[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: 30CFR56.9200]



[Page 290-291]

 

                       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 H_Loading, Hauling, and Dumping

 

Sec.  56.9200  Transporting persons.



    Persons shall not be transported--

    (a) In or on dippers, forks, clamshells, or buckets except shaft 

buckets during shaft-sinking operations or during inspection, 

maintenance and repair of shafts.

    (b) In beds of mobile equipment or railcars, unless--

    (1) Provisions are made for secure travel, and

    (2) Means are taken to prevent accidental unloading if the equipment 

is provided with unloading devices;

    (c) On top of loads in mobile equipment;

    (d) Outside cabs, equipment operators' stations, and beds of mobile 

equipment, except when necessary for maintenance, testing, or training 

purposes, and provisions are made for secure travel. This provision does 

not apply to rail equipment.

    (e) Between cars of trains, on the leading end of trains, on the 

leading



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end of a single railcar, or in other locations on trains that expose 

persons to hazards from train movement.

    (1) This paragraph does not apply to car droppers if they are 

secured with safety belts and lines which prevent them from falling off 

the work platform.

    (2) Brakemen and trainmen are prohibited from riding between cars of 

moving trains, but may ride on the leading end of trains or other 

locations when necessary to perform their duties;

    (f) To and from work areas in overcrowded mobile equipment;

    (g) In mobile equipment with materials or equipment unless the items 

are secured or are small and can be carried safely by hand without 

creating a hazard to persons; or

    (h) On conveyors unless the conveyors are designed to provide for 

their safe transportation.