Ala. Code § 25-9-277 (1975) Handling and Use of Explosives and Detonators

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 25-9-277 (1975)

(a) Only designated persons shall cut, cap, and issue capped fuses and explosives.

(b) When cutting fuse, it shall be cut square across with a sharp clean instrument and the cap crimper used shall be of a type recommended by explosive manufacturers. A bench type crimper is recommended.

(c) No explosives container shall be opened with any metallic instrument.

(d) No person shall remove any explosives from a pit magazine without permission of the pit superintendent, foreman, or a person designated by the operator.

(e) Capped fuse or electric detonators shall not be stored within 50 feet of other explosives, power lines, cables, or other electrical conductors.

(f) Oils or other combustible substances shall not be stored within 50 feet of any explosives.

(g) Detonators shall not be removed from containers except as they are used for capping fuses or, in the case of electric detonators, as they are used in preparing primers, except when placed in other containers as recommended by manufacturers.

(h) Fuse shall not be cut and capped nearer than 50 feet to any explosives magazine.