{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-56.3131","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 56.3131","heading":"Pit or quarry wall perimeter.","body":"In places where persons work or travel in performing their assigned tasks, loose or unconsolidated material shall be sloped to the angle of repose or stripped back for at least 10 feet from the top of the pit or quarry wall. Other conditions at or near the perimeter of the pit or quarry wall which create a fall-of-material hazard to persons shall be corrected.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER I—MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER K—METAL AND NONMETAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH","PART 56—SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS—SURFACE METAL AND NONMETAL MINES","Subpart B—Ground Control"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"11e1daf44059814f592969c00ea9f13fed05250b1a723675d100f33048f64902","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-56.3130","next":"us/30-cfr-56.3200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}