---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1918.89"
title: "29"
number: "1918.89"
heading: "Handling hazardous cargo (See also § 1918.2 and § 1918.99)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1918.89"
---

# §1918.89. Handling hazardous cargo (See also § 1918.2 and § 1918.99).


Hazardous cargo shall be slung and secured so that neither the draft nor individual packages can fall because of tipping of the draft or slacking of the supporting gear.


## 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), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), as applicable; and 29 CFR 1911. Sections 1918.90 and 1918.110 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1918.100 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 40202, July 25, 1997, unless otherwise noted.