Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section 36-19-4 - [Effective until 7/1/2024] Notification of Accidents and Occupational Injuries4.1. If an accident as defined in 3.2 or a serious personal injury as defined in 3.3. occurs an operator shall immediately contact the district inspector or the regional inspector at large from the regional Office of Miners= Health, Safety and Training for the area where the mine is located.4.2. Whenever loss of life or personal injury which is determined by the attending physician to have a reasonable potential to cause death shall occur by reason of any accident or occupational injury in or about any coal mine, it shall be the duty of the operator, agent, superintendent or mine foreman to within twenty-four (24) hours report the same in writing to the director of the Office of Miners= Health, Safety and Training.4.3. Whenever any accident or occupational injury occurs in or about any coal mine to any employee or person connected with the mining operation, which does not result in death or injury with a reasonable potential to cause death, the operator, agent, mine superintendent or mine foreman shall, within ten (10) working days, report the same in writing to the director of the Office of Miners= Health, Safety and Training and upon request, to the miner representative within twenty-four (24) hours of submittal, giving full details thereof on forms provided by the department. If the operator is not made immediately aware of the injury, the written accident/injury report shall be submitted within ten (10) working days of the date the operator was notified.