---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.19061"
title: "30"
number: "57.19061"
heading: "Maximum hoisting speeds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.19061"
---

# §57.19061. Maximum hoisting speeds.


The safe speed for hoisting persons shall be determined for each shaft, and this speed shall not be exceeded. Persons shall not be hoisted at a speed faster than 2,500 feet per minute, except in an emergency.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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