30 CFR 56.19061 - Maximum hoisting speeds.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 10, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Apr 24, 2024

View all text of Subpart R [§ 56.19000 - § 56.19135]

§ 56.19061 - Maximum hoisting speeds.

The safe speed for hoisting persons shall be determined for each shaft, and this speed shall not be exceeded. Persons should not be hoisted at a speed faster than 2,500 feet per minute, except in an emergency.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

source: 50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 30 CFR 56.19061