Title 30

SECTION 75.1405

75.1405 Automatic couplers.

§ 75.1405 Automatic couplers. [Statutory Provisions]

All haulage equipment acquired by an operator of a coal mine on or after March 30, 1971, shall be equipped with automatic couplers which couple by impact and uncouple without the necessity of persons going between the ends of such equipment. All haulage equipment without automatic couplers in use in a mine on March 30, 1970, shall also be so equipped within 4 years after March 30, 1970.

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