Additions and amendments to 29 CFR 1926.904 Storage of Explosives and Blasting Agents apply throughout the Rules in this Section as follows:
- (a) Explosives and blasting agents shall be stored in magazines or containers that meet the applicable provisions of the regulations contained in 27 CFR Part 55, Commerce in Explosives.
- (b) Blasting caps and other detonators shall not be stored in the same magazine or container with other explosives or blasting agents. Surplus primers shall be disassembled and components stored separately.
- (c) Smoking and open flames shall not be permitted within 50 feet of explosive, detonators, or blasting agents storage.
- (d) No explosives or blasting agents shall be permanently stored in any underground operation until the operation has at least two modes of exit.
- (e) Permanent underground explosive materials storage shall be at least 300 feet from any shaft, edit, or active underground working area.
- (f) Permanent underground explosive materials storage containing detonators shall not be located closer than 50 feet to any storage containing other explosives or blasting agents.
History Note: Authority G.S. 95-131;
Recodified from 13 NCAC 07F .0201 Eff. August 3, 2005;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 1, 2016.