[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: 30CFR57.4260]

[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. 57.4260  Underground self-propelled equipment.

    (a) Whenever self-propelled equipment is used underground, a fire 
extinguisher shall be on the equipment. This standard does not apply to 
compressed-air powered equipment without inherent fire hazards.
    (b) A fire suppression system may be used as an alternative to fire 
extinguishers if the system can be manually actuated.
    (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. 
The fire extinguishers or the manual actuator for the suppression system 
shall be readily accessible to the equipment operator.