---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.402"
title: "30"
number: "77.402"
heading: "Hand-held power tools; safety devices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.402"
---

# §77.402. Hand-held power tools; safety devices.


Hand-held power tools shall be equipped with controls requiring constant hand or finger pressure to operate the tools or shall be equipped with friction or other equivalent safety devices.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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