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Matthew Leck

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Introduction Training

Why training is important

Training Programs

Requirements

Costs

Manuals

Laws and Regulations

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Introduction - Safety

Importance of Safety

Relationship between Safety andTraining

Examples Dos and Donts

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Importance of Training

Comply to laws andregulations thatgovern blaster

safety for the area ofthe blast

Economics

Ensure safety of

work environment

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Training Programs

Training course

Examination

Provincial or

national standards Through the

government

Companies

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Companies Enform

Oil and gas

British Columbia andAlberta

Training,certification, health,and safety

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Training Requirements

Check with theregional governingbody

Federal rules andregulations

Appendix A 850Blaster Training List

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Appendix A 850

1 Explosives

2 Blast designs

3 Loading blastholes, including primingand boostering

4 Initiation systems and blastingmachines

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Appendix A 850

5 Blasting vibrations, airblast, andflyrock

6 Secondary blasting applications

7 Current Federal and State rulesapplicable to the use of explosives

8 Blast records

9 Schedules

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Appendix A 850

10 Preblasting surveys

11 Blast-plan requirements

12 Certification and training

13 Signs, warning signals, and sitecontrol

14 Unpredictable hazard

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Training Costs

From the ManitobaGovernment

Blaster CertificationCourse Fee(includes GST):

Course & Exam -$52.50

Blaster Training

Course - $26.25 Blaster Examination

/ Rewrites - $26.25

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Training Manuals

Many available onlineand in book format

BLASTERS TRAINING

MANUAL For Farmers,

Ranchers, Prospectors,Engineers, SmallConstruction ContractorsBy R.K. [Ken] House,S.E.E. [Retired], Emeritus

Member of InternationalSociety of ExplosivesEngineers 1998

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Training Manuals

Intro to Explosives

Non-Electric/Electricfiring of Explosives

Calculations Components

Techniques

Types of Explosives

Applications

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Laws and Regulations

Provincial examplefrom BritishColumbia

NationalDepartment ofJustice Canada

Authorization andTesting

Licenses and Permits

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Provincially - BC

Valid Blaster's Certificate issued byWorkSafeBC

Other Canadian jurisdictions

register, complete an application form, andfamiliarize

Non-Canadian jurisdictions

proof of experience

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Nationally

Explosives Regulations Act C.R.C, c.599

Part 2 Authorizations and Testing

Part 3 Licenses and Permits

www.justice.gc.ca

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Training Summary

Courses and exams for permits, andqualifications for provincial and nationalstandards

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Importance of Safety

To meet regulationsand codes

Public Relations

Employee Trust Economics

To reduce accidents

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Relationship of Safety andTraining Training leads to

better understandingof safety and safetyregulations

If accidents occur,training aids in safeactions of

employees

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Safety Dos

Do keep the firing circuit completely insulatedfrom the ground or other conductors

Do test all electric blasting caps, either singly

or when connected in a series circuit Do be sure that all wire ends to be

connected are bright and clean.

Do keep the electric cap wires or leading

wires disconnected from the power sourceand short circuited until ready to fire.

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Safety Donts

Don't uncoil the wires or use electric blastingcaps during dust storms or near any othersource of large charges of static electricity.

Don't uncoil the wires or use electric blastingcaps in the vicinity of radio-frequencytransmitters, except at safe distances

Don't have electrical wires or cables of any

kind near electric blasting caps or otherexplosives except at the time and for thepurpose of firing the blast.

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Safety Donts

Don't use in the same circuit either electricblasting caps made by more than onemanufacturer

Don't attempt to fire a single electric blastingcap on a circuit of electric blasting caps withless than the minimum current specified by themanufacturer.

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Case Study

Nonmetal Mine,Lancaster County,PA

December 21, 1999,32-year-oldequipment operator

One of the

blastholes blew-outcausing a massiveamount of flyrock

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Case Study

Nonmetal Mine, Madison County, IL

On May 23, 1994, a 21-year-old craneoperator was fatally injured by flyrock that

struck him in the back Standing at a distance of about 120 ft from the

nearest blasthole.

The need to remove all employees from the

blast area and to provide blasting shelter foremployees

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Improvements

Blasting Plan

Highwall and BenchInspection

Loading and Firing Post Firing

Inspection

Blasting Log

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References

Appendix A 850, Blaster TrainingRequirements,www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blast

er%20Training%20List.doc BLASTERS TRAINING MANUAL For

Farmers, Ranchers, Prospectors, Engineers,Small Construction Contractors By R.K. [Ken]

House, S.E.E. [Retired], Emeritus Member ofInternational Society of Explosives Engineers1998

http://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.dochttp://www.arblast.osmre.gov/.../Blaster%20Certification/Appendix%20A%20850%20Blaster%20Training%20List.doc

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References

Bajpayee, T.S., et al. Fatal Accidents Due ToFlyrock And Lack Of Blast Area Security AndWorking Practices In Mining. National Institutefor Occupational Safety and Health Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, USAhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdf

Department of Justice Canada,www.justice.gc.ca

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdfhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdfhttp://www.justice.gc.ca/http://www.justice.gc.ca/http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdfhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fadtf.pdf

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References

Enform websitehttp://enform.ca/britishcolumbia

Manitoba Labour and Immigration,

http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.html

Workers Compensation Board of BC,2010, Work Safe BC,

http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470

http://enform.ca/britishcolumbiahttp://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/CertificationTraining/Certification.asp?ReportID=35470http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/safety/courses/index.htmlhttp://enform.ca/britishcolumbia

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