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Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 18. Explosives and Pyrotechnics
 Article 123. Small Arms Ammunition and Primers, and Smokeless and Black Powder Propellants
  
§5371. Small Arms Ammunition.
(a) Small arms ammunition shall be separated from flammable liquids, flammable 
solids and oxidizing materials by a fire-resistant wall of one-hour rating or 
by a distance of 25 feet. 
  (b) Small arms ammunition shall not be stored together with high explosive materials 
  unless the storage facility is adequate. 
  NOTE 
  Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor 
  Code. 
  HISTORY 
  1. Amendment filed 7-16-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, 
  No. 29). 
  2. Amendment of section and new Note filed 7-11-2003; operative 8-10-2003 (Register 
  2003, No. 28). 
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