Virginia Administrative Code
Title 16 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 30 - VIRGINIA RULES AND REGULATIONS DECLARING HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS
Section 16VAC15-30-30 - Manufacturing or storage occupations involving explosives

Universal Citation: 6 VA Admin Code 15-30-30

Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024

The following occupations in or about plants or establishments manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components are prohibited:

1. All occupations in or about any plant or establishment manufacturing or storing explosives or articles containing explosive components except where the occupation is performed in a "nonexplosives area" as defined in subparagraph (3) of this section.

2. The following occupations in or about any plant or establishment manufacturing or storing small arms ammunition not exceeding .60 caliber in size, shotgun shells, or blasting caps when manufactured or stored in conjunction with the manufacture of small-arms ammunition:

(a) All occupations involved in the manufacturing, mixing, transporting, or handling of explosive compounds in the manufacture of small-arms ammunition and all other occupations requiring the performance of any duties in the explosives area in which explosive compounds are manufactured or mixed.

(b) All occupations involved in the manufacturing, transporting, or handling of primers and all other occupations requiring the performance of any duties in the same building in which primers are manufactured.

(c) All occupations involved in the priming of cartridges and all other occupations requiring the performance of any duties in the same workroom in which rim-fire cartridges are primed.

(d) All occupations involved in the plate loading of cartridges and in the operation of automatic loading machines.

(e) All occupations involved in the loading, inspecting, packing, shipping, and storage of blasting caps.

Statutory Authority

§ 40.1-100 of the Code of Virginia.

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