High-Speed Imaging Handbook
High-Speed Imaging Handbook
The handbook for the High-Speed Imaging class,
with links to the PETS Lens Calculator.
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Explosives Regulations Handbook
Your main handbook on explosives rules, safety and compliance.
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About the book
This handbook explains the explosives rules that apply in Colorado and who enforces them, from the federal agencies to the state permit system. It is written for the Colorado Tier 1 exam and for daily work on a blast site. Its 26 chapters cover products, storage, records, transport, blast design, site safety, vibration and flyrock, then apply the rules to construction, quarries, demolition and more. Practical problems build on real field situations. The appendices add a 40-question practice exam, a formula sheet, a glossary and blast report forms.
What is inside
Part A: The Rules and Who Makes Them4 chapters
Chapter 1: Why Explosives Are RegulatedThe accidents and laws behind today's rules, and the federal, state and local layers of control.
Chapter 2: The Federal FrameworkThe five federal agencies and which part of the job each one owns.
Chapter 3: Colorado Explosives RegulationsThe Colorado permit system, its permit types and classifications. The core of the Colorado exam.
Chapter 4: Blaster Certification, Personnel, and CrewThe duties and limits of the Blaster-in-Charge, helpers, trainees, drillers and guards.
Part B: Products, Storage, Records, and Transport4 chapters
Chapter 5: Explosive Products and ClassificationATF storage classes and DOT hazard divisions, and how to read them.
Chapter 6: Magazine Storage and the Table of DistancesMagazine types, siting by the American Table of Distances, and inspections.
Chapter 7: Licenses, Permits, Records, and Theft ReportingATF and Colorado paperwork, daily magazine records and reporting a missing item.
Chapter 8: TransportationPapers, placards, driver qualifications and attendance rules on public roads.
Part C: At the Blast Site6 chapters
Chapter 9: Blast Design BasicsBurden, spacing, stemming and powder factor, and how to estimate a starting pattern.
Chapter 10: Blast Site Safety: PPE, Visitors, Electricity, Lightning, Signals, MisfiresControlling people, energy sources and signals, and treating every misfire as live.
Chapter 11: Ground Vibration and AirblastMonitoring with a seismograph, scaled distance and airblast limits.
Chapter 12: Flyrock, Blast Area Clearance, Surveys, Complaints, and InsuranceControlling flyrock, guarding the clearance zone and documenting conditions near people.
Chapter 13: Blast Reports: Purpose, Requirements, and ProtectionWhat a blast report must record and how it protects the blaster years later.
Chapter 14: Insurance for Blasting OperationsColorado's liability requirement and where the dollar minimums come from.
Part D: Regulations by Application12 chapters
Chapter 15: Construction BlastingNotice, mats, vibration limits and guarding when work is close to the public.
Chapter 16: Mining and Quarry BlastingHow MSHA, ATF, OSMRE and Colorado rules apply on mine property.
Chapter 17: Demolition and Structural BlastingOSHA demolition and blasting rules, and the exclusion zone.
Chapter 18: Gas-Pressure Rock Breaking Cartridges (NXBURST®)Where these cartridges are used to break rock and concrete with gas pressure.
Chapter 19: Oil and Gas Well Services: Perforating, Shaped Charges, and InitiatorsDownhole explosive work and the rules around it on a busy rig.
Chapter 20: Industrial Cleaning with Explosives in Power PlantsRemoving slag and ash with small charges under the same explosives laws.
Chapter 21: Avalanche MitigationColorado's avalanche article, classification, training and make-up rooms.
Chapter 22: Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Munitions ResponseRecognizing the risk on former military ranges and who is in charge.
Chapter 23: Law Enforcement and Public SafetyThe rules as they apply to law enforcement and public safety work.
Chapter 24: Research and DevelopmentStorage, records and written variances for labs, test ranges and R&D groups.
Chapter 25: Manufacturers of Explosives and Explosive DevicesThe licenses, process safety controls and DOT classification manufacturers need.
Chapter 26: Initiators and Propellant-Actuated DevicesAirbag inflators, parachute cartridges and power-tool cartridges under ATF and DOT rules.
Appendices6 appendices
Appendix A: PETS Student CalculatorsThe PETS calculators that go with this handbook.
Appendix B: Formula SheetLoading density, charge, burden, spacing and volume in US and SI units.
Appendix C: Practice Exam (40 Questions)A timed Colorado-style exam on regulations and calculations.
Appendix D: GlossaryThe key terms and abbreviations used in the book.
Appendix E: Example Blast Reports by ApplicationTeaching examples of complete blast records.
Appendix F: Blast Report Forms by ApplicationBlank forms for each kind of work.
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Who it is for
Blasters, engineers and safety professionals who need the rules in one place, on the job and in class.
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