Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 805 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET
Chapter 4 - Division of Explosives and Blasting
Section 805 KAR 4:095 - Loading of explosives or blasting agents
Universal Citation: 805 KY Admin Regs Service 4:095
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 351.350, 351.990
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 351.335 requires the Department for Natural Resources to promulgate rules and administrative regulations concerning the manufacture, transportation, sale, storage, or use of explosives and unassembled components of explosives, and the maintenance of such explosives which has a direct bearing on safety to life and property. This administrative regulation effects the provisions of that law.
Section 1. Loading of Explosives or Blasting Agents.
(1) Procedures that permit safe and
efficient loading shall be established before loading is started.
(2) All drill holes shall be sufficiently
large to admit freely the insertion of the cartridges of explosives.
(3) Tamping shall be done only with wood rods
or plastic tamping poles without exposed metal parts, but nonsparking metal
connectors may be used for jointed poles. Violent tamping shall be avoided. The
primer shall never be tamped.
(4)
No holes shall be loaded except those to be fired in the next round of
blasting. After loading, all remaining explosives and detonators shall be
immediately returned to an authorized magazine.
(5) Drilling shall not be started until all
remaining butts of old holes are examined for unexploded charges, and if any
are found, they shall be refired before work proceeds.
(6) No person shall be allowed to deepen
drill holes which have contained explosives or blasting agents.
(7) No explosives or blasting agents shall be
left unattended at the blast site.
(8) Machines and all tools not used for
drilling, loading and covering the blast shall be removed from the immediate
location of holes before explosives are delivered.
(9) No activity of any nature other than that
which is required for blasting shall be permitted in a blast area.
(10) Power lines and portable electric cables
for equipment being used shall be kept a safe distance from explosives or
blasting agents being loaded into drill holes. Cables in the proximity of the
blast area shall be deenergized and locked out by the blaster.
(11) Holes shall be checked prior to loading
to determine the depth and conditions. Holes shall not be drilled where there
is a danger of intersecting a charged or misfired hole.
(12) When loading a long line of holes with
more than one (1) loading crew, the crew shall be separated by practical
distance consistent with efficient operation and supervision of
crews.
(13) No explosives shall be
loaded or used underground in the presence of combustible gases or combustible
dusts.
(14) In underground
blasting, explosives in Fume Class I, as set forth by the Institute of the
Makers of Explosives, shall be used; provided, however, that Fume Class I
explosives are not required when ventilation adequate to dissipate all fumes is
provided and the workings are abandoned for a period of time sufficient to
allow dissipation of all fumes.
(15) All blast holes in open work shall be
stemmed to the collar or to a point which will confine the charge.
(16) Warning signs, indicating a blast area,
shall be maintained at all approaches to the blast area. The warning sign
lettering shall not be less than four (4) inches in height on a contrasting
background. This subsection does not apply to surface mining.
(17) A borehole shall never be sprung when it
is adjacent to or near a hole that is loaded. Flashlight batteries shall not be
used for springing holes.
(18)
Drill holes that have been sprung or chambered, and which are not water-filled,
shall be allowed to cool before explosives are loaded.
(19) No loaded holes shall be left unattended
or unprotected.
(20) The blaster
shall keep an accurate, up-to-date record of explosives, blasting agents, and
blasting supplies used in a blast and shall keep an accurate running inventory
of all explosives and blasting agents stored on the operation.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 351.335
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