---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 57.19111"
title: "30"
number: "57.19111"
heading: "Shaft-sinking ladders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/57.19111"
---

# §57.19111. Shaft-sinking ladders.


Substantial fixed ladders shall be provided from the collar to as near the shaft bottom as practical during shaft-sinking operations, or an escape hoist powered by an emergency power source shall be provided. When persons are on the shaft bottom, a chain ladder, wire rope ladder, or other extension ladders shall be used from the fixed ladder or lower limit of the escape hoist to the shaft bottom.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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