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no.21 protected in a manner that will maintain the bullet resistance of the
magazine.
N. Doors and warning signs shall be in accordance with the provision of RA
1866 and its IRR, as amended.
SECTION 10.4.5.4
USE AND HANDLING
A. Use, handling and blasting operation of explosives shall be in accordance
with RA 1866 and its IRR, as amended, and the following conditions:
1. No person shall handle explosives while under the influence of
intoxicants or narcotics;
2. No person shall smoke or carry matches while handling explosives or
while in the vicinity thereof;
3. No open flame light shall be used in the vicinity of explosives;
4. Whenever blasting is being conducted in the vicinity of gas, electric,
water, fire alarm, telephone, telegraph or steam utilities, the blaster
shall notify the appropriate representative of such utilities at least
twenty four hours (24 hrs.) in advance of blasting, specifying the
location and intended time of such blasting. In an emergency, this
time limit may be waived by the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having
jurisdiction;
5. Blasting operations shall be conducted in accordance with inter-
nationally recognized good practice;
6. Before a blast is fired, the person in charge shall make certain that all
surplus explosives are in a safe place, all persons and vehicles are at a
safe distance or under sufficient cover, and a loud warning signal has
been sounded;
7. Due precautions shall be taken to prevent accidental discharge of
electric blasting caps from current induced by radio or radar
transmitters, lightning, adjacent power lines, dust storms, or other
sources of extraneous electricity. These precaution shall include;
a. The suspension of all blasting operations and removal of persons
from the blasting area during the approach and progress of an
electrical storm;
b. The posting of signs warning against the use of mobile radio trans-
mitters on all roads within one hundred seven meters (107 m) of the
blasting operations;
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