---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.11052"
title: "30"
number: "57.11052"
heading: "Refuge areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.11052"
---

# §57.11052. Refuge areas.


Refuge areas shall be—

- (a) Of fire-resistant construction, preferably in untimbered areas of the mine;
- (b) Large enough to accommodate readily the normal number of persons in the particular area of the mine;
- (c) Constructed so they can be made gastight; and
- (d) **Provided with compressed air lines, waterlines, suitable handtools, and stopping materials.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.