---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.19078"
title: "30"
number: "56.19078"
heading: "Hoisting buckets from the shaft bottom."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.19078"
---

# §56.19078. Hoisting buckets from the shaft bottom.


All buckets shall be stopped after being raised about 3 feet above the shaft bottom. A bucket shall be stabilized before a hoisting signal is given to continue hoisting the bucket to the crosshead. After a hoisting signal is given, hoisting to the crosshead shall be at a minimum speed. The signaling device shall be attended constantly until a bucket reaches the guides. When persons are hoisted, the signaling devices shall be attended until the crosshead has been engaged.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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