30 CFR § 77.1502 - Auger holes; restriction against entering.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s77.1502"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 77.1502 - Auger holes; restriction against entering."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "77.1502"
section_name: "Auger holes; restriction against entering."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "O"
subchapter_name: "COAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
part_number: "77"
part_name: "MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS, SURFACE COAL MINES AND SURFACE WORK AREAS OF 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."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "77"
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# 77.1502 Auger holes; restriction against entering.
No person shall be permitted to enter an auger hole except with the approval of the MSHA Coal Mine Safety and Health District Manager of the district in which the mine is located and under such conditions as may be prescribed by such managers.
[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 71 FR 16669, Apr. 3, 2006]