30 CFR § 56.16010 - Dropping materials from overhead.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s56.16010"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 56.16010 - Dropping materials from overhead."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "56.16010"
section_name: "Dropping materials from overhead."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
part_number: "56"
part_name: "SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS—SURFACE METAL AND NONMETAL MINES"
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. 811."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "56"
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# 56.16010 Dropping materials from overhead.

To protect personnel, material shall not be dropped from an overhead elevation until the drop area is first cleared of personnel and the area is then either guarded or a suitable warning is given.