North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 13 - LABOR
Chapter 06 - MINE AND QUARRY DIVISION
Section .0500 - SURFACE MINE: PIT AND QUARRY STANDARDS
Section 06 .0525 - PRIMARY BLASTING

Universal Citation: 13 NC Admin Code 06 .0525

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) Detonators in Blast Area--Detonating Fuse. When loading a blast primed with detonating fuse, detonators shall not be attached to the detonating fuse until the blast site has been cleared.

(b) Loading and Other Operations. Loading shall not begin until the shot has been completely drilled. On a shot being loaded, a drill shall not be used for any purpose closer to a loaded hole than a distance of three times the spacing of the drill pattern used.

Authority G.S. 74-24.4(a);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 30, 1977;
Amended Eff. August 1, 1994; January 9, 1980;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. July 22, 2018.

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