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30 C.F.R. § 50.20

Section 50.20 - Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1-Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report
Section 50.20 - Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1-Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report

2 Analyses of this regulation by attorneys

  1. Commission ALJ Holds Production Operator Liable for Part 50 Reporting Violation Even Though the Temporary Employment Agency Had Reported the Injury

    Crowell & Moring LLPThomas (Tim) C. MeansJanuary 25, 2013

    Jan.25.2013An administrative law judge ("ALJ") at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission held that a production-operator's responsibility for reporting a temporary employee's injury to MSHA on Form 7000-1 pursuant to 30 CFR § 50.20 was not discharged even though the injured miner's employer (the temp agency) had itself already reported the injury. The case is Dickenson-Russell Coal, VA 2009-430, decided January 16, 2013.The case stems from a 2009 injury to a temporary employee who was operating a roof bolter.

  2. Mixed Signals from MSHA on the Status of Staffing Agencies Under the Mine Act

    Crowell & Moring LLPDaniel W. WolffJune 1, 2014

    By regulation, operators are required to report within 10 days of the occurrence or diagnosis any accident or occupational injury or illness on MSHA Form 7000-1. The relevant language says: "Each operator shall report each accident, occupational injury, or occupational illness at the mine" (30 C.F.R. 50.20(a)). Inasmuch as independent contractors are operators, the reporting obligation extends to them.