---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.15031"
title: "30"
number: "57.15031"
heading: "Location of self-rescue devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.15031"
---

# §57.15031. Location of self-rescue devices.

- (a) Except as provided in paragraph [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, self-rescue devices meeting the requirements of standard 57.15030 shall be worn or carried by all persons underground.
- (b) Where the wearing or carrying of self-rescue devices meeting the requirements of standard 57.15030 is hazardous to a person, such self-rescue devices shall be located at a distance no greater than 25 feet from such person.
- (c) Where a person works on or around mobile equipment, self-rescue devices may be placed in a readily accessible location on such equipment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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