When
firing by electricity from power or lighting wires, a proper
switch shall be furnished with lever down when "off".
The switch shall be fixed in a locked box to which no person
shall have access except the blaster. There shall be provided
flexible leads or connecting wires not less than five feet in
length with one end attached to the incoming lines and the other
end provided with plugs that can be connected to an effective
ground. After blasting, the switch lever shall be pulled out,
the wires disconnected and the box locked before any person shall
be allowed to return, and shall remain so locked until again
ready to blast.
In the working chamber all electric light wires shall be
provided with a disconnecting switch, which must be thrown to
disconnect all current from the wires in the working chamber
before electric light wires are removed or the charge exploded.
Before blasting, the blaster shall cause a sufficient
warning to be sounded and shall compel all persons to retreat to
a safe shelter, before he or she sets off the blast, and shall
permit no one to return until conditions are safe.
[2010 c 8 § 12025; 1941 c 194 § 16; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7666-24.]