HOUSEKEEPING

TM 9-1300-277

d. Explosives Recovery and Reuse. All loose

of flammable dusts, gases, or vapors. Authorized hand

tools or other implements used in the vicinity of

explosives recovered as sweepings from floors of

hazardous materials must be handled carefully and kept

operating buildings will be destroyed.

clean.

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(2) If the use of ferrous metal hand tools are

a. Fencing, Placarding, and Admittance to

required because of strength characteristics, the

demilitarization/Disposal Areas. An explosives area will

immediate area and equipment shall be free from

be placarded at each entrance. Unauthorized persons

exposed explosives and other highly combustible

will not be permitted to enter. Authorized persons must

materials.

enter and leave ammunition areas at designated points.

(3) Non-sparking or spark-resistant tools of

The placard will require personnel before entering the

lead or beryllium alloys that require sharpening or

area to present proper credentials and turn over all

shaping shall be replaced rather than ground down,

prohibited articles to the guard on duty, or to place them

unless adequate exhaust ventilation is available on the

in containers provided for that purpose.

grinder being used for this purpose.

demilitarization/disposal area will be separated from

administration, residential, and entirely unrelated inert

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and warehouse areas by fences. Fencing (excluding

Buildings

and

magazines

within

that installed for security reasons only) should not be

demilitarization/disposal area will be kept clean and

placed closer to magazines than magazine distance nor

orderly at all times.

closer to explosives operating buildings than intraline

a. Waste Materials. Oily rags, combustible and

distance (See DARCOM-R 385-100/TM 9-1300-206).

explosive scrap, and paper will be kept separate from

Reservation boundaries should be fenced. In certain

each other. Each type of waste should be placed in

cases, topography and/or other physical considerations

closed, non-combustible containers properly marked

may make fencing impossible or impracticable. Security

and preferably located outside the buildings.

measures will be in accordance with AR 50-6 and AR

b. Cleaning. A regular cleaning program will be

190-11. The boundary of each explosives area will be

carried on as frequently as required for maintaining safe

posted at 160 meters (500-foot intervals) to warn against

operations. Extensive cleaning should not be conducted

trespassing.

while an explosives operation is being performed.

b. Guard Protection.

c. Sweeping Compounds. Hot water or steam

(1) Magazines and areas in which there are

should be used wherever practicable for cleaning floors

explosives and ammunition will be guarded adequately

in buildings containing explosives.

Sweeping

at all times. Entrances to these areas will be locked

compounds which are non-abrasive and compatible with

unless protected by guards.

the explosives involved may be used where the use of

(2) Guards and others in charge of explosives

steam or hot water is not practicable. Such compounds

and ammunition will be thoroughly instructed in

may be combustible but will not be volatile (closed cup

emergency firefighting procedures and the hazards due

flash point will be more than 2300F).

Sweeping

to fire and explosions, and the safety precautions to be

compounds containing wax will not be used on

taken. They will be instructed that their most important

conductive flooring. Where nitrated organic explosives

duty is to protect explosives and ammunition against

are involved, which may form sensitive explosives

fire. Alarms will be given with the greatest possible

compounds with caustic alkalies, use of cleaning agents

speed so as to start action instantly. Serious fires and

containing caustic alkalies is prohibited.

explosions have been avoided by prompt

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