---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.19019"
title: "30"
number: "57.19019"
heading: "Guide ropes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.19019"
---

# §57.19019. Guide ropes.


If guide ropes are used in shafts for personnel hoisting applications other than shaft development, the nominal strength (manufacturer's published catalog strength) of the guide rope at installation shall meet the minimum value calculated as follows: Minimum value = Static Load × 5.0.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 101, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173 as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 91 Stat. 1291 (30 U.S.C. 811).

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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