C.F.R. » Title 30 » CHAPTER I—MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › SUBCHAPTER O—COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH › PART 75—MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS—UNDERGROUND COAL MINES › Subpart R—Miscellaneous

30 C.F.R. § 75.1722

Mechanical equipment guards

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(a) Gears; sprockets; chains; drive, head, tail, and takeup pulleys; flywheels; couplings, shafts; sawblades; fan inlets; and similar exposed moving machine parts which may be contacted by persons, and which may cause injury to persons shall be guarded.

(b) Guards at conveyor-drive, conveyor-head, and conveyor-tail pulleys shall extend a distance sufficient to prevent a person from reaching behind the guard and becoming caught between the belt and the pulley.

(c) Except when testing the machinery, guards shall be securely in place while machinery is being operated.

[38 FR 4976, Feb. 23, 1973]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1978–2004 · leading case: Holland v. United States, 464 F. Supp. 117 (W.D. Ky. 1978).
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Holland v. United States, 464 F. Supp. 117 (W.D. Ky. 1978). · cites it 4× “4976 (Friday, February 23, 1973), and later codified at 30 C.F.R. § 75.1722 (July, 1973), became effective, requiring in relevant part that “(a) .”
Sec'y of Labor v. Ohio Valley Coal Co., 359 F.3d 531 (D.C. Cir. 2004). “Ohio Valley conceded the first citation, for removing the guarding on the belt drive, in violation of 30 C.F.R. § 75.1722 (a). See Ohio Val *534 ley Coal Co.”
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