30 CFR § 50.20-5 - Criteria—MSHA Form 7000-1, Section B.

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title: "30 CFR § 50.20-5 - Criteria—MSHA Form 7000-1, Section B."
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title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "50.20-5"
section_name: "Criteria—MSHA Form 7000-1, Section B."
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
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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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# 50.20-5 Criteria—MSHA Form 7000-1, Section B.

(a) This section shall be completed for all accidents immediately reported to MSHA as defined in § 50.10. Circle the code from the following list which best defines the accident:

Code 01—A death of an individual at a mine;

Code 02—An injury to an individual at a mine which has a reasonable potential to cause death;

Code 03—An entrapment of an individual for more than 30 minutes;

Code 04—An unplanned mine inundation by a liquid or gas;

Code 05—An unplanned ignition or explosion of dust or gas;

Code 06—An unplanned mine fire not extinguished within 30 minutes of discovery;

Code 07—An unplanned ignition of a blasting agent or an explosive;

Code 08—An unplanned roof fall at or above the anchorage zone in active workings where roof bolts are in use; or a roof or rib fall on active workings that impairs ventilation or impedes passage;

Code 09—A coal or rock outburst that causes withdrawal of miners or which disrupts regular mining activity for more than one hour;

Code 10—An unstable condition at an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank which requires emergency action in order to prevent failure, or which causes individuals to evacuate an area; or, failure of an impoundment, refuse pile, or culm bank;

Code 11—Damage to hoisting equipment in a shaft or slope which endangers an individual or which interferes with use of the equipment for more than thirty minutes; and

Code 12—An event at a mine which causes death or bodily injury to an individual not at the mine at the time the event occurs.