30 CFR § 57.23000 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s57.23000"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 57.23000 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "57.23000"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
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: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 811."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 4082, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "57"
---


# 57.23000 Purpose and scope.

This subpart requires operators to develop, implement, and update a written safety program for surface mobile equipment to reduce the number and rates of accidents, injuries, and fatalities. This subpart applies to surface mobile equipment at surface areas of underground metal and nonmetal mines. The purpose of this safety program is to promote and support a positive safety culture and improve miners' safety at the mine.