29 P er sonal Pr o t ectiv e Eq uipment PPE and Eq uipment The f ollo win g it ems ma y be st or ed within an e xplosiv es ma ga zin e Explo siv e s Blasting age nts De t o nating co r d Prime r s and bo o st e r s D e t o nating caps saf e ty fu se asse mblie s de la ys and re la ys mu st be st ore d within a se parat e magazine at a minimu m distance o f 50 me tre s fr o m the e xplo siv e s Destruction It is nece ssar y t o destr o y e xplosiv es that ha v e de t eriorat ed thr ough e xposure t o e x cessiv e moisture heat and pr olonged st orage since decom position causes misfres and instability Explosiv es that ha v e absorbed moisture are usually sof t and mush y while heat will cause gelatintype e xplosiv es t o sw eat ie ooze out clear oily beads of nitr ogly cerine R emo v e and transpor t the e xplosiv es t o the desired location f or destruction There are tw o common me thods of destr o ying high e xplosiv es 1 De t onation the q uick est me thod but if the e xplosiv es are badly de t eriorat ed some car tridges ma y f ail t o de t onat e and w ould hence be scatt ered ar ound b y the e xplosion of o ther s 2 Burning the most effcient me thod although burning of more than 50 kilograms at one time is no t recommended DIS CL AIMER RE FER T O REGUL A T IONS Onl y a cer t ifed bla s ter should a t tem pt to de s t r o y e xplosi v e s a s per r equir ement s C onfr m appr o v al w it h t he Mine s Ins pec tor of wher e y ou c onduc t e xplor a t ion