HANDLING OF MISFIRES IN MINES – Mining and Blasting
· HANDLING OF MISFIRES IN MINES: Dealing with it is potentially most dangerous activity. 1. INTRODUCTION – Misfire means the complete or partial failure of a blasting charge to explode as explosive or pyrotechnical products that remain in the ground or in the muckpile might be triggered by any mechanical effect during the digging, milling or crushing stages of the mining .