Acts and Regulations

96-105 - Underground Mine

Section 139
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139(1)A person who conducts an underground blasting operation shall ensure that
(a) explosives and detonators are kept and handled separately until the last practicable moment when the explosives are primed,
(b) no explosive is primed in any place where explosives are stored,
(c) primed explosives are not slit or tamped,
(d) the wrapping is not removed from nitroglycerine-based products, and
(e) time-expired, deteriorated or damaged explosives are not used.
139(2)A person who conducts an underground blasting operation shall ensure that cartridges are primed as near to their point of use as is practicable and only in sufficient number for the immediate work in progress and that primed cartridges are not transported, stored or handled inside a vehicle or near any electrical equipment.