North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 13 - LABOR
Chapter 07 - OFFICE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
Subchapter F - STANDARDS
Section .0700 - BLASTING AND USE OF EXPLOSIVES
Section 07F .0713 - INSPECTION AFTER BLASTING
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
Additions and amendments to 29 CFR 1926.910 Inspection After Blasting apply throughout the Rules in this Section as follows:
(b) Sufficient time shall be allowed, not less than 15 minutes in tunnels, for the smoke and fumes to dissipate before returning to the blast site. Subsequently, the blaster shall inspect the blast site and surrounding rubble for signs of misfires. If a misfire is found, employee access to the blast area shall be controlled pursuant to 1926.911. Where fumes, fire, or dust are a potential hazard (e.g., in tunnels), the muck pile shall be wetted down prior to general employees returning to the blast site.
Authority
G.S.
95-131;
Recodified from
13 NCAC
07F .0201 Eff. August 3, 2005;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. March 1,
2016.
