Information
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Document No.
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Client / Site
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Personnel interviewed and accompanying auditor
Procedure
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Is there a written and approved site procedure for blasting?
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Has it been communicated to the employees and contractors?
Permits and certification
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Is a copy of a valid blasting permit displayed in the explosives mafgazine?
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Are copies of valid blasting certificates for each blaster displayed in the explosives magazine?
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Are only employees and contractors with a valid blasting certificate allowed to issue and receive explosives and to conduct blasting?
Use of explosives
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Are explosive magazines locked and guarded 24/7?
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Are explosive magazines equipped with fire fighting equipment?
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Are there no smoking and no mobile phone signs and rules?
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Are all people handling explosives trained on the associated risks?
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No loose detonators to be transported inside the cabin or tray of a light vehicle
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Are all explosives and accesories received, stored and used accounted for?
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Are charged blasts sleeping overnight guarded, baricaded off with hard barriers and well lit?
Blasting and misfires
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Are blasts announced by email (date, time and location) at least a day in advance?
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Are blast notices posted at all offices, barrier gates and acces roads?
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Before any blasts is the area adequately evacuated?
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Before any blasts is the folowing in place? radio announcement on all radio channels warning of the blast to come
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Before any blasts is the folowing in place? siren on a vehicle travelling around the pit used
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Before any blasts is the folowing in place? blast guards with red flags and 2 way radio posted at all entry points to the blasting area
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Do shotfirer and assistant travel in 2 vehicles and seek adequate cover during a blast?
Discipline
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Are employees ignoring blast guards always dismissed?
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Are contractors igmoring blast guards always permanently removed from site and is this checked?
