Mine Blasting Regulations: Safety, Storage,
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Who is responsible for maintaining Corporate organization and blaster-in-charge
blasting regulations?
What are the key safety focus areas in Planning and design, transportation, storage, blast
blasting regulations? site procedures, loading the blast, initiating the blast,
and post-blast inspection safety.
How should regulations be viewed in As a friend and not just a duty.
the context of blasting?
What is the highest standard to follow The strictest or highest standard applicable.
in blasting regulations?
What is the purpose of following To ensure safe jobs and good jobs.
regulations in mining?
What federal regulation governs The Federal Explosives Act.
blasting operations in Canada?
What provincial regulation is Saskatchewan Mine Regulation, 2018 (Part 11).
mentioned for Saskatchewan mining?
What is an explosive substance? A solid or liquid capable of producing gases through
chemical reaction that could cause damage.
, What are the classifications of Class 1: Gunpowder, Class 2: Nitrate Mixture, Class 3:
explosives according to Canada's Nitro-Compound, Class 4: Chlorate Mixture, Class 5:
Explosives Act? Fulminate, Class 6: Ammunition, Class 7: Firework.
Class 1 Gunpowder explosives Division 1: Explosive that is ordinarily called
gunpowder
Division 2: Formed by mechanical mixture of a nitrate
with any form of carbon or with any carbonaceous
substance that does not possess explosive
properties
Class 2 Nitrate Mixture explosives Any blasting agent formed by the mechanical
mixture of oxidizers (e.g. ammonium nitrate) and any
form of carbon, carbonaceous substance (e.g. fuel
oil), Sulphur, metallic material or any fuel.
Insensitive to ignition or initiation
Examples:
ANFO (Ammonium nitrate and Fuel oil): Density 1.73
g/cm3 and disintegrates (soluble) in water
Water Gel Explosive: With high water resistance and
are used where water is penetrating into the blasting
holes
Class 3 Nitro-compound explosives Chemical compound that has explosive properties or
is capable ofcombining with metals to form an
explosive compound.
Divided into 2:
Division 1: Explosives such as dynamite, cordite,
forcite, blasting gelatin, gelatin, dynamite, monobel,
blastol, and any chemical compound or mechanically
mixed substances that consists either wholly or partly
of nitroglycerine, or of some other liquid nitro-
compound.
Division 2: Explosives such as gun-cotton, nitro-
cotton, picric acid, trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.),
nitroguanidine, pentaerythritol tetranitrate(P.E.T.N.)
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Terms in this set (55)
Who is responsible for maintaining Corporate organization and blaster-in-charge
blasting regulations?
What are the key safety focus areas in Planning and design, transportation, storage, blast
blasting regulations? site procedures, loading the blast, initiating the blast,
and post-blast inspection safety.
How should regulations be viewed in As a friend and not just a duty.
the context of blasting?
What is the highest standard to follow The strictest or highest standard applicable.
in blasting regulations?
What is the purpose of following To ensure safe jobs and good jobs.
regulations in mining?
What federal regulation governs The Federal Explosives Act.
blasting operations in Canada?
What provincial regulation is Saskatchewan Mine Regulation, 2018 (Part 11).
mentioned for Saskatchewan mining?
What is an explosive substance? A solid or liquid capable of producing gases through
chemical reaction that could cause damage.
, What are the classifications of Class 1: Gunpowder, Class 2: Nitrate Mixture, Class 3:
explosives according to Canada's Nitro-Compound, Class 4: Chlorate Mixture, Class 5:
Explosives Act? Fulminate, Class 6: Ammunition, Class 7: Firework.
Class 1 Gunpowder explosives Division 1: Explosive that is ordinarily called
gunpowder
Division 2: Formed by mechanical mixture of a nitrate
with any form of carbon or with any carbonaceous
substance that does not possess explosive
properties
Class 2 Nitrate Mixture explosives Any blasting agent formed by the mechanical
mixture of oxidizers (e.g. ammonium nitrate) and any
form of carbon, carbonaceous substance (e.g. fuel
oil), Sulphur, metallic material or any fuel.
Insensitive to ignition or initiation
Examples:
ANFO (Ammonium nitrate and Fuel oil): Density 1.73
g/cm3 and disintegrates (soluble) in water
Water Gel Explosive: With high water resistance and
are used where water is penetrating into the blasting
holes
Class 3 Nitro-compound explosives Chemical compound that has explosive properties or
is capable ofcombining with metals to form an
explosive compound.
Divided into 2:
Division 1: Explosives such as dynamite, cordite,
forcite, blasting gelatin, gelatin, dynamite, monobel,
blastol, and any chemical compound or mechanically
mixed substances that consists either wholly or partly
of nitroglycerine, or of some other liquid nitro-
compound.
Division 2: Explosives such as gun-cotton, nitro-
cotton, picric acid, trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.),
nitroguanidine, pentaerythritol tetranitrate(P.E.T.N.)
