---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.1905"
title: "30"
number: "77.1905"
heading: "Hoist safeguards; general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.1905"
---

# §77.1905. Hoist safeguards; general.

- (a) Hoists used to transport persons shall be equipped with brakes capable of stopping and holding the cage, bucket, platform, or other device when fully loaded.
- (b) When persons are transported by a hoist, a second person familiar with and qualified to stop the hoist shall be in attendance, except where the hoist is fully equipped with overspeed, overwind, and automatic stop devices.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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