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Control hazards when handling explosives using new requirements in the 2018 edition of NFPA 495: Explosive Materials Code.

NFPA 495: Explosive Materials Code identifies reasonable levels of safety for the manufacture, transportation, storage, sale, and use of explosive materials, including blasting agents, water gel and emulsion materials, smokeless propellants, black powder propellants, and small arms ammunition. NFPA 495 does not apply to transportation of such material used for military purposes or when under jurisdiction of the federal government.

Important changes in the 2018 edition address electrical wiring.

Updates to Chapter 5 requirements in the Electrical Wiring and Equipment section provide better guidance on where to design and install watertight and dusttight equipment when in proximity of explosive materials.

Additional updates help improve blasting protocols.

Changes in Chapter 10, Use of Explosive Materials for Blasting, added responsibilities for the blaster-in-charge to prevent potential conflict with project manager responsibilities. Additionally, Chapter 10 adopted requirements for recording blast records to better align with federal and state regulations.

Compliance with this important Code is essential for explosives manufacturers; small arms manufacturers, distributors, or retailers; or enforcers such as fire and building officials.

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Published:
11/30/2017
ISBN(s):
9781455919239
Number of Pages:
69

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Control hazards when handling explosives by following the up-to-date safety provisions in the 2010 NFPA 495.

NFPA 495: Explosive Materials Code identifies reasonable levels of safety for the manufacture, transportation, storage, sale, and use of explosive materials, including blasting agents, water gel and emulsion materials, smokeless propellants, black powder propellants, and small arms ammunition. It does not apply to transportation of such material used for military purposes or when under jurisdiction of the federal government.

Key 2010 Code changes that explosives manufacturers; small arms manufacturers, distributors, or retailers; or enforcers such as fire and building officials need to know about include:

* Updated definitions for consistency with changes in federal regulatory provisions
* New requirement that a security plan must be provided as part of the permitting process for explosive materials
* Clarified that certain provisions of the code were not applicable to handloading of small arms ammunition for personal use.
* New rule requires hazard analyses to be performed as part of manufacturing processes.
* New requirement allows the use of quantitative-risk-assessment (QRA) in cases where the quantity-distance (Q-D) requirements cannot be met.
* Recognizing the use of QRA, changes were made permitting the siting of explosive magazines to be based on QRA in addition to the traditional American Table of Distances.
* New section on site control addresses the added aspects of site security.
* Materials of construction for explosives magazines were added to expand the list of permitted materials.
* Modified quantity limits for display or storage of certain small arms primers classified by DOT as 1.4S.

Don’t take unnecessary risks. Order the 2010 NFPA 495 today and protect lives and property by working with the best safety strategies for explosives

Product Details

Published:
01/04/2010
ISBN(s):
9781616650148
Number of Pages:
645

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Control hazards when handling explosives by complying with the latest safety provisions in the 2013 NFPA 495.

NFPA 495: Explosive Materials Code identifies reasonable levels of safety for the manufacture, transportation, storage, sale, and use of explosive materials, including blasting agents, water gel and emulsion materials, smokeless propellants, black powder propellants, and small arms ammunition. It does not apply to transportation of such material used for military purposes or when under jurisdiction of the federal government.

The 2013 edition features a major revision on the ground vibration chapter, including:

  • Additional requirements pertaining to use of seismographs
  • An expanded Air Overpressure section that adds in a maximum allowable limit of air overpressure, 133 dB

This important Code is essential for explosives manufacturers; small arms manufacturers, distributors, or retailers; or enforcers such as fire and building officials.

Product Details

Published:
12/17/2012
ISBN(s):
9781455905898
Number of Pages:
66

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