Report on 30 CFR Rart 50 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Directorate of Technical Support 

December 1986 

PC-7014 

PROGRAM CIRCULAR 

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u. S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration 

4015 Wilson Boulevard 

Arlington, Virginia 22203-1984 

September 28, 1988 

PROGRAM INFORMATION BULLETIN NO.: 88-05 

SUBJECT: Review and Update of Program Circular (PC) 7014-

Report on 30 CFR Part SO 

In early March 1988, a letter was sent to 26,616 addresses 

soliciting comments on the subject report. The Agency received 

514 requests for copies of the PC, and 44 responses containing 

comments and input. The comments were reviewed and analyzed by the Agency. The majority of the comments recommended changes to 

Part SO regulations and consequently were ~eyond the scope and 

purpose of this review. These comments will ~ considered by the 

committee in charge of addressing the Part 50 regulation. 

Other comments pertained to situations or issues not specifically addressed in Part 50 but are consistent with Occupational Safety and Health Administration's {OSHA) definitions and guidelines !or 

injury/illness recordkeeping and reporting. These comments will 

be sent to OSHA for their review and possi~le modification in the 

near future. The Agency is encouraging a joint decision on these 

issues. 

The remaining comments are within the scope of the Part 50 

guidelines, do not jeopardize our commitment to OSHA, pose no 

serious detriment to the integrity of our data collection system, 

and would not seriously impact the current volume of incidents 

reported to us. 

In response to those suggestions and comments, the following additions should be made to your copy of the report (PC-7014). 

The number appearing in parentheses refers to the page on which 

the addition would be appropriate. 

INQUIRIES: 

DISTRIBUTION: 

Robert Nesbit, Chief, Division of Technical 

Compliance and Investigation, Coal Mine 

Safety and Health on (703) 235-1920 

Frank Deli~a, Chief, Division of Safety, Metal 

and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health, on (703) 235-8647 . 

Principal Officials; Coal,. Metal and Nonmetal 

District Offices, Mine Operators, Special 

Interest Groups and Independent Contractors 
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(3) Unplanned Inundation - For the purpose of Part 50 an 

unplanned inundation is immediately reportable when 

there is any disruption of regular mining activity by 

an inrush of liquid or gas. 

(6) In1ury .~ Illness - The basic definition of an 

occupational injury includes those cases which result 

from a work accident or from an exposure involving a 

single instantaneous incident in the w~rk environment. 

Contact with a hot surface or a caustic chemical which 

produces a burn in a single instantaneous moment of 

contact is an injury. Sunburn or welding flash burns 

which result from prolonged or repeated exposure to 

sunrays or welding flashes are considered illnesses. 

Similarly, a one-time blow which damages the tendons 

of the hand is considered an injury, while repeated 

trauma or repetitious movement which produces tenosynovitis is considered an illness. 

~e basic determinant is the single-incident ~capt. 

If the case resulted from something that happened in one instant, it is classified as an injury. If 

the case resulted from something that was not 

instantaneous, such as prolonged exposure to hazardous 

substances or other environmental factors, it is 

considered an illness. 

(9) piagnostic Procedures - A positive X-ray (indicating, for example, a fracture) is sufficient to make a ease 

reportable whether or not medical treatment was, or 

could be, administered (such as, to the small toe). Injuries which result in damage to the physical 

structure of a nonsuperficial nature are not minor, 

and must be reported. 

(16) Report PrOCessing - Additions, corrections, or 

deletions involving either Form 7000-1 or 1000-2 

submi t.ted by an operator or. contractor will be 

evaluated and considered provided such modifications ar~ accompanied by substantive, valid documentation 

and are received by the Denver Safety and Health 

Technology Center no later than Kay 15 of the 

following year. 

(16) Standard tim! Cbarges - Scheduled charges (also known 

as •standard time charges•) are based on an estimate 

of the future loss of productive time brought about by 

an employee's permanent loss of a body member or 

permanent impairment of function. This measurement 

highlights the more serious injuries occurring in the 

mining industry. 
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(23) Cbiropractor - A chiropractor aay perform medical 

treatment or first aid depending on the severity of 

the case. The criterion for reportability does not 

depend upon who provides the treatment but rather the 

nature of the treatment provided. 

(26) ~ Qf Restricted ~ Actiyity - As discussed at 

Question 24, the count of such days is predicated on 

the occurrence of an occupational injury or illness. 

If no injury or illness occurred there is nothing to 

report and "days of restricted work activity" would 

not apply. 

(34) Prosthesis - If the prosthetic device, damaged in a 

minor work injury, is not repaired or replaced by the 

beginning of the employee's next regularly scheduled 

shift, it is presumed that this situation would 

constitute a restriction in the employee's work or 

motion and is reportable as a lost time case which 

involves either/or both days away from work and days of restricted work activity. 

(35) The following change is made to Question 59: 

(59)Q. One of my employees hurt his back on Monday and missed work the next two days. He came 

back on Thursday and so I mailed in a Form 

7000-1. The employee missed work again on 

Friday because of his back problem. How 

should I report this? 

A. An injury may be considered a recurrence only if there is no new event, occurrence or 

accident which contributed to the recurrence 

and there is sufficient medical documentation 

to substantiate that the injury is, in fact, 

only a recurrence. 

The additional time.lost from work must be 

reported, however, by sending the Division of 

Mining Information Systems a duplicate ~ of 

the Form 7000-l which was previously submitted, 

with a statement attached substantiating the 

conditions and indicating the number of 

additional lost workdays. All other instances 
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must be reported as separate cases. It is 

sufficient to be a new reportable case it · work exposure was a contributing factor. 

Aggravation of a previous injury due to the 

work environment will not be considered a 

recurrence, but will be considered a separate 

case. 

