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Title 30: Mineral Resources
CHAPTER I: MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SUBCHAPTER K: METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
PART 57: SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS-UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES
Subpart E: Explosives
: Extraneous Electricity-Surface and Underground
57.6600 - Loading practices.
If extraneous electricity is suspected in an area where electric detonators are used, loading shall be suspended until tests determine that stray current does not exceed 0.05 amperes through a 1-ohm resister when measured at the location of the electric detonators. If greater levels of extraneous electricity are found, the source shall be determined and no loading shall take place until the condition is corrected.
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