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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.215Isolating electrical circuits
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### sec.215 Isolating electrical circuits
This section applies to electrical equipment and circuits—
other than electrical equipment and circuits used for handling, preparing, charging and firing an explosive; and
located—
at a place in an underground mine where an explosive for shotfiring is handled, prepared, charged or fired; or
in the immediate proximity of an electric cable used to fire a charge.
The shotfirer must ensure the equipment and circuits are effectively isolated while the explosive is being handled, prepared, charged or fired.
(sec.215-ssec.1) This section applies to electrical equipment and circuits— other than electrical equipment and circuits used for handling, preparing, charging and firing an explosive; and located— at a place in an underground mine where an explosive for shotfiring is handled, prepared, charged or fired; or in the immediate proximity of an electric cable used to fire a charge.
(sec.215-ssec.2) The shotfirer must ensure the equipment and circuits are effectively isolated while the explosive is being handled, prepared, charged or fired.
- (a) other than electrical equipment and circuits used for handling, preparing, charging and firing an explosive; and
- (b) located— (i) at a place in an underground mine where an explosive for shotfiring is handled, prepared, charged or fired; or (ii) in the immediate proximity of an electric cable used to fire a charge.
- (i) at a place in an underground mine where an explosive for shotfiring is handled, prepared, charged or fired; or
- (ii) in the immediate proximity of an electric cable used to fire a charge.
- (i) at a place in an underground mine where an explosive for shotfiring is handled, prepared, charged or fired; or
- (ii) in the immediate proximity of an electric cable used to fire a charge.