30 CFR § 57.16011 - Riding hoisted loads or on the hoist hook.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s57.16011"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 57.16011 - Riding hoisted loads or on the hoist hook."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "57.16011"
section_name: "Riding hoisted loads or on the hoist hook."
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 811."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "57"
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# 57.16011 Riding hoisted loads or on the hoist hook.

Persons shall not ride on loads being moved by cranes or derricks, nor shall they ride the hoisting hooks unless such method eliminates a greater hazard.