[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR57.4230]

[Page 324]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 57--SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--UNDERGROUND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Fire Prevention and Control
 
Sec. 57.4230  Surface self-propelled equipment.

    (a)(1) Whenever a fire or its effects could impede escape from self-
propelled equipment, a fire extinguisher shall be on the equipment.
    (2) Whenever a fire or its effects would not impede escape from the 
equipment but could affect the escape of other persons in the area, a 
fire extinguisher shall be on the equipment or within 100 feet of the 
equipment.
    (b) A fire suppression system may be used as an alternative to fire 
extinguishers if the system can be manually activated.
    (c) Fire extinguishers or fire suppression systems shall be of a 
type and size that can extinguish fires of any class in their early 
stages which could originate from the equipment's inherent fire hazards. 
Fire extinguishers or manual actuators for the suppression system shall 
be located to permit their use by persons whose escape could be impeded 
by fire.