[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]

[Page 662-663]
 
                       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 Q_Loading and Haulage
 
Sec.  77.1605  Loading and haulage equipment; installations.

    (a) Cab windows shall be of safety glass or equivalent, in good 
condition and shall be kept clean.
    (b) Mobile equipment shall be equipped with adequate brakes, and all 
trucks and front-end loaders shall also be equipped with parking brakes.
    (c) Positive-action type brakes shall be provided on aerial 
tramways.
    (d) Mobile equipment shall be provided with audible warning devices. 
Lights shall be provided on both ends when required.
    (e) Guard nets or other suitable protection shall be provided where 
tramways pass over roadways, walkways, or buildings.
    (f) Guards shall be installed to prevent swaying buckets from 
hitting towers.
    (g) Aerial tramway cable connections shall be designed to offer 
minimum obstruction to the passage of wheels.
    (h) Rocker-bottom or bottom-dump cars shall be equipped with 
positive locking devices, or other suitable devices.
    (i) Ramps and dumps shall be of solid construction, of ample width, 
have ample clearance and headroom, and be kept reasonably free of 
spillage.
    (j) Chute-loading installations shall be designed so that the men 
pulling chutes are not required to be in a hazardous position during 
loading operations.
    (k) Berms or guards shall be provided on the outer bank of elevated 
roadways.
    (l) Berms, bumper blocks, safety hooks, or similar means shall be 
provided to prevent overtravel and overturning at dumping locations.
    (m) Roadbeds, rails, joints, switches, frogs, and other elements on 
railroads shall be designed, installed, and maintained in a safe manner 
consistent with the speed and type of haulage.
    (n) Where practicable, a minimum of 30 inches continuous clearance 
from the farthest projection of moving railroad equipment shall be 
provided on at least one side of the tracks; all places where it is not 
possible to provide 30-inch clearance shall be marked conspicuously.

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    (o) Track guardrails, lead rails, and frogs shall be protected or 
blocked so as to prevent a person's foot from becoming wedged.
    (p) Positive-acting stop-blocks, derail devices, track skates, or 
other adequate means shall be installed wherever necessary to protect 
persons from runaway or moving railroad equipment.
    (q) Switch throws shall be installed so as to provide adequate 
clearance for switchmen.
    (r) Where necessary, bumper blocks or the equivalent shall be 
provided at all track dead ends.