---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.14116"
title: "30"
number: "56.14116"
heading: "Hand-held power tools."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.14116"
---

# §56.14116. Hand-held power tools.

- (a) Power drills, disc sanders, grinders and circular and chain saws, when used in the hand-held mode shall be operated with controls which require constant hand or finger pressure.
- (b) Circular saws and chain saws shall not be equipped with devices which lock-on the operating controls.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 53 FR 32521, Aug. 25, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.