosive compounds, flammable substances, acids, oxidizing agents and ammonium nitrate not in the original containers.(11) Only load explosives into vehicles equipped with a fire extinguisher having a National Board of Underwriters Laboratories rating of 10 B:C or more. The fire extinguisher must be easily accessible and ready for immediate use.(12) Load explosives into a vehicle so that explosives containers are not exposed to sparks or hot gases from the exhaust tailpipe. Exhaust systems that discharge upwards are recommended to avoid possible exposure of sparks or hot gases to explosives.(13) Only load explosives into on-road vehicles that have passed the State safety inspection or certification or an FMCSA inspection.(14) Only load explosives into off-road vehicles that are properly equipped to carry explosives.(15) Remove explosives prior to conducting maintenance or repair work on vehicles containing explosives or detonators.The provisions of this §211.141 amended June 22, 2018, effective 6/23/2018, 48 Pa.B. 3711.The provisions of this §211.141 amended under sections 1917-A and 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §§ 510-17 and 510-20); section 4.2 of the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. § 1396.4b); section 11(e) of the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act (52 P.S. § 3311(e)); sections 7 and 11 of the act of July 1, 1937 (P.L. 2681, No. 537) (73 P.S. §§ 157 and 161); sections 3 and 4 of the act of July 10, 1957 (P.L. 685, No. 362) (73 P.S. §§ 166 and 167); Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1981 (71 P.S. § 751-35); section 2(f) of the act of May 18, 1937 (P.L. 654, No. 174) (43 P.S. § 25-2(f)); and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1975 (71 P.S. § 751-22).