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| Drilling—Surface and Underground | 57.7050 – 57.7056 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.
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Receptacles or racks shall be provided for drill steel and tools stored or carried on drills.
To prevent injury to personnel, tools and other objects shall not be left loose on the mast or drill platform.
Persons shall not drill from—
(a) Positions which hinder their access to the control levers;
(b) Insecure footing or insecure staging; or
(c) Atop equipment not suitable for drilling.
Before hand-held drills are moved from one working area to another, air shall be turned off and bled from the hose.
Drill operators shall not start or move drilling equipment unless all miners are in the clear.
Holes shall not be drilled where there is a danger of intersecting a misfired hole or a hole containing explosives, blasting agents, or detonators.
[56 FR 46517, Sept. 12, 1991; 56 FR 52193, Oct. 18, 1991]
Holes shall not be collared in bootlegs.
[56 FR 46517, Sept. 12, 1991]