CFR > Title 30 - Mineral Resources > CHAPTER I—MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR > SUBCHAPTER K—METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH (parts 56 to 58) > PART 56—SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS—SURFACE METAL AND NONMETAL MINES > SUBPART E—Explosives (§56.6000 to §56.6905) > 56.6904—Smoking and open flames.

56.6904—Smoking and open flames.

Smoking and use of open flames shall not be permitted within 50 feet of explosive material except when separated by permanent noncombustible barriers. This standard does not apply to devices designed to ignite safety fuse or to heating devices which do not create a fire or explosion hazard.