[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR77]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 77_MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS, SURFACE COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK 
AREAS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B_Qualified and Certified Persons
 
Sec.  77.105  Qualified hoistman; slope or shaft sinking operation; 
qualifications.

    (a)(1) A person is a qualified hoistman within the provisions of 
Subpart T of this part, for the purpose of operating a hoist at a slope 
or shaft sinking operation if he has at least 1 year experience 
operating a hoist plant or maintaining hoist equipment and is qualified 
by any State as a hoistman or its equivalency, or
    (2) If a State has no program for qualifying persons as hoistmen, 
the Secretary may qualify persons if the operator of the slope or shaft-
sinking operation makes an application and a satisfactory showing that 
the person has had 1 year of experience operating hoists. A person's 
qualification is valid for as long as the person continues to satisfy 
the requirements for qualification and is employed at the same coal mine 
or by the same independent contractor.
    (b) Applications for Secretarial qualification should be submitted 
to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, Certification and 
Qualification Center, P.O. Box 25367, Denver Federal Center, Denver, 
Colo. 80225.

[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 43 FR 12320, Mar. 24, 1978; 54 
FR 30515, July 20, 1989]