30 CFR 75.1404 - Automatic brakes; speed reduction gear.

Code of Federal Regulations - Title 30: Mineral Resources

Updated to: December 30, 2005

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TITLE 30 - MINERAL RESOURCES

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 o - HOISTING AND MANTRIPS

75.1404 - Automatic brakes; speed reduction gear.

[Statutory Provisions] Each locomotive and haulage car used in an underground coal mine shall be equipped with automatic brakes, where space permits. Where space does not permit automatic brakes, locomotives and haulage cars shall be subject to speed reduction gear, or other similar devices approved by the Secretary, which are designed to stop the locomotives and haulage cars with the proper margin of safety.