9930 - PIN for fog signal detonators

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Iarnród Éireann uses explosive fog signals (i.e. Detonators) as part of its everyday operations. A railway fog signal is a small metal device containing a limited quantity of explosive. The device is placed on the running surface of a rail so that any rail-mounted vehicle passing over it would cause it to explode, and in so doing, alert the driver of the vehicle to a hazard on the line ahead. They have an explosive and projectile hazard, though no projection of fragments of appreciable size or range is expected. These products are required to comply with GE/GN8532 (Guidance on ‘Signals, Railway Track, Explosive’ (also known as ‘Detonators). GN2 mandates that ‘Railway fog signals are painted yellow and have the month and year of their manufacture embossed on the casing’. Iarnród Éireann uses explosive fog signals (i.e. Detonators) as part of its everyday operations. A railway fog signal is a small metal device containing a limited quantity of explosive. The device is placed on the running surface of a rail so that any rail-mounted vehicle passing over it would cause it to explode, and in so doing, alert the driver of the vehicle to a hazard on the line ahead. They have an explosive and projectile hazard, though no projection of fragments of appreciable size or range is expected. These products are required to comply with GE/GN8532 (Guidance on ‘Signals, Railway Track, Explosive’ (also known as ‘Detonators). GN2 mandates that ‘Railway fog signals are painted yellow and have the month and year of their manufacture embossed on the casing’.