Volume-IF - JantERmantER

DCPL-K4A02
a magazine.
Explosive in open cases are not to be received into a magazine.
Explosives which appear to be in a damaged or dangerous condition are
not to be kept in any magazine, but must be removed without delay to a
safe distance and destroyed.
Persons entering the magazine, must put on the magazine shoes which
shall be provided at the magazine for this purpose and should be careful :
Not to put their feet on the clean floor unless they have the magazine
shoes on.
Not to allow the magazine shoes to touch the ground outside the clean
floor.
Not to allow any dirty or grit to fall on the clean floor.
Persons with bare feet, shall before entering the magazine dip their feet
in water and then step direct from the tub over the barrier (if there be one)
on to the clean floor.
A brush broom shall be kept in the lobby of the magazine for cleaning
out the magazine, on each occasion if it is opened for the receipt, delivery
or inspection of explosives.
No matches or inflammable materials shall be allowed inside the
magazine. Illumination shall be obtained from an electric storage battery
lantern. No smoking shall be allowed within 100 m of a magazine.
No person having article of steel or iron on him shall be allowed to enter the
magazine.
Oily cotton, rag waste and articles liable to spontaneous ignition shall not be
allowed inside the magazine.
Workmen shall be examined before they enter the magazine to see that
they have none of the prohibited articles on their person.
The mallets, levers, wedges etc. for opening barrels or cases are to be of
wood. Inside a magazine the cases of explosives are to be carried by hand
and shall not be rolled or dragged. Explosives which have been issued
and returned to the magazine are to be issued first; otherwise those which
have been longest in store are to be issued first.
Cases of explosives must be kept clear of the walls and floors for free
circulation of air on all sides, special care is to be taken to keep the floor
free from grains of powder or portions of explosive matter fallen on the
floors due to leakage of cases etc.
The magazine shall not be opened during any duststorm or
thunderstorm nor any person shall be allowed in the vicinity of the
magazine.
(PCA.774.S034sca) V.II-D2/S-I : 11