[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: 30CFR56.19132]



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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES

 

  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 56_SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS_SURFACE METAL AND NONMETAL MINES

--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart R_Personnel Hoisting

 

Sec.  56.19132  Safety catches.



    (a) A performance drop test of hoist conveyance safety catches shall 

be made at the time of installation, or prior to installation, in a 

mockup of the actual installation. The test shall be certified to in 

writing by the manufacturer or by a registered professional engineer 

performing the test.

    (b) After installation and before use, and at the beginning of any 

seven day



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period during which the conveyance is to be used, the conveyance shall 

be suitably rested and the hoist rope slackened to test for the 

unrestricted functioning of the safety catches and their activating 

mechanisms.

    (c) The safety catches shall be inspected by a competent person at 

the beginning of any 24-hour period that the conveyance is to be used.