S-2.1, r. 4 - Safety Code for the construction industry

Section 4.4.1 Disposition versions

2015-02-26

4.4.1. On a construction site, the employer must make sure that an explosive depot meets the following safety standards:

(a)  conform to the standards of the Regulation under the Act respecting explosives (chapter E-22, r. 1);

(b)  (*) be laid out so as to comply with the distances established in the standard Explosives - Quantity Distances, BNQ 2910-510, or in the table in Schedule 2.3;

(c)  be used exclusively for the storage of explosives or blasting accessories;

(d)  be locked;

(e)  be under the employer’s supervision and responsibility;

(f)  be kept clean inside, be coated or covered in such a way that no iron or steel is left uncovered and no particle of rough iron, steel or any similar substance may become loose or come into contact with the explosives contained in the depot;

(g)  be of the colour white, aluminum or red with the word EXPLOSIVES written on all visible sides, in contrasting colours at least 150 mm high.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 6, s. 4.4.1; O.C. 1959-86, s. 46; O.C. 57-2015, s. 27.

(*) Until the standard Explosives – Quantity Distances, BNQ 2910-510, is made and published by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec, the distances for the disposition of depots, provided for by the standard in paragraph b, are those provided for in the Quantity Distance Principles User’s Manual published in 1995 by the Explosives Regulatory Division of Natural Resources Canada.

2012-09-01

4.4.1. The depot must:

(a)  be situated at the distances specified in the table in Schedule 2.3. If it is impossible to conform to these distances, the employer may store at lesser distances the explosives required for a day’s work.

In such a case, each depot may not contain more than 250 kg of explosives and the distance between depots must be in conformity with the distances (3) in the table in Schedule 2.3.

If there is more than one depot of explosives, each depot must be protected from the others by sandbag barricades, earth mounds or the equivalent, less than 50 cm from each depot and having at least the same height as the depot;

(b)  be used solely for storing explosives or blasting accessories;

(c)  be locked;

(d)  be under the supervision and charge of the shot-firer or one of his helpers;

(e)  be kept clean inside, be coated or covered in such a way that no iron or steel is left uncovered and no particle of rough iron, steel or any similar substance may become loose or come in contact with the explosives contained in the depot; and

(f)  be painted white, aluminum or red and bear the sign “EXPLOSIVES” on all its sides and on its roof, in contrasting letters at least 150 mm high.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 6, s. 4.4.1; O.C. 1959-86, s. 46.