[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: 30CFR50.12]



[Page 254]

 

                       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 B_Notification, Investigation, Preservation of Evidence

 

Sec.  50.12  Preservation of evidence.



    Unless granted permission by a MSHA District Manager Manager, no 

operator may alter an accident site or an accident related area until 

completion of all investigations pertaining to the accident except to 

the extent necessary to rescue or recover an individual, prevent or 

eliminate an imminent danger, or prevent destruction of mining 

equipment.



[42 FR 65535, Dec. 30, 1977; 43 FR 1617, Jan. 11, 1978, as amended at 69 

FR 26499, May 13, 2004]