---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 19.8"
title: "30"
number: "19.8"
heading: "Protection against bodily hazard."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/19.8"
---

# §19.8. Protection against bodily hazard.


This hazard is chiefly due to the possible burning of the wearer by electrolyte spilled from the battery. MSHA therefore requires that:

- (a) **Spilling of electrolyte.** The lamp shall be so designed and constructed that, when properly filled, the battery will neither leak nor spill electrolyte under actual service conditions. Lamps passing a laboratory spilling test will be considered satisfactory in this respect, contingent upon satisfactory performance in service.
- (b) **Corrosion of battery container.** The material of which the container is made shall resist corrosion under conditions of use.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 957, 961. Secs. 19.1(b) and 19.7(a) also issued under 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: Schedule 6D, 4 FR 4003, Sept. 21, 1939, unless otherwise noted.