30 CFR § 57.14161 - Makeshift couplings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s57.14161"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 57.14161 - Makeshift couplings."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "57.14161"
section_name: "Makeshift couplings."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "K"
subchapter_name: "METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
part_number: "57"
part_name: "SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS—UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 811."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "57"
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# 57.14161 Makeshift couplings.

Couplings used on underground rail equipment shall be designed for that equipment, except that makeshift couplings may be used to move disabled rail equipment for repairs if no hazard to persons is created.