---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1720"
title: "30"
number: "75.1720"
heading: "Protective clothing; requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1720"
---

# §75.1720. Protective clothing; requirements.


On and after the effective date of this § 75.1720 each miner regularly employed in the active workings of an underground coal mine shall be required to wear the following protective clothing and devices:

- (a) Protective clothing or equipment and face-shields or goggles when welding, cutting, or working with molten metal or when other hazards to the eyes exist from flying particles.
- (b) Suitable protective clothing to cover those parts of the body exposed to injury when handling corrosive or toxic substances or other materials which might cause injury to the skin.
- (c) Protective gloves when handling materials or performing work which might cause injury to the hands; however, gloves shall not be worn where they would create a greater hazard by becoming entangled in the moving parts of equipment.
- (d) **A suitable hard hat or hard cap.** If a hard hat or hard cap is painted, nonmetallic based paint shall be used.
- (e) **Suitable protective footwear.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 19497, Oct. 7, 1971, as amended at 39 FR 7175, Feb. 25, 1974]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[36 FR 19497, Oct. 7, 1971, as amended at 39 FR 7175, Feb. 25, 1974]