---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.4502"
title: "30"
number: "56.4502"
heading: "Battery-charging stations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.4502"
---

# §56.4502. Battery-charging stations.

- (a) Battery-charging stations shall be ventilated with a sufficient volume of air to prevent the accumulation of hydrogen gas.
- (b) Smoking, use of open flames, or other activities that could create an ignition source shall be prohibited at the battery charging station during battery charging.
- (c) Readily visible signs prohibiting smoking or open flames shall be posted at battery-charging stations during battery charging.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 101, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173, as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 91 Stat. 1291 (30 U.S.C. 811).

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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