30 CFR § 50.10 - Immediate notification.

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title: "30 CFR § 50.10 - Immediate notification."
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title_name: "Mineral Resources"
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section_name: "Immediate notification."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, ILLNESSES, EMPLOYMENT, AND PRODUCTION IN MINES"
part_number: "50"
part_name: "NOTIFICATION, INVESTIGATION, REPORTS AND RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, ILLNESSES, EMPLOYMENT, AND COAL PRODUCTION IN MINES"
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authority: "29 U.S.C. 557(a); 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(j), 951, 957, 961."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 65535, Dec. 30, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 50.10 Immediate notification.

The operator shall immediately contact MSHA at once without delay and within 15 minutes at the toll-free number, 1-800-746-1553, once the operator knows or should know that an accident has occurred involving:

(a) A death of an individual at the mine;

(b) An injury of an individual at the mine which has a reasonable potential to cause death;

(c) An entrapment of an individual at the mine which has a reasonable potential to cause death; or

(d) Any other accident.

[74 FR 68919, Dec. 29, 2009]