30 CFR § 45.2 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s45.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 45.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "45.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "FILING AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "45"
part_name: "INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 802(d), 957."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 44496, July 1, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "45"
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# 45.2 Definitions.
As used in this part:
(a) *Act* means the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173, as amended by Pub. L. 95-164;
(b) *District Manager* means the District Manager of the Mine Safety and Health Administration District in which the independent contractor is located;
(c) *Independent contractor* means any person, partnership, corporation, subsidiary of a corporation, firm, association or other organization that contracts to perform services or construction at a mine; and,
(d) *Production-operator* means any owner, lessee, or other person who operates, controls or supervises a coal or other mine.