IAGC LAND GEOPHYSICAL SAFETY MANUAL Edition 9 ... - CGISS

6) Procedures to ensure the safety of employees, the public, livestock, wildlife andproperty must be established prior to any implementation of surface shootingtechniques using explosives.7) Shooter and shooter’s helpers must be aware of overhead fallout from trees,cliffs, or rocks resulting from the shot. Stay up slope of the shot point in casethere is landslide and loosened rocks.8) Prior to actual layout of explosives, each employee must be assigned a specificduty to perform and instructed to adhere to the planned procedure. Should thatprocedure be altered in any manner, the employee in charge of the layoutoperation must be notified of that change, and all members of the layout crewmust be made aware of that change. Additional instructions must be given at thistime to alleviate any chance the altered procedure might pose additional hazards.9) Only qualified shooters and helpers designated by the supervisor may be allowedto prime explosives and then only when instructed by that supervisor.10) Minimum safe distances must be maintained between persons handingexplosives or exposed charges and any transmitter.11) The shooter must have complete control of the shot detonation. The shooter can,at any time, abort the shot due to any abnormality at the shot location.12) Communications between the shooter, powder crew and all other members of thecrew must be established prior to detonation in order to eliminate any chance ofanyone entering the shot area. All crewmembers must report the presence of anynon-crew members seen in the project area. The shot must not be detonated untilthe shooter is completely satisfied that the area is secured.13) If the initial shot pattern is not visible to the shooter, guards or observers must bepositioned to have clear visibility of the shooter and the shot area.14) A signal of sufficient audible level to be heard within the area of the shot patternmust be sounded before each shot.15) No employee may enter the shot area after detonation until the shooter oremployee in charge gives permission to do so.16) All permit stipulations concerning crew conduct and clean-up operations must bestrictly followed and enforced.17) Proper fire fighting equipment must be available to the shooting crew.Crewmembers must be trained in the use of the fire fighting equipment.18) The shooting crew must check behind them frequently for fires.19) A clean up crew should pick up all the trash. Their search width should beadequate to find all debris. This group should also carry fire-fighting equipment.20) Radios should not be used in vehicles carrying detonators and explosives. Alsoradios should not be used in the storage areas for these materials.Page 81 of 136