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Washington Administrative Code (WAC)
Title 296
Chapter 52
Wash. Admin. Code ch. 296-52
Safety Standards for Possession, Handling, and Use of Explosives
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT OF
296-52-099
Definitions
296-52-60005
Implementation of the Washington State Explosives Act
296-52-60010
Purpose and intent
296-52-60015
Coverage
296-52-60020
Exemptions
296-52-60030
The department
296-52-60035
Other government entities
296-52-60045
Responsibility to obtain an explosives license
296-52-60050
Unlicensed activities
296-52-60055
Drug use
296-52-60060
License revocation, suspension, and surrender
296-52-60065
Violation appeals
296-52-60075
Hazards to life
296-52-60080
Entry and access to explosive areas
296-52-60085
Abandonment of explosives
296-52-60090
Firearms
296-52-60095
Fire
296-52-60100
Daylight blasting
296-52-60105
Notification—Blasting near utilities
296-52-60115
Explosive industry employers
296-52-60120
Variance from a chapter requirement
296-52-60125
Using standards from national organizations and federal agencies
296-52-61005
Types of explosive licenses
296-52-61010
License applicants must provide this information
296-52-61015
License applicants must complete department forms
296-52-61020
License fees
296-52-61025
Verification of applicant information
296-52-61030
Applicant participation
296-52-61035
Criminal records
296-52-61040
Reasons why applicants may be disqualified
296-52-61045
License terms
296-52-61050
License renewal
296-52-62005
Responsibility to obtain a dealer's license
296-52-62010
Dealer applicant information
296-52-62025
Prohibit explosives items from sale or display in these areas
296-52-62030
Container labeling
296-52-62035
Authorized agent information
296-52-62040
Verification of customer identity
296-52-62045
Recordkeeping and reporting
296-52-63005
Responsibility to obtain a purchaser's license
296-52-63010
Applicant information
296-52-63020
Authorized agents
296-52-63025
Explosive order deliveries
296-52-63030
Notify the department of blaster changes
296-52-64005
Responsibility to obtain a blaster's license
296-52-64020
General qualifications for blasters
296-52-64030
List A qualifications
296-52-64035
List B qualifications
296-52-64040
List C qualifications
296-52-64045
Application
296-52-64050
Blaster license applicant information
296-52-64055
Blaster license testing
296-52-64065
Blaster license limits
296-52-64075
Blaster license disclosure
296-52-64080
Purchaser disclosure
296-52-64085
Changes to a blaster's license classification
296-52-64090
Blaster license renewal
296-52-64095
List A and B renewal qualifications
296-52-64100
List C renewal qualifications
296-52-650
Manufacturer's license
296-52-65005
Responsibility to obtain a manufacturer's license
296-52-65010
Manufacturer applicant information
296-52-65015
Manufacturing site inspections
296-52-65020
Conditions of a manufacturer's license
296-52-65025
Annual inspection
296-52-65030
Site plan
296-52-660
Storage license
296-52-66005
Responsibility to obtain a storage license
296-52-66010
Storage applicant information
296-52-66015
Storage site inspections
296-52-66020
Demonstration of handling and storage experience
296-52-66030
Storage license number
296-52-66035
Storage limit
296-52-66040
Annual storage inspection
296-52-66045
Mobile storage sites
296-52-66050
Moving a licensed magazine
296-52-66053
Altering or destroying a licensed magazine
296-52-66057
Transfer, sale or lease of a magazine or mobile storage site
296-52-66060
Reporting changes in conditions
296-52-67010
Blaster in charge responsibilities
296-52-67020
Black powder
296-52-67025
Age of explosives
296-52-67030
Blast site storage
296-52-67035
Day box storage
296-52-67040
Attendants must be present
296-52-67045
Handling explosives
296-52-67050
Trainee supervision
296-52-67055
Storms
296-52-67060
Extraneous electricity and radio frequency (RF) transmitters
296-52-67065
Vibration and damage control
296-52-67070
Storage at blast sites
296-52-67075
Blast area precautions
296-52-67080
Drilling
296-52-67085
Loading blast holes
296-52-67090
Initiation systems
296-52-67095
Use of safety fuse with detonators
296-52-67100
Use of detonating cord
296-52-67105
Firing the blast
296-52-67110
Precautions after firing
296-52-67115
Excavation work in pressurized air locks
296-52-67125
