---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1715"
title: "30"
number: "75.1715"
heading: "Identification check system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1715"
---

# §75.1715. Identification check system.


Each operator of a coal mine shall establish a check-in and check-out system which will provide positive identification of every person underground, and will provide an accurate record of the persons in the mine kept on the surface in a place chosen to minimize the danger of destruction by fire or other hazard. Such record shall bear a number identical to an identification check that is securely fastened to the lamp belt worn by the person underground. The identification check shall be made of a rust resistant metal of not less than 16 gauge.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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