---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.9304"
title: "30"
number: "56.9304"
heading: "Unstable ground."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.9304"
---

# §56.9304. Unstable ground.

- (a) Dumping locations shall be visually inspected prior to work commencing and as ground conditions warrant.
- (b) Where there is evidence that the ground at a dumping location may fail to support the mobile equipment, loads shall be dumped a safe distance back from the edge of the unstable area of the bank.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 53 FR 32520, Aug. 25, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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