30 CFR § 75.1703 - Portable electric lamps.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s75.1703"
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title: "30 CFR § 75.1703 - Portable electric lamps."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "75.1703"
section_name: "Portable electric lamps."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
part_number: "75"
part_name: "MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS—UNDERGROUND COAL MINES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "75"
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# 75.1703 Portable electric lamps.

****[Statutory Provisions]

Persons underground shall use only permissible electric lamps approved by the Secretary for portable illumination. No open flame shall be permitted in the underground area of any coal mine, except as permitted under § 75.1106.