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• Radios, blasting area warning signs, traffic vests, first aid kit, and drinking <br />water <br />8.4. Blast Site Inspection: <br />The blaster -in -charge and loading crew shall inspect the blast site before loading begins. <br />Hazards or conditions that might expose explosives to excessive pressure, heat, or friction <br />shall be corrected prior to loading. If the inspection reveals that blasthole re -drilling is <br />required, the re -drilling shall be done before loading commences. <br />8.5. All needed explosives, stemming material and other supplies shall be brought to the blast site <br />before commencing hole -charging operations. All mobile equipment, not expressly used and <br />approved for hole -charging charging operations shall always be kept a minimum of fifty feet <br />away from blast holes once loading begins. <br />8.6. All equipment and all non-essential equipment and people shall be removed from blast sites <br />once hole charging operations begin. <br />8.7. Blast holes will be inspected before holes are charged. <br />8.8. Primers shall be prepared just before they are loaded. <br />8.9. When column separation is suspected, a second primer using the same delay detonator as the <br />first primer shall be loaded into the separated portion of the column. <br />8.10. If damage to an initiator lead is suspected, the hole shall be re -primed with a similar primer. <br />8.11. No sparking materials or loose rocks shall be allowed to enter blast holes after they contain <br />explosives. <br />8.12. Crewmembers shall immediately report any dangerous conditions, such as overloaded holes, <br />to the blaster -in -charge who shall develop measures to safely control the condition. <br />8.13. Records detailing the quantities of explosives brought to the site and used each day shall be <br />accurately kept. <br />Page 6 <br />