Regulations last checked for updates: Oct 18, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: Oct 03, 2024
§ 75.1429 - Guide ropes.

If guide ropes are used in shafts for personnel hoisting applications other than shaft development, the nominal strength (manufacturer's published catalog strength) of the guide rope at installation shall meet the minimum value calculated as follows: Minimum value = Static Load × 5.0.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 811,813,957
source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 30 CFR 75.1429