---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1908"
title: "30"
number: "75.1908"
heading: "Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; categories."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1908"
---

# §75.1908. Nonpermissible diesel-powered equipment; categories.

- (a) **Heavy-duty diesel-powered equipment includes—**
  - (1) Equipment that cuts or moves rock or coal;
  - (2) Equipment that performs drilling or bolting functions;
  - (3) Equipment that moves longwall components;
  - (4) Self-propelled diesel fuel transportation units and self-propelled lube units; or
  - (5) **Machines used to transport portable diesel fuel transportation units or portable lube units.**
- (b) Light-duty diesel-powered equipment is any diesel-powered equipment that does not meet the criteria of [paragraph (a)](#a).
- (c) **For the purposes of this subpart, the following equipment is considered attended—**
  - (1) Any machine or device operated by a miner; or
  - (2) Any machine or device that is mounted in the direct line of sight of a job site located within 500 feet of such machine or device, which job site is occupied by a miner.
- (d) Diesel-powered ambulances and fire fighting equipment are a special category of equipment that may be used underground only in accordance with the mine fire fighting and evacuation plan under [§ 75.1502](/cfr/30/75.1502.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 55527, Oct. 25, 1996; 70 FR 36347, June 23, 2005]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 55527, Oct. 25, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[61 FR 55527, Oct. 25, 1996; 70 FR 36347, June 23, 2005]