---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.409"
title: "30"
number: "77.409"
heading: "Shovels, draglines, and tractors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.409"
---

# §77.409. Shovels, draglines, and tractors.

- (a) Shovels, draglines, and tractors shall not be operated in the presence of any person exposed to a hazard from its operation and all such equipment shall be provided with an adequate warning device which shall be sounded by the operator prior to starting operation.
- (b) Shovels and draglines shall be equipped with handrails along and around all walkways and platforms.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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