Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 36-1-9 - Use of Magazines for Explosives9.1. Separate surface magazines at least fifty (50) feet apart shall be provided for storage of explosives and detonators. 9.2. Surface magazines shall be provided with doors constructed of at least one-fourth inch steel plate lined with two-thickness of wood or equivalent, properly screened ventilators and with no openings except for entrances and ventilation and shall be kept locked securely when unattended.9.3. The area for a distance of at least twenty-five (25) feet in all directions shall be kept free of materials of a combustible nature. 9.4. Suitable warning signs shall be erected, so located that a bullet passing directly through the face of the sign will not strike the magazine.9.5. The location of magazines shall not be less than three hundred (300) feet from any shaft and/or slope opening, occupied building or open roads, unless barricaded in a manner approved by the Director.9.6. If magazines are illuminated electrically, the lamps shall be of vapor type, properly installed and wired. 9.7. Smoking and open lights shall be prohibited within twenty-five (25) feet of any surface magazine.9.8. Surface magazines shall be located away from power lines, fuel storage areas and other possible sources of fire.9.9. Surface magazines shall be electrically bonded and grounded if constructed of metal.