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A Practical approach to Risk Assessment which is relevant to small companies including wholesale and retail organizations involved in the storage, distribution and supply of explosives including fireworks.

The guide has been prepared in association with the Explosives Industry Forum.

The guide may be downloaded free of charge – but you need to register on the EIG website to do so.

This Guide has been produced jointly by the Explosives Industry Group of the Confederation of British Industry (EIG/CBI) and the Local Authority Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services (LACoRS) with involvement from the British Pyrotechnists Association (BPA) and the Association of Stage Pyrotechnicians (ASP) to provide guidance on certain aspects of the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2010.

The Regulations are now available at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/pdf/uksi_20101554_en.pdf and an explanatory note to the regulations can be found here.  There is also an EU guide and Explanation of CE Marking

Changes to the Guide will be logged on this page and the lastest version is available to download by clicking the button below (you will need to register and login to access the guide)

Revision Log

Version 1.11 – 7 July 2010 – Change to LGR details (was LACoRS)
Version 1.10 – 17 June 2010 – Changes to HSE Contact details
Version 1.09 – 14 June 2010 – Original Version

INTRODUCTION
1 The purpose of this publication is to assist those people who are responsible for the design, selection, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical systems and equipment (including mobile mechanical handling equipment) used within premises which manufacture, handle or store explosives including fireworks. The advice given is generally consistent with current guidance issued by the Ministry of Defence’s Explosives and Storage and Transport Committee (ESTC) for military facilities.
2 To assist the reader, buildings and locations used for the manufacture, handling and storage of explosives including fireworks will be referred to in the rest of this document as ‘explosives buildings.

This guide has been prepared to provide practical guidance for users, operators or manufacturers of vehicles for the road transport of explosives. It will assist them to meet the requirements of the Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosives] Regulations, 1989 (CER) and its Approved Code of Practice (ACOP). The guide extends to the requirements for fire resistance of vehicles needed to meet the regulations for the international transport of goods by road, ADR (The European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Roadl.

The guide has been prepared by a working party of the Health & Safety Executive and the Explosives Industry Group of the Confederation of British Industry. It reminds users of the requirements of the regulations and details test regimes and criteria which can be applied to load comportment designs to establish conformance with the regulations. For some applications, such as ISO containers, specific advice on a design which can be used is given. When users wish to use load containers designed in accordance with this guide for roil, air or sea applications, the appropriate regulations will need to be checked to verify that any container also complies with those regulations.

This guide is based on current regulations:

Road Traffic (Carriage of Explosivesl Regulations, 1989.

Approved Code of Practice for CER, published 1989.

ADR, Edition doted 1990.

The CBI does not accept any responsibility for the actions of users, operators or manufacturers in pursuance of this guide; they remain responsible for ensuring that vehicles meet appropriote standards for fire resistance.