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GB 12950-2025Specification for blasting safety in seismic exploration (English PDF)

地震勘探爆炸安全规范

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Issued by

State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

October 31, 2025

Implementation date

November 1, 2026

Scope

GB 12950-2025 is the English-translated version of 地震勘探爆炸安全规范.

GB 12950-2025 is the Chinese standard "Specification for blasting safety in seismic exploration". Its scope clause reads: This document specifies the procurement, acceptance, storage, transportation, use, disposal, emergency response, and other procedures related to explosives used in seismic exploration.

Therefore, safety technical requirements for processing, quality and safety control. This document applies to oil and gas exploration, mineral exploration, hydrogeological and engineering geological research, environmental impact assessment, and geological structure analysis.

Management and explosives used in seismic exploration in fields such as analysis and urban geological surveys. Its clauses include terms and definitions.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 13.100
Classification: C66

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China

Preface
Introduction
1.Scope
2 Normative References
3.Terms and Definitions
4.General Requirements
5.Procurement and Acceptance of Explosives
5.1 Procurement
5.2 Acceptance
6.Storage of explosive materials
6.1 General Requirements
6.2 Warehouse Setup
6.3 Inbound and Outbound
6.4 Storage
7.Transportation of explosives 9.
7.1 General Requirements
7.2 Automobile Transportation
7.3 Livestock transport and manual handling
7.4 Shipping
8.Use of explosives
8.1 General Requirements
8.2 Detonator usage
8.3 Making Explosive Packs
8.4 Plains area
8.5 Mountainous
8.6 Loess Plateau Region
8.7 Desert Regions
8.8 Water Areas
9.Destruction of explosives
10 Emergency Response and Accident Handling
10.1 Emergency Response
10.2 Accident Handling
11 Quality and safety control
Appendix A (Informative) Class Report Record Form
Appendix B (Informative) Safety and Explosion Factors under Different Conditions
Appendix C (Normative) Job Responsibilities of Personnel Handling Explosives
References

1 Scope

This document specifies the procurement, acceptance, storage, transportation, use, disposal, emergency response, and other procedures related to explosives used in seismic exploration.

Therefore, safety technical requirements for processing, quality and safety control.

This document applies to oil and gas exploration, mineral exploration, hydrogeological and engineering geological research, environmental impact assessment, and geological structure analysis.

Management and explosives used in seismic exploration in fields such as analysis and urban geological surveys.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents, through normative references within the text, constitute essential provisions of this document. Dated citations are not included.

For references to documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies.

This document.

GB 2702 Explosives Safe

GB 6722 Safety Regulations for Blasting

GB 8031 Industrial Electric Detonators

GB 13392 Road transport vehicle markings for dangerous goods

GB 15603 General Rules for Storage of Hazardous Chemicals in Warehouses

GB 15563 General Technical Requirements for Industrial Explosives

GB/T 19056 Vehicle Driving Recorder

GB 20300 Safety Technical Conditions for Road Transport Vehicles Carrying Explosives and Highly Toxic Chemicals

GB 39800.1 Specifications for the Configuration of Personal Protective Equipment Part 1.General Provisions

GB 50089 Safety Standard for Engineering Design of Civil Explosives

Security requirements for GA837 civilian explosives storage facilities

GA838 Safety Specifications for Small Civil Explosives Storage Facilities

GA1531 General Rules for Information Management of Industrial Electronic Detonators

QC/T 993 Explosives Transport Vehicle

WJ/T 9085 Industrial Electronic Detonators

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1

Blasting engineering technicians who have undergone professional training, passed the assessment, and obtained the corresponding qualifications, and who directly engage in blasting operations for seismic exploration.

Staff (including medicine packers and medicine dispensers), safety officers, and warehouse keepers.

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This preview omits tables, figures, formulas and parts of the technical clauses. The complete document — 36 pages — is available in the English PDF.

Referenced standards

Normative references

GB 50089

Cited by

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GB 17681-2024|GB 4387-2008|GB 6722-2014|GB 12142-2007|GB 12142-2025

Editions of GB 12950

Edition	Title	Revision	Status
GB 12950-2025	Specification for blasting safety in seismic exploration	current edition	Current
GB 12950-1991	Safety regulations for seismic exploration blasting practices	previous edition	Superseded

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