---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.19050"
title: "30"
number: "56.19050"
heading: "Bucket requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.19050"
---

# §56.19050. Bucket requirements.


Buckets used to hoist persons during vertical shaft sinking operations shall—

- (a) Be securely attached to a crosshead when traveling in either direction between the lower and upper crosshead parking locations;
- (b) Have overhead protection when the shaft depth exceeds 50 feet;
- (c) Have sufficient depth or a suitably designed platform to transport persons safely in a standing position; and
- (d) Have devices to prevent accidental dumping where the bucket is supported by a bail attached to its lower half.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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