30 CFR § 75.601 - Short circuit protection of trailing cables.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s75.601"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 75.601 - Short circuit protection of trailing cables."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "75.601"
section_name: "Short circuit protection of trailing cables."
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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# 75.601 Short circuit protection of trailing cables.

****[Statutory Provisions]

Short circuit protection for trailing cables shall be provided by an automatic circuit breaker or other no less effective device approved by the Secretary of adequate current-interrupting capacity in each ungrounded conductor. Disconnecting devices used to disconnect power from trailing cables shall be plainly marked and identified and such devices shall be equipped or designed in such a manner that it can be determined by visual observation that the power is disconnected.