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6.6 General safety precaution. The loading, assembly and
handling of the item covered by this specification, and the
Sub-assemblies thereof, involve hazardous operations and there-
fore require suitable explosives safety precaution. Use of
this Specification will not be construed as to relieve the
contractor or manufacturer of responsibility for the safety
of his operations . Listed below are certain minimum pro-
visions which a contractor or manufacturer (which explosively
loads the item covered ) should observe in order to fulfill
his responsibility for safety. At Bureau of Naval Weapons,
Navy Department, and other Government plants, these provis-
ions are mandatory. Such other warnings and precaution,
pertinent to the operational effectiveness or safety during
use or loading of the specified item, are included in the
detail technical requirements of the specification.
6.6.1 All loading operations should be conducted in a neat
and orderly manner.
6.6.2 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, oasting, orimp-
ing, etc.
6.6.3 Personnel handling detonators, primers, delay elements,
lead-ins, boosters, and related parts which affect functioning,
should insofar as practicable, avoid using bare fingers or
improper equipment in order to prevent damage, corrosion, or
deterioration from perspiration or other contaminating deposits.
6.6.4 The exposure of explosive materials and related parts
should be so controlled as to minimize the absorption of mois-
ture from the atmosphere or other sources during loading and
handling operations.
6.6.5 All explosives and completely or partially loaded
item 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 lntra-
plant distances when outside of' loading rooms. For Navy
managed explosives loading plants, the provisions of' the
Armed Services Explosives Safety Board covering quantity-
distance relations for explosives will apply.
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