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It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 191; in 1966, chapter 594; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1450203,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364418,"identifier":"45.2-723","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/5\/45.2-723","url":"\/45.2-723\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-723\/","token":"45.2\/II\/B\/7\/5\/45.2-723","dublin_core":{"Title":" Blasting cables","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-723","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each blasting cable shall be:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Well insulated and as long as necessary to allow the shot firer to move to a safe place around a corner; <a id=\"paragraph-1357682\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-723\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Short-circuited at the <span class=\"dictionary\">battery<\/span> end until it is ready to attach to the blasting unit; <a id=\"paragraph-1357683\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-723\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Staggered as to length, or shall have its ends kept well separated when attached to the detonator leg wires; and <a id=\"paragraph-1357684\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-723\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Kept clear of power wires and all other possible sources of active or stray electric currents. <a id=\"paragraph-1357685\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/45.2-723\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n BLASTING CABLES (\u00a7 45.2-723)\n\nEach blasting cable shall be:\n\n1. Well insulated and as long as necessary to allow the shot firer to move to a\nsafe place around a corner;\n\n2. Short-circuited at the battery end until it is ready to attach to the\nblasting unit;\n\n3. Staggered as to length, or shall have its ends kept well separated when\nattached to the detonator leg wires; and\n\n4. Kept clear of power wires and all other possible sources of active or stray\nelectric currents.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 45-53.6; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, \u00a7 45.1-49; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.130; 2021, Sp. Sess. 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"}}