Spokane Municipal Code

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.29 Contractors and Workers

Article I. Blasting

Section 10.29.014 Regulations

1. Every person using explosives or blasting agents must at all times and in all respects use the highest degree of care in the protection of life and property.

2. Subject to specific regulation and direction of the city engineer and fire official, every licensee and permittee must:

1. 1. conduct blasting operations during daylight hours;

1. 2. give at least twenty-four hours’ notice of the time and place of blasting operations to the appropriate officials of all utilities having facilities in the vicinity;

1. 3. cover with a mat capable of preventing the discharge of rocks into the air any blast in a congested area close to a structure, road, railway or other property that may be damaged;

1. 4. place all surplus explosives and blasting agents in a safe place, remove to a safe distance or sufficiently cover all persons and vehicles, and sound a loud warning signal before firing a blast;

1. 5. take precautions against accidental discharge of electric blasting caps from current induced by radio or radar transmitters, lightning, power lines, dust storms or other sources of extraneous electricity, including at a minimum:

1. 1. 1. suspending operations and removing personnel from the site during the approach and progress of an electrical storm, and

1. 1. 2. posting signs warning against the use of mobile transmitters on all roads within five hundred feet of the site;

1. 6. ensure that all tools used to open packages of explosives or blasting agents are made of nonsparking materials;

1. 7. ensure that all handling and firing of explosives and blasting agents is done by licensed persons or by adult employees under the direct supervision of a licensed person;

1. 8. prevent the handling of explosives or blasting agents by a person under the influence of an intoxicant or narcotic;

1. 9. prevent all persons from smoking or carrying matches while handling explosives or blasting agents or while in the vicinity;

1. 10. prevent the use of open flame light in the vicinity of explosives or blasting agents;

1. 11. destroy by burning at an approved outdoor isolated location all empty boxes and paper and fiber packing materials which previously contained high explosives; and

1. 12. properly dispose of all explosives and blasting agents and not abandon them.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)