30 CFR § 57.4461 - Gasoline use restrictions underground.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s57.4461"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 57.4461 - Gasoline use restrictions underground."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "57.4461"
section_name: "Gasoline use restrictions underground."
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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# 57.4461 Gasoline use restrictions underground.

If gasoline is used underground to power internal combustion engines—

(a) The mine shall be nongassy and shall have multiple horizontal or inclined roadways from the surface large enough to accommodate vehicular traffic;

(b) All roadways and other openings shall connect with another opening every 100 feet by a passage large enough to accommodate any vehicle in the mine or alternate routes shall provide equivalent escape capabilities; and

(c) No roadway or other opening shall be supported or lined with wood or other combustible materials.