Those involved in extractive industries have the possibility of coming into contact with explosives and detonators

Those involved in extractive industries have the possibility of coming into contact with explosives and detonators.

• Those involved in extractive industries have the possibility of coming into contact with explosives and detonators.

What do the detonators look like ?

• What do the detonators look like ?

• Some examples of detonators are shown here

• Remember that they may not be in such good condition if you find them in a post-blast muck pile or in a stock-pile.

Although detonators contain a relatively small amount of explosive an unintended detonation close to a person can cause serious injury

• Although detonators contain a relatively small amount of explosive an unintended detonation close to a person can cause serious injury

• In the following videos you can see the effect of a detonator firing close to a person

• In this case it is a shop dummy

Whilst a shop dummy is not a good model of a real person the impact of such a detonation can be imagined

• Whilst a shop dummy is not a good model of a real person the impact of such a detonation can be imagined

The dummy is wearing safety glasses and these have protected her eyes from the high-velocity impact of the detonator shrapnel

• The dummy is wearing safety glasses and these have protected her eyes from the high-velocity impact of the detonator shrapnel

What do the explosives look like ?

• What do the explosives look like ?

• Some examples of explosives are shown here

• Remember that they may not be in such good condition if you find them in a post-blast muck pile or in a stock-pile.

No amount of safety equipment will protect you from the effects of an unintended detonation of a cartridge of explosives or a primer

• No amount of safety equipment will protect you from the effects of an unintended detonation of a cartridge of explosives or a primer

• In the following videos our shop dummy is holding a 200 g cartridge of dynamite

• 200g is about half the size of a standard primer and about a twentieth of the size of a normal cartridge of explosive used in surface mining or quarrying