spyinthesky
Member
GC class B1 said:
While bit off topic, a colleague and myself visited an MOD site where explosives were stored. We arrived by car and wer told we couldn’t take torches or sandwiches with us to the stored railway vehicles. When I questioned whether it was ok to drive our car to the stored vehicles as it had petrol in it, we were told this was ok.
I work on an explosives site and is governed by the Explosives at work act 1974. Some areas of the site are more critical than others. Most MOD sites contain materials that are fairly safe in that there is for example, very little chance that an ignition source would ignite Artillery or Tank rounds.
In Hazard Type 1 environments most if not all Foreign objects are prohibited. To be in these areas the PPE would prevent the ability to eat, drink, drive or smoke anyway. As it is against the law covered by the Act.
We have areas where vehicles are permitted but normally only where Hazardous materials are in a safe state.
Employees/contractors/visitors are immediately escorted off site if rules are broken and will likely never return and the police have been requested on more than one occasion.
While bit off topic, a colleague and myself visited an MOD site where explosives were stored. We arrived by car and wer told we couldn’t take torches or sandwiches with us to the stored railway vehicles. When I questioned whether it was ok to drive our car to the stored vehicles as it had petrol in it, we were told this was ok.
I work on an explosives site and is governed by the Explosives at work act 1974. Some areas of the site are more critical than others. Most MOD sites contain materials that are fairly safe in that there is for example, very little chance that an ignition source would ignite Artillery or Tank rounds.
In Hazard Type 1 environments most if not all Foreign objects are prohibited. To be in these areas the PPE would prevent the ability to eat, drink, drive or smoke anyway. As it is against the law covered by the Act.
We have areas where vehicles are permitted but normally only where Hazardous materials are in a safe state.
Employees/contractors/visitors are immediately escorted off site if rules are broken and will likely never return and the police have been requested on more than one occasion.
