---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1726"
title: "30"
number: "75.1726"
heading: "Performing work from a raised position; safeguards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1726"
---

# §75.1726. Performing work from a raised position; safeguards.

- (a) Men shall not work on or from a piece of mobile equipment in a raised position until it has been blocked in place securely. This does not preclude the use of equipment specifically designed as elevated mobile work platforms.
- (b) No work shall be performed under machinery or equipment that has been raised until such machinery or equipment has been securely blocked in position.

## 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]