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CFR /  Title 30  /  Part 77: Mandatory Safety Standards, Surface Coal Mines And Surface Work Areas Of Underground Coal Mines

Section No. Description
Section 77.1 Definitions
Section 77.2 Certified person
Section 77.100 Tests for methane and for oxygen deficiency; qualified person
Section 77.101 Tests for methane; oxygen deficiency; qualified person, additional requirement
Section 77.102 Electrical work; qualified person
Section 77.103 Repair of energized surface high-voltage lines; qualified person
Section 77.104 Qualified hoistman; slope or shaft sinking operation; qualifications
Section 77.105 Records of certified and qualified persons
Section 77.106 Training programs
Section 77.107 Plans for training programs
Section 77.107-1 Surface installations; general
Section 77.200 Methane content in surface installations
Section 77.201 Tests for methane; qualified person; use of approved device
Section 77.201-1 Methane accumulations; change in ventilation
Section 77.201-2 Dust accumulations in surface installations
Section 77.202 Use of material or equipment overhead; safeguards
Section 77.203 Openings in surface installations; safeguards
Section 77.204 Travelways at surface installations
Section 77.205 Ladders; construction; installation and maintenance
Section 77.206 Illumination
Section 77.207 Storage of materials
Section 77.208 Surge and storage piles
Section 77.209 Hoisting of materials
Section 77.210 Draw-off tunnels; stockpiling and reclaiming operations; general
Section 77.211 Continuous methane monitoring device; installation and operation; automatic deenergization of electric equipment
Section 77.211-1 Draw-off tunnel ventilation fans; installation
Section 77.212 Draw-off tunnel escapeways
Section 77.213 Refuse piles; general
Section 77.214 Refuse piles; construction requirements
Section 77.215 Refuse piles; identification
Section 77.215-1 Refuse piles; reporting requirements
Section 77.215-2 Refuse piles: certification
Section 77.215-3 Refuse piles; abandonment
Section 77.215-4 Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; general
Section 77.216 Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; identification
Section 77.216-1 Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; minimum plan requirements; changes or modifications;
Section 77.216-2 Water, sediment, or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; inspection requirements; correction of hazards; program
Section 77.216-3 Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; reporting requirements; certification
Section 77.216-4 Water, sediment or slurry impoundments and impounding structures; abandonment
Section 77.216-5 Definitions
Section 77.217 Thermal dryers; general
Section 77.300 Dryer heating units; operation
Section 77.301 Bypass stacks
Section 77.302 Hot gas inlet chamber dropout doors
Section 77.303 Explosion release vents
Section 77.304 Access to drying chambers, hot gas inlet chambers and ductwork; installation and maintenance
Section 77.305 Fire protection
Section 77.306 Thermal dryers; location and installation; general
Section 77.307 Structures housing other facilities; use of partitions
Section 77.308 Visual check of system equipment
Section 77.309 Control stations; location
Section 77.309-1 Control panels
Section 77.310 Alarm devices
Section 77.311 Fail safe monitoring systems
Section 77.312 Wet-coal feedbins; low-level indicators
Section 77.313 Automatic temperature control instruments
Section 77.314 Thermal dryers; examination and inspection
Section 77.315 Mechanical equipment guards
Section 77.400 Stationary grinding machines; protective devices
Section 77.401 Hand-held power tools; safety devices
Section 77.402 Mobile equipment; falling object protective structures (FOPS)
Section 77.403 Mobile equipment; rollover protective structures (ROPS)
Section 77.403-1 Incorporation by reference
Section 77.403-2 Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance
Section 77.404 Performing work from a raised position; safeguards
Section 77.405 Drive belts
Section 77.406 Power-driven pulleys
Section 77.407 Welding operations
Section 77.408 Shovels, draglines, and tractors
Section 77.409 Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices
Section 77.410 Compressed air and boilers; general
Section 77.411 Compressed air systems
Section 77.412 Boilers
Section 77.413 Electric power circuits and electric equipment; deenergization
Section 77.500 Electric distribution circuits and equipment; repair
Section 77.501 Qualified person
Section 77.501-1 Electric equipment; examination, testing, and maintenance
Section 77.502 Qualified person
Section 77.502-1 Electric equipment; frequency of examination and testing
Section 77.502-2 Electric conductors; capacity and insulation
Section 77.503 Electric conductors
Section 77.503-1 Electrical connections or splices; suitability
Section 77.504 Cable fittings; suitability
Section 77.505 Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short-circuit protection
Section 77.506 Electric equipment and circuits; overload and short circuit protection; minimum requirements
Section 77.506-1 Electric equipment; switches
Section 77.507 Lightning arresters, ungrounded and exposed power conductors and telephone wires
Section 77.508 Lightning arresters; wires entering buildings
