---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 77.701"
title: "30"
number: "77.701"
heading: "Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/77.701"
---

# §77.701. Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment.


Metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment that can become “alive” through failure of insulation or by contact with energized parts shall be grounded by methods approved by an authorized representative of the Secretary.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

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