Standard Operating Procedures (cont)

DOE-STD-1091-96

tions Office Manager shall formally notify the Office of Occupational

Safety and Health Policy and Office of Security Affairs as to when he or

she intend to allow the carrying of a round in the chamber at the site.

Semiautomatic long guns, e.g., rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, shall not

be carried during normal operations or placed in post or vehicle racks or carri-

ers with a round in the firing chamber.

All duty firearms shall be carried in the manner approved by the cognizant

local DOE authority for safeguards and security. Unless otherwise stated,

from check-in to check-out a handgun shall always be in a holster; and a rifle,

shotgun, or submachine gun shall always be carried on an appropriate sling

with the muzzle pointed up or down, except where the firearm is designed to

be carried in a different manner or operational conditions dictate otherwise.

At no time shall a firearm be carried with fingers on the trigger or inside the

trigger guard.

When firearms are carried in vehicles, watercraft, or aircraft, they shall be

mounted in an appropriate rack or container when not held by an individual.

All personnel covered by this Standard shall be required to comply with the

personal protective and safety rules in effect at each work place.

Each site shall have an approved procedure for the loading and clearing of

firearms which shall take place only in an approved area or when the barrel of

the firearm is in or pointing toward a bullet containment device. The

procedure shall include those when no bullet containment device is available.

The routine loading and clearing of all firearms shall be witnessed by a

supervisor.

If the presence of alcohol or drugs is detected on a person, it shall be grounds

for denial of the issuance of a firearm or removal from a duty station.