30 CFR § 75.523 - Electric face equipment; deenergization.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s75.523"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 75.523 - Electric face equipment; deenergization."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "75.523"
section_name: "Electric face equipment; deenergization."
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"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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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# 75.523 Electric face equipment; deenergization.

****[Statutory Provision]

An authorized representative of the Secretary may require in any mine that electric face equipment be provided with devices that will permit the equipment to be deenergized quickly in the event of an emergency.