Range Operations and Procedureas (cont)

DOE-STD-1091-96

An approved plan shall be required for quickly handling, treating, and

evacuating injured personnel through the use of air ambulance, on-scene

wheeled ambulance, and the like. Emergency response drills shall be carried

out at least annually to test personnel preparedness in implementing the plan.

Medical equipment shall be available at a live-fire range. The exact equipment

shall be determined by the cognizant site physician or other authorized per-

sonnel.

Airborne lead concentrations at all firing ranges shall be measured

semiannually and the measurement technique shall comply with Occupational

Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) lead standard, 29 CFR 1910.1025.

The medical surveillance provisions of the lead standard shall be established

and implemented, when indications are that employees are or may be

exposed to airborne lead concentrations that exceed the action level for 30

days per year.

Any employee involved in regular firearms training (e.g., instructors, security

police officers) shall be entered into a Hearing Conservation Program.

A communications system with backup (i.e., telephone and/or two- way

radio) shall be available at each live-fire range.

Shooter-to-target distances for steel targets shall be greater than 21 feet (6.4

meters), except for shooters firing shotgun slugs, where the shooter-to-target

distances shall be greater than 150 feet (45.8 meters). Firearms shall not be

fired at steel targets unless the steel is thick enough to prevent dimpling.

The design and method of deployment of steel targets shall be approved by

the cognizant DOE official in consultation with the Safeguards and Security

Central Training Academy.

Steel targets shall be examined prior to every use. Targets that bow in

excess of 10 degrees and/or contain dimples in excess of one-sixteenth inch

(0.6mm) in depth shall be removed from use.