30 CFR § 77.1708 - Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s77.1708"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 77.1708 - Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "77.1708"
section_name: "Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine."
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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# 77.1708 Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine.
On or before September 30, 1971, each operator of a surface coal mine shall establish and maintain a program of instruction with respect to the safety regulations and procedures to be followed at the mine and shall publish and distribute to each employee, and post in conspicuous places throughout the mine, all such safety regulations and procedures established in accordance with the provisions of this section.
[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 36 FR 13143, July 15, 1971]