Section 77.508-1 Transformers; installation and guarding
Section 77.509 Resistors; location and guarding
Section 77.510 Danger signs at electrical installations
Section 77.511 Inspection and cover plates
Section 77.512 Insulating mats at power switches
Section 77.513 Switchboards; passageways and clearance
Section 77.514 Bare signal or control wires; voltage
Section 77.515 Electric wiring and equipment; installation and maintenance
Section 77.516 Trailing cables; short-circuit protection; disconnecting devices
Section 77.600 Trailing cables or portable cables; temporary splices
Section 77.601 Permanent splicing of trailing cables
Section 77.602 Clamping of trailing cables to equipment
Section 77.603 Protection of trailing cables
Section 77.604 Breaking trailing cable and power cable connections
Section 77.605 Energized trailing cables; handling
Section 77.606 Rubber gloves; minimum requirements
Section 77.606-1 Grounding metallic sheaths, armors, and conduits enclosing power conductors
Section 77.700 Approved methods of grounding
Section 77.700-1 Grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment
Section 77.701 Approved methods of grounding of equipment receiving power from ungrounded alternating current power systems
Section 77.701-1 Approved methods of grounding metallic frames, casings, and other enclosures of electric equipment receiving power from a
Section 77.701-2 Grounding wires; capacity
Section 77.701-3 Use of grounding connectors
Section 77.701-4 Protection other than grounding
Section 77.702 Grounding frames of stationary high-voltage equipment receiving power from ungrounded delta systems
Section 77.703 Approved methods of grounding
Section 77.703-1 Work on high-voltage lines; deenergizing and grounding
Section 77.704 Work on high-voltage lines
Section 77.704-1 Repairs to energized high-voltage lines
Section 77.704-2 Work on energized high-voltage surface lines; reporting
Section 77.704-3 Simultaneous repairs
Section 77.704-4 Installation of protective equipment
Section 77.704-5 Protective clothing; use and inspection
Section 77.704-6 Protective equipment; inspection
Section 77.704-7 Protective equipment; testing and storage
Section 77.704-8 Operating disconnecting or cutout switches
Section 77.704-9 Tying into energized high-voltage surface circuits
Section 77.704-10 Use of grounded messenger wires; ungrounded systems
Section 77.704-11 Guy wires; grounding
Section 77.705 High-voltage circuits; circuit breakers
Section 77.800 Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures
Section 77.800-1 Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record
Section 77.800-2 Grounding resistors
Section 77.801 Grounding resistors; continuous current rating
Section 77.801-1 Protection of high-voltage circuits; neutral grounding resistors; disconnecting devices
Section 77.802 Fail safe ground check circuits on high-voltage resistance grounded systems
Section 77.803 Fail safe ground check circuits; maximum voltage
Section 77.803-1 Ground check systems not employing pilot check wires; approval by the Secretary
Section 77.803-2 High-voltage trailing cables; minimum design requirements
Section 77.804 Cable couplers and connection boxes; minimum design requirements
Section 77.805 Connection of single-phase loads
Section 77.806 Installation of high-voltage transmission cables
Section 77.807 High-voltage powerlines; clearances above ground
Section 77.807-1 Booms and masts; minimum distance from high-voltage lines
Section 77.807-2 Movement of equipment; minimum distance from high-voltage lines
Section 77.807-3 Disconnecting devices
Section 77.808 Identification of circuit breakers and disconnecting switches
Section 77.809 High-voltage equipment; grounding
Section 77.810 Movement of portable substations and transformers
Section 77.811 Low- and medium-voltage circuits serving portable or mobile three-phase alternating current equipment; circuit breakers
Section 77.900 Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; procedures
Section 77.900-1 Testing, examination, and maintenance of circuit breakers; record
Section 77.900-2 Protection of low- and medium-voltage three-phase circuits
Section 77.901 Grounding resistor; continuous current rating
Section 77.901-1 Low- and medium-voltage ground check monitor circuits
Section 77.902 Fail safe ground check circuits; maximum voltage
Section 77.902-1 Approved ground check systems not employing pilot check wires
Section 77.902-2 Attachment of ground conductors and ground check wires to equipment frames; use of separate connections
Section 77.902-3 Disconnecting devices
Section 77.903 Identification of circuit breakers
Section 77.904 Connection of single-phase loads
Section 77.905 Trailing cables supplying power to low-voltage mobile equipment; ground wires and ground check wires
Section 77.906 Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans
Section 77.1000 Filing of plan
Section 77.1000-1 Stripping; loose material
Section 77.1001 Box cuts; spoil material placement
Section 77.1002 Benches
Section 77.1003 Ground control; inspection and maintenance; general
Section 77.1004 Scaling highwalls; general
Section 77.1005 Highwalls; men working
Section 77.1006 Drilling; general
Section 77.1007 Relocation of drills; safeguards
Section 77.1008 Drill; operation
