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|  MIL-J-7093A
(Weps)
Conflicting Requirements. - Conflicting requirements arising
6.6
between this specification or any specification, publication or drawing listed
herein shall be referred in writing to the procuring activity or appointed agent
for interpretation and clarification.
Safety Precautions. -
6.7
General Safety Precautions. - The loading, assembly and handling
6.7.1
of igniters, propellant, explosives, ammunition, ammunition components, fuzes,
detonators, primers, tracers, boosters, pyrotechnics, etc., and sub-assemblies
thereof, involve hazardous operations and therefore require suitable explosives
safety precautions. Use of this specification shall not be construed as to relieve
the contractor or manufacturer of responsibility for the safety of his operations.
Listed below are the minimum provisions which a contractor or manufacturer (loader)
of the above items should observe in order to fulfill his responsibility for safety.
At Bureau of Naval Weapons, Navy Department, and other Government plants,
these provisions are mandatory. Such other warnings and precautions, pertinent to
the operational effectiveness or safety during use or loading of the specified item,
are included in the detail provisions of the specification.
Loading. - All Ioading operations should be conducted in a neat
6.7.1.1
and orderly manner.
6.7.1.2
Equipment. - Safe equipment and methods should be utilized for
transporting and handling explosives and loaded parts. Where required, remote
control barricaded handling equipment shall be used for explosives operations,
such as mixing, pouring, weighing, charging, sifting, drying, pressing, casting,
crimping, etc.
6.7.1.3
Handling. - Personnel handling detonators, primers, delay elements,
lead-ins, boosters, and related parts which effect functioning, should in so far as
practicable, avoid using bare fingers or improper equipment in order to prevent dam-
age, corrosion, or deterioration from perspiration or other contaminating deposits.
6.7.1.4
Moisture. - The exposure of explosive materials and related parts
should be so controlled as to minimize the absorption of moisture from the atmos-
phere or other sources during loading and handling operations.
6.7.1.5
Storage. - AlI explosives and completely or partially loaded items
should be stored in suitable storage magazines located in accordance with the
American Table of Distances (ATD) or other applicable safety standards; and, while
in process, in safety lockers and chests if in loading rooms, or in adequate ready
or service magazines located in accordance with Intra-plant distances when out-
side of loading rooms. For Navy explosives loading plants, the provisions of the
Armed Services Explosives Safety Board covering quantity-distance relations for
explosives, shall apply.
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