                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

 BLASTING CABLES (§ 45.2-723)

Each blasting cable shall be:

1. Well insulated and as long as necessary to allow the shot firer to move to a
safe place around a corner;

2. Short-circuited at the battery end until it is ready to attach to the
blasting unit;

3. Staggered as to length, or shall have its ends kept well separated when
attached to the detonator leg wires; and

4. Kept clear of power wires and all other possible sources of active or stray
electric currents.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 45-53.6; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, § 45.1-49; 1994, c.
28, § 45.1-161.130; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.