---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.19056"
title: "30"
number: "56.19056"
heading: "Availability of hoist operator for automatic hoists."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.19056"
---

# §56.19056. Availability of hoist operator for automatic hoists.


When automatic hoisting is used, a competent operator of the hoist shall be readily available at or near the hoisting device while any person is underground.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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