---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.105"
title: "30"
number: "77.105"
heading: "Qualified hoistman; slope or shaft sinking operation; qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.105"
---

# §77.105. Qualified hoistman; slope or shaft sinking operation; qualifications.

- (a)
  - (1) A person is a qualified hoistman within the provisions of [Subpart T](/cfr/30/subpartT.md) of this part, for the purpose of operating a hoist at a slope or shaft sinking operation if he has at least 1 year experience operating a hoist plant or maintaining hoist equipment and is qualified by any State as a hoistman or its equivalency, or
  - (2) If a State has no program for qualifying persons as hoistmen, the Secretary may qualify persons if the operator of the slope or shaft-sinking operation makes an application and a satisfactory showing that the person has had 1 year of experience operating hoists. A person's qualification is valid for as long as the person continues to satisfy the requirements for qualification and is employed at the same coal mine or by the same independent contractor.
- (b) Applications for Secretarial qualification should be submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, Certification and Qualification Center, P.O. Box 25367, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colo. 80225.

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 43 FR 12320, Mar. 24, 1978; 54 FR 30515, July 20, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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

### Amendments

[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 43 FR 12320, Mar. 24, 1978; 54 FR 30515, July 20, 1989]