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(6)    WARNINGS.—AMPLE WARNING SHALL BE
GIVEN BEFORE ANY SHOT IS FIRED, AND CARE SHALL BE
TAKEN TO MAKE SURE EVERY PERSON IS IN THE CLEAR.
WORKERS SHALL BE REMOVED FROM ANY ADJOINING WORKING
PLACE WHEN THERE IS DANGER OF A SHOT BLOWING THROUGH.

(7)    OPEN SHOTS.—AN ADOBE, MUDCAP, OR
OTHER OPEN, UNCONFINED SHOT MAY NOT BE FIRED IN ANY
MINE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 625(a) through (g),
inclusive, of the Code. The only changes
made are in style.

(M) BLASTING CABLE.—BLASTING CABLE SHALL BE:

(1)    WELL INSULATED AND AS LONG AS
NECESSARY TO PERMIT THE SHOT FIRER TO GET IN A SAFE
PLACE AROUND A CORNER;

(2)   SHORT-CIRCUITED AT THE BATTERY END
UNTIL READY TO ATTACH TO THE BLASTING UNIT;

(3)    STAGGERED AS TO LENGTH OR KEPT WELL
SEPARATED WHEN ATTACHED TO THE DETONATOR LEG WIRE; AND

(4)   KEPT CLEAR OF POWER WIRE AND ANY OTHER
POSSIBLE SOURCE OF ACTIVE OR STRAY CURRENT. POWER
WIRE IN THE FACE REGION SHALL BE DE-ENERGIZED DURING
ANY CHARGING AND BLASTING OPERATION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Article 66C, section 626 of the Code.
The only changes made are in style.

(N) MISFIRES.—

(1)    WAITING PERIOD.—IF A MISFIRE OCCURS
WITH ELECTRIC DETONATORS, THESE SHALL BE A WAITING
PERIOD OF AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES BEFORE ANYONE RETURNS
TO THE SHOT. AFTER THE FAILURE, THE BLASTING CABLE
SHALL BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE SOURCE OF POWER AND THE
BATTERY END SHORT-CIRCUITED BEFORE ELECTRIC
CONNECTIONS ARE EXAMINED.

(2)    REMOVAL OF EXPLOSIVES.--___EXPLOSIVES

SHALL BE REMOVED BY FIRING A SEPARATE CHARGE AT LEAST
TWO FEET AWAY FROM, AND PARALLEL TO, THE MISFIRED
CHARGE, BY WASHING THE STEMMING AND THE CHARGE FROM
THE BOREHOLE WITH WATER, OR BY INSERTING AND FIRING A