30 CFR § 56.19018 - Overtravel by-pass switches.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s56.19018"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 56.19018 - Overtravel by-pass switches."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "56.19018"
section_name: "Overtravel by-pass switches."
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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# 56.19018 Overtravel by-pass switches.
When an overtravel by-pass switch is installed, the switch shall function so as to allow the conveyance to be moved through the overtravel position when the switch is held in the closed position by the hoistman. The overtravel by-pass switch shall return automatically to the open position when released by the hoistman.
[50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985; 50 FR 20100, May 14, 1985]