30 CFR § 18.29 - Access openings and covers, including unused lead-entrance holes.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s18.29"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 18.29 - Access openings and covers, including unused lead-entrance holes."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "18.29"
section_name: "Access openings and covers, including unused lead-entrance holes."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TESTING, EVALUATION, AND APPROVAL OF MINING PRODUCTS"
part_number: "18"
part_name: "ELECTRIC MOTOR-DRIVEN MINE EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 957, 961."
regulatory_source: "33 FR 4660, Mar. 19, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "18"
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# 18.29 Access openings and covers, including unused lead-entrance holes.

(a) Access openings in explosion-proof enclosures will be permitted only where necessary for maintenance of internal parts such as motor brushes and fuses.

(b) Covers for access openings shall meet the same requirements as any other part of an enclosure except that threaded covers shall be secured against loosening, preferably with screws having heads requiring a special tool. (See Figure 1 in Appendix II.)

(c) Holes in enclosures that are provided for lead entrances but which are not in use shall be closed with metal plugs secured by spot welding, brazing, or equivalent. (See Figure 10 in Appendix II.)