968                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

OR SAME SPECIAL CONTAINER, THEY SHALL BE SEPARATED BY
AT LEAST A FOUR INCH SUBSTANTIALLY FASTENED HARDWOOD
PARTITION OF ITS EQUIVALENT. PERMISSIBLE EXPLOSIVES,
DETONATORS, AND CARDOX SHELLS MAY NOT BE CARRIED ON
THE SAME TRIP WITH WORKERS. WHERE A QUANTITY OF
EXPLOSIVES AND DETONATORS IS TRANSPORTED IN A SPECIAL
CAR OF SPECIAL CONTAINER IT SHALL BE HAULED ON A
SPECIAL TRIP, NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY OTHER TRIP. IT
MAY NOT BE HAULED INTO OR CUT OF A MINE WITHIN FIVE
MINUTES PRECEDING OR FOLLOWING ANY OTHER TRIP.

(3)    TRANSPORTATION BY BELT.—EXPLOSIVES
AND DETONATORS SHALL BE TRANSPORTED UNDERGROUND BY
BELT ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: IN THE
ORIGINAL UNOPENED CASE, IN A SPECIAL CLOSED CASE
CONSTRUCTED OF NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, OR IN A
SUITABLE INDIVIDUAL CONTAINER. THE CLEARANCE
REQUIREMENT IS THE SAME AS FOR TRANSPORTING WORKERS ON
BELTS. A SUITABLE LOADING AND UNLOADING STATION SHALL
BE PROVIDED. THERE SHALL BE AN ATTENDANT AT LOADING
AND UNLOADING POINTS AND STOP CONTROLS AT THESE
POINTS.

(4)           PROHIBITED MEANS OF

CONVEYANCE.--___EXPLOSIVES OR DETONATORS MAY NOT BE

TRANSPORTED ON ANY FLIGHT OR SHAKING CONVEYOR, OR BY A
SCRAPER OR MECHANICAL LOADING MACHINE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 623 (a) through (d),
inclusive, of the Code. The only changes
made are in style.

(K) UNDERGROUND STORAGE.—

(1)    WHERE SECTION BOXES OR MAGAZINES
USED.—IF AN UNDERGROUND SECTION BOX OR MAGAZINE IS
USED, IT SHALL BE OF SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND
PLACED IN A CROSSCUT OR IDLE ROOM NECK AT LEAST 25
FEET FROM ANY ROADWAY OR TROLLEY WIRE AND IN A
REASONABLY DRY AND WELL POCK-DUSTED PLACE. THE
EXPLOSIVES AND DETONATORS GENERALLY SHALL BE KEPT IN
SEPARATE BOXES OR MAGAZINES. IF KEPT IN THE SAME BOX,
THEY SHALL BE SEPARATED BY AT LEAST A FOUR INCH
SUBSTANTIALLY FASTENED HARDWOOD PARTITION OR ITS
EQUIVALENT. NOT MORE THAN A 48-HOUR SUPPLY OF
EXPLOSIVES, INCLUDING ANY SURPLUS REMAINING FROM THE
PREVIOUS DAY, MAY BE STORED UNDERGROUND IN THESE BOXES
OR MAGAZINES.

(2)          STORING NEAR WORKING