---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.1012"
title: "30"
number: "77.1012"
heading: "Jackhammers; operation; safeguards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.1012"
---

# §77.1012. Jackhammers; operation; safeguards.


Men operating or working near jackhammers or jackleg drills, or other drilling machines shall position themselves so that they will not be struck or lose their balance if the drill steel breaks or sticks.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.