Section 77.1009 Collaring holes
Section 77.1010 Drill holes; guarding
Section 77.1011 Jackhammers; operation; safeguards
Section 77.1012 Air drills; safeguards
Section 77.1013 Fire protection; training and organization
Section 77.1100 Escape and evacuation; plan
Section 77.1101 Warning signs; smoking and open flame
Section 77.1102 Flammable liquids; storage
Section 77.1103 Accumulations of combustible materials
Section 77.1104 Internal combustion engines; fueling
Section 77.1105 Battery-charging stations; ventilation
Section 77.1106 Belt conveyors
Section 77.1107 Firefighting equipment; requirements; general
Section 77.1108 Type and capacity of firefighting equipment
Section 77.1108-1 Quantity and location of firefighting equipment
Section 77.1109 Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment
Section 77.1110 Welding, cutting, soldering; use of fire extinguisher
Section 77.1111 Welding, cutting, or soldering with arc or flame; safeguards
Section 77.1112 Mine map
Section 77.1200 Certification of mine maps
Section 77.1201 Availability of mine map
Section 77.1202 Explosives and blasting
Section 77.1300 Explosives; magazines
Section 77.1301 Vehicles used to transport explosives
Section 77.1302 Explosives, handling and use
Section 77.1303 Blasting agents; special provisions
Section 77.1304 Personnel hoists and elevators
Section 77.1400 Automatic controls and brakes
Section 77.1401 Rated capacity
Section 77.1402 Maximum load; posting
Section 77.1402-1 Daily examination of hoisting equipment
Section 77.1403 Certifications and records of daily examinations
Section 77.1404 Operation of hoisting equipment after repairs
Section 77.1405 Wire ropes; scope
Section 77.1430 Minimum rope strength
Section 77.1431 Initial measurement
Section 77.1432 Examinations
Section 77.1433 Retirement criteria
Section 77.1434 Load end attachments
Section 77.1435 Drum end attachment
Section 77.1436 End attachment retermination
Section 77.1437 End attachment replacement
Section 77.1438 Auger mining; planning
Section 77.1500 Auger mining; inspections
Section 77.1501 Auger holes; restriction against entering
Section 77.1502 Augering equipment; overhead protection
Section 77.1503 Auger equipment; operation
Section 77.1504 Auger holes; blocking
Section 77.1505 Loading and haulage; general
Section 77.1600 Transportation of persons; restrictions
Section 77.1601 Use of aerial tramways to transport persons
Section 77.1602 Trains and locomotives; authorized persons
Section 77.1603 Transportation of persons; overcrowding
Section 77.1604 Loading and haulage equipment; installations
Section 77.1605 Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance
Section 77.1606 Loading and haulage equipment; operation
Section 77.1607 Dumping facilities
Section 77.1608 Communications in work areas
Section 77.1700 Emergency communications; requirements
Section 77.1701 Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting
Section 77.1702 First-Aid training; supervisory employees
Section 77.1703 First aid training program; availability of instruction to all miners
Section 77.1704 First aid training program; retraining of supervisory employees; availability to all miners
Section 77.1705 First aid training program; minimum requirements
Section 77.1706 First aid equipment; location; minimum requirements
Section 77.1707 Safety program; instruction of persons employed at the mine
Section 77.1708 Protective clothing; requirements
Section 77.1710 Distinctively colored hard hats or hard caps; identification for newly employed, inexperienced miners
Section 77.1710-1 Smoking prohibition
Section 77.1711 Reopening mines; notification; inspection prior to mining
Section 77.1712 Daily inspection of surface coal mine; certified person; reports of inspection
Section 77.1713 Cutout switches
Section 77.1800 Overcurrent protection
Section 77.1801 Devices for overcurrent protection
Section 77.1801-1 Insulation of trolley wires, trolley feeder wires and bare signal wires; guarding of trolley wires and trolley feeder wires
Section 77.1802 Slopes and shafts; approval of plans
Section 77.1900 Compliance with approved slope and shaft sinking plans
Section 77.1900-1 Preshift and onshift inspections; reports
Section 77.1901 Methane and oxygen deficiency tests; approved devices
Section 77.1901-1 Drilling and mucking operations
Section 77.1902 Permissible diesel-powered equipment
Section 77.1902-1 Hoists and hoisting; minimum requirements
Section 77.1903 Communications between slope and shaft bottoms and hoist operators
Section 77.1904 Hoist safeguards; general
Section 77.1905 Hoists; daily inspection
Section 77.1906 Hoist construction; general
Section 77.1907 Hoist installations; use
Section 77.1908 Hoist operation; qualified hoistman
Section 77.1908-1 Explosives and blasting; use of permissible explosives and shot-firing units
Section 77.1909 Use of nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units; approval by Health and Safety District Manager
Section 77.1909-1 Explosives and blasting; general
Section 77.1910 Ventilation of slopes and shafts
Section 77.1911 Ladders and stairways
Section 77.1912 Fire-resistant wood
Section 77.1913 Electrical equipment
Section 77.1914 Storage and handling of combustible materials
Section 77.1915 Welding, cutting, and soldering; fire protection
Section 77.1916 Scope