30 CFR § 45.4 - Independent contractor register.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s45.4"
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title: "30 CFR § 45.4 - Independent contractor register."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "45.4"
section_name: "Independent contractor register."
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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# 45.4 Independent contractor register.

(a) Each independent contractor shall provide the production-operator in writing the following information:

(1) The independent contractor's trade name, business address and business telephone number;

(2) A description of the nature of the work to be performed by the independent contractor and where at the mine the work is to be performed;

(3) The independent contractor's MSHA identification number, if any; and

(4) The independent contractor's address of record for service of citations, or other documents involving the independent contractor.

(b) Each production-operator shall maintain in writing at the mine the information required by paragraph (a) of this section for each independent contractor at the mine. The production-operator shall make this information available to any authorized representative of the Secretary upon request.