---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1724"
title: "30"
number: "75.1724"
heading: "Hand-held power tools; safety devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1724"
---

# §75.1724. Hand-held power tools; safety devices.


Hand-held power tools shall be equipped with controls requiring constant hand or finger pressure to operate the tools or shall be equipped with friction or other equivalent safety devices.


## Notes

### Amendments

[38 FR 4976, Feb. 23, 1973]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[38 FR 4976, Feb. 23, 1973]