---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1317"
title: "30"
number: "75.1317"
heading: "Primer cartridges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1317"
---

# §75.1317. Primer cartridges.

- (a) Primer cartridges shall be primed and loaded only by a qualified person or a person working in the presence of and under the direction of a qualified person.
- (b) Primer cartridges shall not be primed until immediately before loading boreholes.
- (c) Only a nonsparking punch shall be used when priming explosive cartridges.
- (d) Detonators shall be completely within and parallel to the length of the cartridge and shall be secured by half-hitching the leg wires around the cartridge or secured by an equally effective method.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 53 FR 46786, Nov. 18, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.