{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-56.6602","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 56.6602","heading":"Static electricity dissipation during loading.","body":"When explosive material is loaded pneumatically into a blasthole in a manner that generates a static electricity hazard—\n(a) An evaluation of the potential static electricity hazard shall be made and any hazard shall be eliminated before loading begins;\n(b) The loading hose shall be of a semiconductive type, have a total of not more than 2 megohms of resistance over its entire length and not less than 1000 ohms of resistance per foot;\n(c) Wire-countered hoses shall not be used;\n(d) Conductive parts of the loading equipment shall be bonded and grounded and grounds shall not be made to other potential sources of extraneous electricity; and\n(e) Plastic tubes shall not be used as hole liners if the hole contains an electric detonator.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER I—MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER K—METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH","PART 56—SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS—SURFACE METAL AND NONMETAL MINES","Subpart E—Explosives"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"283aafbb29385b3f04012fc56991bdce9e94306f5ae34801398af7a83d0ad226","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-56.6601","next":"us/30-cfr-56.6603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}