---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.19066"
title: "30"
number: "56.19066"
heading: "Maximum riders in a conveyance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.19066"
---

# §56.19066. Maximum riders in a conveyance.


In shafts inclined over 45 degrees, the operator shall determine and post in the conveyance or at each shaft station the maximum number of persons permitted to ride in a hoisting conveyance at any one time. Each person shall be provided a minimum of 1.5 square feet of floor space.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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