Transportation, storage, and use
296-52-67130
Fixed location mixing
296-52-67135
Bulk delivery/mixing vehicles
296-52-67140
Bulk storage bins
296-52-67145
Transportation of blasting agents
296-52-67160
Types and classifications
296-52-67165
Fixed location mixing
296-52-67170
Bulk delivery/mixing vehicles
296-52-67180
Separation distance from vessels and people
296-52-67185
Swimming and diving activities
296-52-67190
Initiation systems
296-52-67195
Loading tubes and casings
296-52-67200
Multiple charges
296-52-67210
Storage
296-52-67215
Separation distance: Electrical storms
296-52-67220
Proper fume class use
296-52-67225
Combustible gases or dusts
296-52-67230
Initiating systems
296-52-67235
Firing the blast
296-52-67240
Returning to the blast
296-52-67245
High speed tunneling: Central primer house
296-52-68010
Public highways
296-52-68015
Job sites and off-highway roads
296-52-68020
Safety precautions
296-52-68025
Transportation of workers
296-52-68030
Cargo
296-52-68040
Vehicle strength and condition
296-52-68045
Open top vehicles
296-52-68050
Vehicle placards
296-52-68055
Vehicle fire protection
296-52-68060
Operation of vehicles transporting explosives
296-52-68065
Transporting detonators and explosives in the same vehicle
296-52-68075
Powder cars, vehicles, and conveyances
296-52-68080
Notification—Hoist operator
296-52-68085
Underground transportation
296-52-69005
Detonators
296-52-69010
Explosives
296-52-69015
Exempt explosives
296-52-69020
Storage facilities
296-52-69025
Quantity and distance tables
296-52-69030
Storage within magazines
296-52-69035
Storage limits
296-52-69040
Notification of fire safety authority
296-52-69045
Magazine repairs
296-52-69050
Inventory
296-52-69055
Inspection
296-52-69060
Precautions for areas surrounding magazine
296-52-69065
Deteriorated explosives
296-52-69070
Explosives recovered from misfires
296-52-69080
Blast site storage
296-52-69085
Multiple magazines
296-52-69090
Blasting agents and supplies
296-52-69095
Ammonium nitrate
296-52-69105
Table H-20—Table of distances for storage of explosives
296-52-69110
Table H-21—Quantity and distance table for separation between magazines
296-52-69115
Table H-22—Separation distances of ammonium nitrate and blasting agents from explosives or blasting agents
296-52-69120
Table H-23—Quantity and distance tables for manufacturing buildings
296-52-69125
Table H-24—Low explosives
296-52-69130
Table of distances for the storage of display fireworks (except bulk salutes)
296-52-700
Magazine construction
296-52-70005
Type 1 magazines: Permanent storage facilities
296-52-70010
Building construction for Type 1 magazines
296-52-70015
Igloos, army-type structures, tunnels, and dugouts
296-52-70020
Type 2 magazines: Portable field storage
296-52-70025
Construction for Type 2 magazines
296-52-70030
Type 3 magazines: Indoor storage facilities
296-52-70035
Storage facilities for detonators
296-52-70040
Construction for Type 3 magazines
296-52-70045
Type 4 magazines: Blasting agent, low explosive, or nonmass detonating detonator storage facilities
296-52-70050
Construction for Type 4 magazines
296-52-70055
Type 5 magazines: Blasting agent storage facilities
296-52-70060
Construction for Type 5 magazines
296-52-70065
Explosives day box
296-52-70070
Detonator day box
296-52-70080
Magazine heating system requirements
296-52-70085
Lighting
296-52-710
Exemptions
296-52-71015
Quantity limits
296-52-71020
Storage with Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives
296-52-71025
Separation from flammable materials
296-52-71035
Transportation
296-52-71040
Shipping container
296-52-71045
Storage
296-52-71055
Shipping containers
296-52-71060
Separation from flammable materials
296-52-71065
Storage
296-52-71075
Shipping containers
296-52-71080
Storage
296-52-71090
Delivery to carriers
296-52-71095
Hours of transfer
296-52-71100
Storage in route
296-52-71105
Railway cars
296-52-720
Appendix A, sample explosives-blasting ordinance for local jurisdictions, nonmandatory
296-52-725
Appendix B, sample format for a blast record, nonmandatory
296-52-800
Avalanche control
296-52-802
Acceptable warning signs for typical avalanche control devices (duds)
296-52-803
Storage, makeup, and use of explosives for avalanche control blasting
296-52-805
Hand charge makeup methods
296-52-807
Avalanche control blasting
296-52-809
Retrieving misfired explosives (duds)