---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.16017"
title: "30"
number: "57.16017"
heading: "Hoisting heavy equipment or material."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.16017"
---

# §57.16017. Hoisting heavy equipment or material.


Where the stretching or contraction of a hoist rope could create a hazard, chairs or other suitable blocking shall be used to support conveyances at shaft landings before heavy equipment or material is loaded or unloaded.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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