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Coal Mining Safety and Health Regulation 2017
sec.216Isolating radio transmission devices
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### sec.216 Isolating radio transmission devices
This section applies to an underground mine where explosives are fired by an electric detonator.
The shotfirer must ensure each radio transmitting device installed at the mine is turned off while the explosives are being handled, prepared, charged and fired.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the type, location, radio frequency and power output of the transmitting device will not cause the electric detonator to fire.
(sec.216-ssec.1) This section applies to an underground mine where explosives are fired by an electric detonator.
(sec.216-ssec.2) The shotfirer must ensure each radio transmitting device installed at the mine is turned off while the explosives are being handled, prepared, charged and fired.
(sec.216-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the type, location, radio frequency and power output of the transmitting device will not cause the electric detonator to fire.