L.S. 33.01 Regolamenti dwar il-Manifattura u l-Ħażna ta' Esplożivi

MANUFACTURE AND STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES [ S.L.33.01 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 33.01 MANUFACTURE AND STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES REGULATIONS 1st January, 1937 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 410 of 1936. 1. The title of these Regulations is Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations. Title. 2. Smoking, lighting of fires, and the introduction of matches and smoking materials into any building used for the manufacture of fireworks or the manipulation or storage of explosives is prohibited. Prohibition of smoking and lighting of fires, etc. 3. Benches and floors in any such building shall be covered with linoleum of a type approved by the Commissioner of Police and shall be kept clean and free from grit. Cotton rags and waste shall not be left lying about within the building. Covering of benches and floors. 4. An adequate supply of water buckets shall be kept inside the building in case of fire. Water buckets. 5. A barrier shall be erected where explosives are being manufactured or stored. No person shall be allowed inside the barrier unless he is wearing overshoes of a type approved by the Commissioner of Police, which shall at all times be left inside the barrier when not in use. The ends of trousers worn by any person entering the building are to be turned down and brushed before crossing the barrier. Erection of barrier. 6. No article of iron or steel shall be introduced inside any explosives factory; only tools and instruments made of wood, brass or copper approved by the Commissioner of Police shall be utilized for the manufacture of explosives. Articles of iron or steel. 7. The following directions shall be observed in the construction and maintenance of buildings which may be used for the manipulation and manufacture of explosives: Directions to be observed. (

1. a)the buildings should be low and narrow and based on sound rock foundations and sufficiently strong to withstand air pressure which may be generated by explosions in adjacent buildings; (
2. b)windows shall be made to fit tightly and open outwards, and are to be protected on the inside by a wire grille; (
3. c)door and window fastenings, hinges, bolts, locks and keys shall be made of copper or copper alloy; (
4. d)ventilators shall be well baffled to prevent the ingress of sparks; (
5. e)windows, ventilators, doors and passages shall be so arranged as to leave a current of air through the whole building when being ventilated; 2 [ S.L.33.01 MANUFACTURE AND STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES (
6. f)all inside corners in store-rooms must be rounded so as to facilitate cleaning. Floors and walls shall be kept free from cracks and crevices up to a height of one point two metres; (
7. g)no packages containing more than 200 lbs. of explosive material shall be stored in any building; (
8. h)all windows shall be of frosted wired glass; (
9. i)paint containing lead pigments, ground quartz or silica shall not be used; (
10. j)doors, windows and other wooden fittings shall be covered with sheet asbestos, sheet copper or other fire resisting material.