30 CFR § 50.20
Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1--Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.
(a) Each operator shall maintain at the mine office a supply of MSHA
Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report Form 7000-1. These may be obtained from the MSHA District Office. Each operator shall
report each accident, occupational injury, or occupational illness at the
mine. The principal officer in charge of health and safety at the mine or the
supervisor of the mine area in which an accident or occupational injury
occurs, or an occupational illness may have originated, shall complete or
review the form in accordance with the instructions and criteria in
§§50.20-1 through 50.20-7. If an occupational
illness is diagnosed as being one of those listed in
§50.20-6(b)(7), the operator must report it
under this part. The operator shall mail completed forms to MSHA within ten
working days after an accident or occupational injury occurs or an
occupational illness is diagnosed. When an accident specified in
§50.10 occurs, which does not involve an
occupational injury, sections A, B, and items 5 through 12 of section C of
Form 7000-1 shall be completed and mailed to MSHA in accordance with the
instructions in §50.20-1 and criteria contained
in §§50.20-4 through 50.20-6.
(b) Each operator shall report each occupational injury or
occupational illness on one set of forms. If more than one miner is injured
in the same accident or is affected simultaneously with the same occupational
illness, an operator shall complete a separate set of forms for each miner
affected. To the extent that the form is not self-explanatory, an operator
shall complete the form in accordance with the instructions in
§50.20-1 and criteria contained in
§§50.20-2 through 50.20-7.
(Secs. 103(a) and (h), and 508, Pub. L. 91-173, as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 91
Stat. 1297, 1299, 83 Stat. 803 (30 U.S.C. 801, 813, 957))
[42 FR 65535, Dec. 30, 1977, as amended at 44 FR 52828, Sept. 11, 1979; 60 FR
35692, July 11, 1995]