30 CFR § 57.3430 - Activity between machinery or equipment and the highwall or bank.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s57.3430"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 57.3430 - Activity between machinery or equipment and the highwall or bank."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "57.3430"
section_name: "Activity between machinery or equipment and the highwall or bank."
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"
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# 57.3430 Activity between machinery or equipment and the highwall or bank.

Persons shall not work or travel between machinery or equipment and the highwall or bank where the machinery or equipment may hinder escape from falls or slides of the highwall or bank. Travel is permitted when necessary for persons to dismount.