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BS 5607:1998
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Code of practice for the safe use of explosives in the construction industry
Hardcopy , PDF
31-10-2017
English
15-12-1998
Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General recommendations
5 Tunnelling and shaft sinking
6 Demolition
7 Underwater blasting
8 Land excavation
9 Other forms of blasting
10 Cartridge operated fixing tools
Annex A (informative) Shotfiring training
Annex B (informative) List of legislation
Annex C (informative) Summary of the Construction
(Design and Management)(CDM) Regulations 1994
Annex D (informative) Explosives engineering training
Annex E (informative) General properties of explosives
Annex F (informative) Competent engineer in charge of
demolition work
Table 1 Storage of explosives
Table 2 Recommended minimum distances from underwater
blasting operations
Figure 1 Procedure to remedy misfires
Figure 2 Exclusion zones for shaft sinking and tunnelling
Figure 3 Relationship of blast area and exclusion zones
in underwater blasting
Figure 4 Exclusion zone for land excavation
Bibliography
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