Are holes marked and have you a suitable drill log sheet? Are the holes properly sealed by the rubber skirt? Is the dust extraction equipment fully operational? Are there any obvious signs of cracks, overhangs on/behind the face? Is the brake operational? Is your shelter up wind of the rig?
[pdf] Surface drilling rigs are hydraulic drill rigs typically designed for small to medium-scale quarries and small-sized open pit mines, suitable for rock drilling applications where rock hardness exceeds F10 in aggregate quarrying, civil engineering, road construction, open pit mining, hydropower plant construction and other blasthole drilling projects.
[pdf] • : The said it was monitoring events in Vietnam closely, and urged restraint from all parties. Secretary of State , who is also a former , said the United States is "deeply concerned" that China has placed an oil rig in an area of the South China Sea also claimed by Vietnam, adding that the move was "provocative" and "aggressive".
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