NFPA 495 - Explosive Materials Code, 2013 Edition

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• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 66
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Important Notices and Disclaimers
Additional Notices and Disclaimers
Chapter 1 Administration
1.1 Scope
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Application
1.4 Retroactivity
1.5 Equivalency
1.6 Enforcement
Chapter 2 Referenced Publications
2.1 General
2.2 NFPA Publications
2.3 Other Publications
2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections
Chapter 3 Definitions
3.1 General
3.2 NFPA Official Definitions
3.3 General Definitions
Chapter 4 Security and Safety of Explosive Materials
4.1 Basic Requirements
4.2 Permit Requirements
4.3 Permit Classes
4.4 Requirements for Blaster's Permit
4.5 Posting of Permits
4.6 Permit Restrictions
4.7 Denial or Revocation of Permits
4.8 Record Keeping and Reporting
4.9 Applications
4.10 Renewals
Chapter 5 Manufacturing and Testing
5.1 Scope
5.2 General Requirements
5.3 Classification and Characterization of Energetic Materials Used in Process Operations
5.4 Buildings and Equipment
5.5 Operations
5.6 Explosive Materials Testing Sites
Chapter 6 Blasting Agents
6.1 Scope
6.2 Fixed Location Mixing
6.3 Bulk Mixing and Delivery Vehicles
6.4 Bulk Storage Bins
6.5 Storage of Blasting Agents and Supplies
6.6 Transportation of Packaged Blasting Agents
6.7 Use of Blasting Agents
Chapter 7 Water Gel, Slurry, and Emulsion Explosive Materials
7.1 Scope
7.2 Fixed Location Mixing
7.3 Bulk Mixing and Delivery Vehicles
7.4 Storage of Water Gels, Slurries, and Emulsions
Chapter 8 Transportation of Explosive Materials on Highways
8.1 Basic Requirements
8.2 Transportation Vehicles
8.3 Operation of Transportation Vehicles
Chapter 9 Aboveground Storage of Explosive Materials
9.1 Scope
9.2 Basic Requirements
9.3 Classification and Use of Magazines
9.4 Location of Magazines
9.5 Magazine Construction — Basic Requirements
9.6 Magazine Construction — Requirements for Specific Types
9.7 Storage Within Magazines
9.8 Miscellaneous Safety Precautions
Chapter 10 Use of Explosive Materials for Blasting
10.1 Basic Requirements
10.2 Preblast Operations
10.3 Initiating Blasts
10.4 Procedures After Blasting
10.5 Misfires
10.6 Disposal of Explosive Materials
Chapter 11 Ground Vibration, Air Overpressure, Flyrock, and Gases
11.1 Basic Requirements
11.2 Ground Vibration
11.3 Air Overpressure
11.4 Flyrock
11.5 Gases
Chapter 12 Explosive Materials at Piers and Railway, Truck, and Air Terminals
12.1 Basic Requirements
12.2 Notifications
12.3 Facilities for Trailer-on-Flatcar and Container-on-Flatcar
12.4 Designation of Facilities
Chapter 13 Precursor Chemicals
13.1 Basic Requirements
13.2 Storage
13.3 Use
13.4 Record Keeping and Reporting
Chapter 14 Small Arms Ammunition and Primers, Smokeless Propellants, and Black Powder Propellants
14.1 Basic Requirements
14.2 Small Arms Ammunition
14.3 Smokeless Propellants
14.4 Black Powder
14.5 Small Arms Primers
Annex A Explanatory Material
Annex B Sample Ordinance Adopting NFPA 495
Annex C Recommended Separation Distances of Ammonium Nitrate and Blasting Agents from Explosives or Blasting Agents
Annex D Magazine Construction
Annex E U.S. Department of Transportation Proposed Revisions of Explosive Materials Transport Regulations
Annex F Informational References
Index