NATIONAL PARK SERVICE National Park Service Handbook for the Storage, Transportation, and Use of Explosives

COVER (HTML)

CONTENTS (PDF)

Chapter 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (PDF)

Federal Regulations
Explosives Use Program
Blasting Personnel
Training
Certification
Blasting Review Board
Specifications for Contracts
Proper Tools for Good Blasting
Job Safety Analysis

Chapter 2 - EXPLOSIVES (PDF)

Theory of Explosives
Mechanics of Blasting
Properties of Explosives
Classification of Explosives
Blasting Agents and Ammonium Nitrate
Selection of Explosives
Initiating Devices

Chapter 3 - STORAGE (PDF)

Explosives Magazines
Magazine Inspection
Magazine Construction
Storage Within Magazines
Inventory
Two-Component Cap Sensitive Explosives
Storing Explosives in Remote Locations

Chapter 4 - TRANSPORTATION (PDF)

Transporting Explosives by Motor Vehicle
Transporting Explosives with Pack Stock
Transporting Explosives with Trail Vehicles and ATVs
Transporting Explosives by Vessel
Transporting Explosives by Aircraft

Chapter 5 - BLAST AREA SECURITY (PDF)

Area Security
Signing
Signal Systems
Area Inspections

Chapter 6 - INITIATION (PDF)

Components Used in Electric Blasting
Ohms Law
Electric Blasting Caps
Electric Blasting Circuits
Splicing
Primers
Exploding Bridgewire Detonators
Detonating Cord
Wiring
Firing Procedures
Blasting with Detonating Cord
Detaline Detonating Cord Systems
Nonelectric Initiation Systems
The Nonel System

Chapter 7 - LOADING BOREHOLES (PDF)

Priming Charge
Loading, Tamping, and Stemming
Delay Primers

Chapter 8 - BLAST DESIGN (PDF)

Hole Patterns
Delay Patterns
Powder Factor
Burden-Spacing Calculations
Borehole Coupling
Explosives Economic
Blast Design

Chapter 9 - GENERAL ROCK REMOVAL (PDF)

Principles of Drilling
Importance of Drilling and the Driller
Bench Blasting
Secondary Blasting
Lifters and Snakeholes
Charge Distribution
Trenching
Need for Controlled Blasting
Shock Energy/Heave Energy
Use of EBCs in Utility and Light Construction Industry
Use of Detonating Cord
Relationship of Boostering ANFO to Detonation Velocity
Use of ANFO in Utility and Light Construction Industry
Used Conveyor Belting Blasting Mats
Trenching (Track Drill)
Double Priming
Trench Shooting (Hand-held Rock Drill)
Pit Shooting
Pole Hole Shooting
Boulder Breaking
Stump Shooting
Hazard Tree Felling
Post Hole Shooting

Chapter 10 - GENERAL BLASTING (PDF)

Blasting Mats
Sequential Blasting
Destruction of Explosives (Non-Deteriorated Product)
Disposing of Deteriorated or Damaged Explosives
Ground Vibration and Air Blast
Blasting Vibration and Air Blast
General Safety in Blasting Practices

Chapter 11 - SPECIALIZED BLASTING TECHNIQUES (PDF)

Avalanche Blasting
Military Weapons
Fireline Explosives
Burnol Backfiring Devices
Animal Carcass Removal with Explosives
Non-Detonating Rock Breaking Tool
Air Gapping
Expansion Alternatives
Expanding Grout

GLOSSARY OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMS (PDF)

REFERENCES (PDF)

APPENDIX A - Blasting Specialties and Requirements for Certification (PDF)

APPENDIX B - Standard Explosives Use Specification for Contracts (PDF)

INDEX (PDF)