30 CFR § 57.19025 - Load end attachments.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s57.19025"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 57.19025 - Load end attachments."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "57.19025"
section_name: "Load end attachments."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 811."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
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# 57.19025 Load end attachments.

(a) Wire rope shall be attached to the load by a method that develops at least 80 percent of the nominal strength of the rope.

(b) Except for terminations where use of other materials is a design feature, zinc (spelter) shall be used for socketing wire ropes. Design feature means either the manufacturer's original design or a design approved by a registered professional engineer

(c) Load end attachment methods using splices are prohibited.