[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 30, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 30CFR50.1] [Page 252] TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PART 50_NOTIFICATION, INVESTIGATION, REPORTS AND RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, ILLNESSES, EMPLOYMENT, AND COAL PRODUCTION IN MINES--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Sec. 50.1 Purpose and scope. Subpart A_General Sec. 50.1 Purpose and scope. 50.2 Definitions. Subpart B_Notification, Investigation, Preservation of Evidence 50.10 Immediate notification. 50.11 Investigation. 50.12 Preservation of evidence. Subpart C_Reporting of Accidents, Injuries, and Illnesses 50.20 Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1--Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report. 50.20-1 General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1. 50.20-2 Criteria--``Transfer to another job''. 50.20-3 Criteria--Differences between medical treatment and first aid. 50.20-4 Criteria--MSHA Form 7000-1, Section A. 50.20-5 Criteria--MSHA Form 7000-1, Section B. 50.20-6 Criteria--MSHA Form 7000-1, Section C. 50.20-7 Criteria--MSHA Form 7000-1, Section D. Subpart D_Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report 50.30 Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2--Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report. 50.30-1 General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-2. Subpart E_Maintenance of Records; Verification of Information 50.40 Maintenance of records. 50.41 Verification of reports. Authority: 29 U.S.C. 557(a); 30 U.S.C. 951, 957, 961. Source: 42 FR 65535, Dec. 30, 1977, unless otherwise noted. This part 50 implements sections 103(e) and 111 of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, 30 U.S.C. 801 et seq., and sections 4 and 13 of the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act, 30 U.S.C. 721 et seq., and applies to operators of coal, metal, and nonmetallic mines. It requires operators to immediately notify the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) of accidents, requires operators to investigate accidents, and restricts disturbance of accident related areas. This part also requires operators to file reports pertaining to accidents, occupational injuries and occupational illnesses, as well as employment and coal production data, with MSHA, and requires operators to maintain copies of reports at relevant mine offices. The purpose of this part is to implement MSHA's authority to investigate, and to obtain and utilize information pertaining to, accidents, injuries, and illnesses occurring or originating in mines. In utilizing information received under part 50, MSHA will develop rates of injury occurrence (incident rates or IR), on the basis of 200,000 hours of employee exposure (equivalent to 100 employees working 2,000 hours per year). The incidence rate for a particular injury category will be based on the formula: IR = (number of cases x 200,000) divided by hours of employee exposure. MSHA will develop data respecting injury severity using days away from work or days of restricted work activity and the 200,000 hour base as criteria. The severity measure (SM) for a particular injury category will be based on the formula: SM = (sum of days x 200,000) divided by hours of employee exposure. [42 FR 65535, Dec. 30, 1977; 43 FR 1617, Jan. 11, 1978, as amended at 43 FR 12318, Mar. 24, 1978; 71 FR 16666, Apr. 3, 2006] [[Page 253]]