[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: 30CFR75] [Page 594] TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 75_MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS_UNDERGROUND COAL MINES--Table of Contents Subpart R_Miscellaneous Sec. 75.1714 Availability of approved self-rescue devices; instruction in use and location. (a) Each operator shall make available to each miner who goes underground, and to visitors authorized to enter the mine by the operator, an approved self-rescue device or devices which is adequate to protect such person for 1 hour or longer. (b) Before any miner employed by the operator or visitor authorized by the operator goes underground the operator shall instruct and train such person in the use and location of the self-rescue device or devices made available at the mine. Instruction and training of miners and visitors shall be in accordance with provisions set forth in 30 CFR Part 48. [43 FR 54246, Nov. 21, 1978, as amended at 53 FR 10336, Mar. 30, 1988; 60 FR 30401, June 8, 1995]