§ 45-576. Shot-firers' duties.  


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  • No shot-firer shall enter any mine, for the purpose of firing shots, nor shall any shots be fired until all employees shall have left the mines.  No person, other than a shot-firer, shall tamp any hole, and in the process of charging and tamping a hole, where needles are used, no iron or steel pointed needle shall be used; the needle used in tamping the shot shall be made of copper, and the tamping bar shall be tipped with at least five inches of copper.

R.L.1910, § 3997.