---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1917.47"
title: "29"
number: "1917.47"
heading: "Winches."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1917.47"
---

# §1917.47. Winches.

- (a) Moving winch parts which present caught-in hazards to employees shall be guarded.
- (b) Winches shall have clearly identifiable and readily accessible stop controls.
- (c) Portable winches shall be secured against accidental shifting while in use.
- (d) Portable winches shall be fitted with limit switches if employees have access to areas from which it is possible to be drawn into the winch.
- (e) The provisions of [§ 1917.45(f)(11)](/cfr/29/1917.45.md?p=f-11) shall apply to winches.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), or 7-2025 (90 FR 27878), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911. Sections 1917.28 and 1917.31 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1917.29 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 30909, July 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted.