New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 190 - EXPLOSIVES
Subchapter 7 - USE OF EXPLOSIVES
Section 12:190-7.6 - Time of blasting operations

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 12:190-7.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) Blasting, except during normal unusual conditions and when approved by the Commissioner, shall be conducted only during daylight hours, but shall not be conducted before 8:00 A.M. or after 6:00 P.M. on the day of blasting.

(b) Blasting shall not be conducted on Sundays except as approved by the Commissioner. Blasting on State legal holidays shall not exceed 100 pounds of explosives in any single blast, except as approved by the Commissioner.

(c) Loading of explosives into blast holes shall not be performed in other than daylight hours on the day of blasting, except as approved by the Commissioner.

(d) Where loading of blast holes has occurred and blasting cannot be safely accomplished within the limits prescribed by (a) and (c) above, the blast holes shall be attended until the explosives have been disposed of, and the person conducting the blasting operations shall notify the appropriate officials of the Division of Public Safety and Occupational Safety and Health.

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