Arizona § 27-354 Cross-heads; buckets

Arizona Statutes

§ 27-354 — Cross-heads; buckets

Arizona § 27-354

Title 27Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 3OPERATION OF MINES

Art. 3Hoists, Shafts and Underground Operations

This text of Arizona § 27-354 (Cross-heads; buckets) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Arizona primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 27-354 (2026).

Text

A.Vertical shafts more than two hundred feet deep from which hoisting is done by a bucket shall be provided with suitable guides, and with the bucket a cross-head traveling upon the guides shall be provided. The height of the cross-head shall be at least one and one-half times its width. If the cross-head is a type not secured to the hoisting rope, a stopper of a design approved by the inspector shall be securely and rigidly fastened to the hoisting rope at a suitable point above the rim of the bucket. The number of persons permitted to ride on the deck of a cage, or, in or on a skip or bucket, shall be determined by the inspector and no more than that number shall be allowed to ride.

B.No persons shall ride upon a cage or in or on a skip or bucket when it is loaded with rock or ore, or

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

A. Vertical shafts more than two hundred feet deep from which hoisting is done by a bucket shall be provided with suitable guides, and with the bucket a cross-head traveling upon the guides shall be provided. The height of the cross-head shall be at least one and one-half times its width. If the cross-head is a type not secured to the hoisting rope, a stopper of a design approved by the inspector shall be securely and rigidly fastened to the hoisting rope at a suitable point above the rim of the bucket. The number of persons permitted to ride on the deck of a cage, or, in or on a skip or bucket, shall be determined by the inspector and no more than that number shall be allowed to ride.

B. No persons shall ride upon a cage or in or on a skip or bucket when it is loaded with rock or ore, or when loaded with tools, timber, powder or other material, except for the purpose of assisting in passing it through the shaft.