---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1325"
title: "30"
number: "75.1325"
heading: "Firing procedures."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1325"
---

# §75.1325. Firing procedures.

- (a) Shots shall be fired by a qualified person or a person working in the presence of and under the direction of a qualified person.
- (b) Only one face in a working place shall be blasted at a time, except that when blasting cut coal up to three faces may be blasted in a round if each face has a separate kerf and no more than a total of 20 shots connected in a single series are fired in the round. A permit to fire more than 20 boreholes in a round under the provisions of 30 CFR [75.1320](/cfr/30/75.1320.md) and [75.1321](/cfr/30/75.1321.md) may not be obtained for use when blasting multiple faces.
- (c) **Before blasting—**
  - (1) All persons shall leave the blasting area and each immediately adjacent working place where a hazard would be created by the blast, to an area that is around at least one corner from the blasting area;
  - (2) The qualified person shall ascertain that all persons are a safe distance from the blasting area; and
  - (3) A warning shall be given and adequate time allowed for persons to respond.
- (d) All shots shall be fired promptly, after all persons have been removed to a safe location.

## Notes

### Amendments

[35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, as amended at 56 FR 51616, Oct. 11, 1991]

### 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.

### Amendments

[35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, as amended at 56 FR 51616, Oct. 11, 1991]