[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 669]
 
                       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 T_Slope and Shaft Sinking
 
Sec.  77.1905  Hoist safeguards; general.

    (a) Hoists used to transport persons shall be equipped with brakes 
capable of stopping and holding the cage, bucket, platform, or other 
device when fully loaded.
    (b) When persons are transported by a hoist, a second person 
familiar with and qualified to stop the hoist shall be in attendance, 
except where the hoist is fully equipped with overspeed, overwind, and 
automatic stop devices.