California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders
Group 18 - Explosive Materials
Article 114 - Storage of Explosive Materials
Section 5252.1 - Quantity and Distance Table for Storage of Explosives-Low Explosives Distances in Feet when Storage is Unbarricaded

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 5252.1

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) These explosives normally will be confined to pressure ruptures of containers and will not produce propagating shock waves or damaging blast over pressure beyond the magazine distance specified for this class. These distances are unbarricaded.

Pounds Over	Pounds Not Over	Inhabited Buildings	Railways and Highways	Above Ground Magazine Separation Intraline Separation
0	1,000	75	75	50
1,000	5,000	115	115	75
5,000	10,000	150	150	100
10,000	20,000	190	190	125
20,000	30,000	215	215	145
30,000	40,000	235	235	155
40,000	50,000	250	250	165
50,000	60,000	260	260	175
60,000	70,000	270	270	185
70,000	80,000	280	280	190
80,000	90,000	295	295	195
90,000	100,000	300	300	200
100,000	200,000	375	375	250
200,000	300,000	450	450	300

(b) Distances are not to be reduced by the presence of barricades or earth cover.

1. New section filed 7-11-2003; operative 8-10-2003 (Register 2003, No. 28).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 142.3 and 7997, Labor Code. Reference: Sections 142.3 and 7997, Labor Code.

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