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New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Labor Law § 455: Magazine precautions

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  1. Labor Law
  2. Article 16. Explosives

§ 455. Magazine precautions. 1. No individual shall unlock, open the

doors of, or access the contents of, explosive magazines, except for the

lawful storage or removal of explosives and in accordance with

regulations of the commissioner. No employer shall allow any individual

access to the explosive magazines or explosives of the employer unless a

license has been issued to the individual by the commissioner as

provided in this article, or the individual is under the direct

supervision of the license holder.

No person shall have matches or fire of any kind in any magazine. No

person shall store or keep blasting caps, detonating or fulminating

caps, or detonators in a magazine in which any other type of explosive

is stored or kept. No person shall open any package of explosives within

fifty feet of any magazine, nor shall any explosives be kept in a

magazine except in the original containers, or as otherwise provided by

regulations promulgated under this article. No person shall discharge

firearms within five hundred feet of a magazine or explosives factory,

or at or against any such building or magazine. Any theft or loss of

explosives from a storage magazine or otherwise, shall immediately be

reported to the commissioner and the state or local police or county

sheriff.

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