---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1430"
title: "30"
number: "75.1430"
heading: "Wire ropes; scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1430"
---

# §75.1430. Wire ropes; scope.

- (a) [Sections 75.1430 through 75.1438](/cfr/30/75.1430..75.1438.md) apply to wire ropes in service used to hoist—
  - (1) Persons in shafts or slopes underground; or
  - (2) **Loads in shaft or slope development when persons work below the suspended loads.**
- (b) **These standards do not apply to wire ropes used for elevators.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: Sections 75.1429 through 75.1438 appear at 48 FR 53239, Nov. 25, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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