30 CFR 56.19078 - Hoisting buckets from the shaft bottom.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 09, 2024

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

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

§ 56.19078 - Hoisting buckets from the shaft bottom.

All buckets shall be stopped after being raised about 3 feet above the shaft bottom. A bucket shall be stabilized before a hoisting signal is given to continue hoisting the bucket to the crosshead. After a hoisting signal is given, hoisting to the crosshead shall be at a minimum speed. The signaling device shall be attended constantly until a bucket reaches the guides. When persons are hoisted, the signaling devices shall be attended until the crosshead has been engaged.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

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

cite as: 30 CFR 56.19078