The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that,—
(a) notwithstanding the provisions of rule 182, the following precautions are observed at the places of transporting, handling, storage and use of such explosives, namely:—
(i) prohibition of smoking, naked lights, sparking shoes and other sources of ignition in the vicinity, where explosives are handled, stored and used;
(ii) to keep safe distance and to use non-sparking tools while opening packages containing explosives;
(iii) to stop the use of explosives and handling thereof when the weather conditions are not suitable for such use or handling;
(iv) all transport vehicles for handling explosives shall use rubberised wheels conveyor system;
(v) storage of explosives shall be done at a cool place;
(vi) there shall be no other structure or other storage material near the storage of explosives;
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(vii) the storage of explosives shall be provided with round the clock security;
(viii) only the steel conduit pipes shall be used for providing the integral wiring for illuminating the premises where the explosives are stored; and
(ix) transportation of explosives shall be done in a van which will carry the words ‘EXPLOSIVES VAN’ on its sides and back and shall also have these words in front in a suitable manner;
(b) in addition to the provisions of this chapter, all measures and precautions required to be observed for use, handling, storing or transportation of explosives under the rules framed under the Explosives Act, 1884 (Central Act 4 of 1884), are also observed.
CHAPTER XIX PILING