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

Section 4.3.3 Disposition versions

2015-02-26

4.3.3. Where detonators are transported with explosives, the employer must make sure that they are stored separately in a compartment of the vehicle that is completely closed and does not communicate with the part of the vehicle that contains the explosives.

The compartment wall that separates the detonators from the explosives must be as high as the roof and be made of solid wood 150 mm thick or of a material that prevents the explosion of the detonators for at least 1 hour in case of fire.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 6, s. 4.3.3; O.C. 1959-86, s. 41; O.C. 57-2015, s. 19.

2012-09-01

4.3.3. Explosives and detonators may be carried in the same vehicle when:

(a)  the wrapping on the detonators cannot open or break;

(b)  the total number of detonators does not exceed 5,000;

(c)  the detonators are separated from the other explosives by a wooden partition 15 cm thick or a multilayered partition or the equivalent. The partition must reach from floor to ceiling. Access to each compartment must be through a separate entrance.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 6, s. 4.3.3; O.C. 1959-86, s. 41.