blaster training and safety
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Matthew Leck
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Introduction Training
Why training is important
Training Programs
Requirements
Costs
Manuals
Laws and Regulations
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Introduction - Safety
Importance of Safety
Relationship between Safety andTraining
Examples Dos and Donts
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Importance of Training
Comply to laws andregulations thatgovern blaster
safety for the area ofthe blast
Economics
Ensure safety of
work environment
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Training Programs
Training course
Examination
Provincial or
national standards Through the
government
Companies
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Companies Enform
Oil and gas
British Columbia andAlberta
Training,certification, health,and safety
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Training Requirements
Check with theregional governingbody
Federal rules andregulations
Appendix A 850Blaster Training List
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Appendix A 850
1 Explosives
2 Blast designs
3 Loading blastholes, including primingand boostering
4 Initiation systems and blastingmachines
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Appendix A 850
5 Blasting vibrations, airblast, andflyrock
6 Secondary blasting applications
7 Current Federal and State rulesapplicable to the use of explosives
8 Blast records
9 Schedules
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Appendix A 850
10 Preblasting surveys
11 Blast-plan requirements
12 Certification and training
13 Signs, warning signals, and sitecontrol
14 Unpredictable hazard
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Training Costs
From the ManitobaGovernment
Blaster CertificationCourse Fee(includes GST):
Course & Exam -$52.50
Blaster Training
Course - $26.25 Blaster Examination
/ Rewrites - $26.25
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Training Manuals
Many available onlineand in book format
BLASTERS TRAINING
MANUAL For Farmers,
Ranchers, Prospectors,Engineers, SmallConstruction ContractorsBy R.K. [Ken] House,S.E.E. [Retired], Emeritus
Member of InternationalSociety of ExplosivesEngineers 1998
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Training Manuals
Intro to Explosives
Non-Electric/Electricfiring of Explosives
Calculations Components
Techniques
Types of Explosives
Applications
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Laws and Regulations
Provincial examplefrom BritishColumbia
NationalDepartment ofJustice Canada
Authorization andTesting
Licenses and Permits
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Provincially - BC
Valid Blaster's Certificate issued byWorkSafeBC
Other Canadian jurisdictions
register, complete an application form, andfamiliarize
Non-Canadian jurisdictions
proof of experience
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Nationally
Explosives Regulations Act C.R.C, c.599
Part 2 Authorizations and Testing
Part 3 Licenses and Permits
www.justice.gc.ca
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Training Summary
Courses and exams for permits, andqualifications for provincial and nationalstandards
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Importance of Safety
To meet regulationsand codes
Public Relations
Employee Trust Economics
To reduce accidents
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Relationship of Safety andTraining Training leads to
better understandingof safety and safetyregulations
If accidents occur,training aids in safeactions of
employees
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Safety Dos
Do keep the firing circuit completely insulatedfrom the ground or other conductors
Do test all electric blasting caps, either singly
or when connected in a series circuit Do be sure that all wire ends to be
connected are bright and clean.
Do keep the electric cap wires or leading
wires disconnected from the power sourceand short circuited until ready to fire.
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Safety Donts
Don't uncoil the wires or use electric blastingcaps during dust storms or near any othersource of large charges of static electricity.
Don't uncoil the wires or use electric blastingcaps in the vicinity of radio-frequencytransmitters, except at safe distances
Don't have electrical wires or cables of any
kind near electric blasting caps or otherexplosives except at the time and for thepurpose of firing the blast.
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Safety Donts
Don't use in the same circuit either electricblasting caps made by more than onemanufacturer
Don't attempt to fire a single electric blastingcap on a circuit of electric blasting caps withless than the minimum current specified by themanufacturer.
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Case Study
Nonmetal Mine,Lancaster County,PA
December 21, 1999,32-year-oldequipment operator
One of the
blastholes blew-outcausing a massiveamount of flyrock
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Case Study
Nonmetal Mine, Madison County, IL
On May 23, 1994, a 21-year-old craneoperator was fatally injured by flyrock that
struck him in the back Standing at a distance of about 120 ft from the
nearest blasthole.
The need to remove all employees from the
blast area and to provide blasting shelter foremployees
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Improvements
Blasting Plan
Highwall and BenchInspection
Loading and Firing Post Firing
Inspection
Blasting Log
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References
Appendix A 850, Blaster TrainingRequirements,www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blast
er%20Training%20List.doc BLASTERS TRAINING MANUAL For
Farmers, Ranchers, Prospectors, Engineers,Small Construction Contractors By R.K. [Ken]
House, S.E.E. [Retired], Emeritus Member ofInternational Society of Explosives Engineers1998
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References
Bajpayee, T.S., et al. Fatal Accidents Due ToFlyrock And Lack Of Blast Area Security AndWorking Practices In Mining. National Institutefor Occupational Safety and Health Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, USAhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdf
Department of Justice Canada,www.justice.gc.ca
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdfhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdfhttp://www.justice.gc.ca/http://www.justice.gc.ca/http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdfhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdf -
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References
Enform websitehttp://enform.ca/britishcolumbia
Manitoba Labour and Immigration,
http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.html
Workers Compensation Board of BC,2010, Work Safe BC,
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470
http://enform.ca/britishcolumbiahttp://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://enform.ca/britishcolumbia -
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