30 CFR §57.6161
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- (a)Auxiliary facilities used to store explosive material near work places shall be wooden, box-type containers equipped with covers or doors, or facilities constructed or mined-out to provide equivalent impact resistance and confinement.
- (b)The auxiliary facilities shall be—
- (1)Constructed of nonsparking material on the inside when used for the storage of explosives;
- (2)Kept clean, suitably dry, and orderly;
- (3)Kept in repair;
- (4)Located out of the line of blasts so they will not be subjected to damaging shock or flyrock;
- (5)Identified with warning signs or coded to indicate the contents with markings visible from any approach;
- (6)Located at least 15 feet from all haulageways and electrical equipment, or placed entirely within a mined-out recess in the rib used exclusively for explosive material;
- (7)Filled with no more than a one-week supply of explosive material;
- (8)Separated by at least 25 feet from other facilities used to store detonators; and
- (9)Kept securely locked unless all access to the mine is either locked or attended.