---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 58.610"
title: "30"
number: "58.610"
heading: "Abrasive blasting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/58.610"
---

# §58.610. Abrasive blasting.

- (a) **Surface and underground mines.** When an abrasive blasting operation is performed, all exposed miners shall use in accordance with 30 CFR [56.5005](/cfr/30/56.5005.md) or [57.5005](/cfr/30/57.5005.md) respirators approved for abrasive blasting by NIOSH under [42 CFR part 84](/cfr/42/part84.md), or the operation shall be performed in a totally enclosed device with the miner outside the device.
- (b) **Underground areas of underground mines.** Silica sand or other materials containing more than 1 percent free silica shall not be used as an abrasive substance in abrasive blasting.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 8327, Feb. 18, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 30401, June 8, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 957, 961.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 8327, Feb. 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 8327, Feb. 18, 1994, as amended at 60 FR 30401, June 8, 1995]