Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 8.49

8.49 .         Failed refiring — surface mining operations

                If repriming and refiring has failed to explode all explosive in a misfired hole in a surface mining operation, the shotfirer must — 

            (a)         clean off any rock around the misfire and determine the position of that hole;

            (b)         remove the remaining portion of the hole either by digging it out or by drilling and firing one or more holes adjacent as may be necessary to remove the misfire in accordance with procedures specified by the quarry manager; and

            (c)         determine the position of each additional hole.

        Penalty: See regulation 17.1.

        [Regulation 8.49 amended in Gazette 29 Feb 2008 p. 691.]