---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.12088"
title: "30"
number: "57.12088"
heading: "Splicing trailing cables."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.12088"
---

# §57.12088. Splicing trailing cables.


No splice, except a vulcanized splice or its equivalent, shall be made in a trailing cable within 25 feet of the machine unless the machine is equipped with a cable reel or other power feed cable payout-retrieval system. However, a temporary splice may be made to move the equipment for repair.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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