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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 729 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450211,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364420,"identifier":"45.2-725","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/5\/45.2-725","url":"\/45.2-725\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-725\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/5\/45.2-725","dublin_core":{"Title":" Explosives and blasting practices in shaft and slope operations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-725","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Every blasting area in a shaft or slope operation shall be covered with mats or materials<\/span> when the excavations are too shallow to retain the blasted material<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If explosives are in the shaft or slope when an electrical storm approaches, every miner shall be removed from the working place until the storm has passed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING PRACTICES IN SHAFT AND SLOPE OPERATIONS (\u00a7 45.2-725)\n\nA. Every blasting area in a shaft or slope operation shall be covered with mats\nor materials when the excavations are too shallow to retain the blasted\nmaterial.\n\nB. If explosives are in the shaft or slope when an electrical storm approaches,\nevery miner shall be removed from the working place until the storm has passed.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 729, \u00a7 45.1-53.1; 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.132; 2021, Sp.\nSess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}