---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1327"
title: "30"
number: "75.1327"
heading: "Misfires."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1327"
---

# §75.1327. Misfires.

- (a) When misfires occur, only work by a qualified person to dispose of misfires and other work necessary to protect persons shall be done in the affected area.
- (b) **When a misfire cannot be disposed of—**
  - (1) A qualified person shall post each accessible entrance to the area affected by the hazard of the misfire with a warning at a conspicuous location to prohibit entry; and
  - (2) The misfire shall be immediately reported to mine management.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 46786, Nov. 18, 1988; 54 FR 27641, June 30, 1989]

### Source

Source: 53 FR 46786, Nov. 18, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 46786, Nov. 18, 1988; 54 FR 27641, June 30, 1989]