(37) Severity RAtes - Two types of severity rates are 

computed: a •severity measure", based on the number 

of lost workdays per 200,000 employee-hours worked; 

and an "average severity", based on the average number 

of lost workdays per disabling injury. In computing both rates, cases resulting in temporary disability 

use the number of lost workdays including both •days 

away from work• and •days of restricted work 

activity." For permanent disability cases, lost 

workdays are derived from a table of •standard" or 

scheduled charges based on the part of body or 

function impaired. 

/J '~. ry . Spicer 

~~in1strator for coal Mine 

Safety and Health 

/¥~1 ~.:.~MJ1J_j,L Marvin w. Nichols, ~. Actinq Administrator for 

Metal and Nonmetal Mine 

Safety and Health 
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Prescription Medication 

Based upon a decision rendered by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review 

Commission, the use of prescription medication in treating an eye injury is reportable 

under 30 CFR Section 50.20-3(aX5). For all other injuries, the Commission ruled that 

the use of prescribed medication alone is not considered "medical treatment" and 

therefore would not by itself require an injury to be reported to MSHA. Prescription 

medicine may be administered orally or by injection or application of medicated pads 

or patches. 

This decision negates or modifies the information contained at the following 

locations in this publication: 

Page 9 • last sentence 

Page 10- first sentence and next to last example 

Page 12 - last sentence of first paragraph 

Page 32 - answer to Question 49 

Page 34 • answer to Question 56 

Page 37 ·answer to question 67 

It is still incumbent upon the operator to determine if injuries occurring on the 

mine property meet the criteria of an "occupational injury" as defined in Section 

50.2(e), to investigate and make reports on such injuries as defined in 50.ll(b), and 

to submit an MSHA Form 7000-1 for each such injury as required under 50.20(a). 
ImPORT OH 3 0 en. PART .50 

by 

Rita J. Weaver and R.hya G. Llewellyn 

Divi•ion of Minins Informaeion Syae .. • 

Safety and Health Te~hnoloiY Center 

Denver, Colorado 
CONT!NTS 

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Accident. Injury. and Illne•• Reportina. 

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Occupational Illne••e• • • • • 

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Medical Treat.ent and lirat Aid. 

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Questions and An.wers on Part SO Reporting • 

Audits • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

Back Injury. • • • . . . • 

Bee/Wasp Stings. Inaect/Aniaal Bites • 

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Contractor Reporting • • • • • • 

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Day• Away from Work. • • • • • • • 

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Druas. Alcohol Influence. Horseplay. 

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rorm 7000-1 Completeness. Tiaeliness • 

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Proatbeaia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 34 

Queationable Injuries. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 34 

lecurre11ce • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 35 

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llipta of w.,. • lailroads • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 36 

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c. Tabulation of Scheduled Cbara•• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 43 

D. Chart of Scheduled Cbaraes. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 44 

I. MSHA Coal Kine Safety and Heal tb Diatrict & Subdiatdct Officea • • 4.5 

1'. MSKA Metal/Honaetal Mine Safety and Health Diatrict & Sub4iatrict 

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UPOltT ON 30 C!'R PAm' 50 

llita J. Weaver!/ and Rhyl G. Llewellyn!/ 

.ABS'l'RACl' 

Titla 30 erR Part SO. promulaatad January 1. 1978. dafin•• the accident. 

injury. illn•••· aaployment and production c~oal} reportin& obliaationl to 

KSBA of operator• workina on mine proparti••· Thi• ~port di•cu•••• 

information pertinent to the reportina requir .. ent• under Part 50 and 

providel additional ~portin& &uidelinel for independent COntractorl UDdar 

Part• 50 and 45. Title 30 en. Part 45 •et• forth tha obliaation• and 

procedure• for identifyina independent contractor• perforaina .. rv1ce1 or 

con•truction at ain••· Thia report al1o discu•••• the procedure• followed 

in proc•••ina the reported data. a da•cription of aoaa ltatiatical 

computation• u.ed in arrivina at incidence and .. verity rat••• and a 

quaation and aniWar •action. 

IH'l'R.OOOCTION 

The report on 30 en. Part 50 waa firat publilhed in 1978 and ravi .. d in 

1980. The preaent raviaion addr••••• question• frequently a1kad over tba 

past •everal year• and include• auidelines for independent contractor•. 

The Part 50 reaulation• require operator• and contractor• to inve•tiaata 

mine accident• and injuria• and report to MSHA tho•• which ... t the 

deacribad reporting -criteria. The reaulationa al•o require operator• and contra~tora to report .. ployment data. 

In order for HSHA to properly analyze accident. injury and illn••• data. it 

ia important that adequate information be .upplied. Thi• infoEa1t1on i• 

required 10 that MSHA aay evaluate and develop aine aafety and health 

•tandarda and proarama which benefit the induatry. Incorrect or incomplete 

reportina on the Quarterly Mine Bmployaent and Coal Production laport (~o~ 

7000-2) or on the Kine Accident. Injury and Illne .. laport (~ora 700G-1) 

cauae• additional unneceaaary work for both MSHA .. ploy••• and aine 

operator•. • laUure to report aay re•ult in citation~ and aonatary 

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Infonaation preaented in thi.t .a:eport iJJ intended to be interpretive and an 

elaboration of the requirement• and policie• of MSHA. 

!/ Chief. Data Interpretation and Kanaaement Branch 

!:/ Chief. Branch of Injury and laployaent Infonaation. 
ACCIDER'l', IHJVRY, AND ILLNBSS UPORTIIC 

Tbe M:iDe Accident, Inju.r:,. and Illne .. Report rom 100o-1 au.-e be coapleted 

for thoae incident• which are defined aa •accidenta•, •occupational 

injudea•. or •occupational illneaaea•. rom 70oo-1 couiata of fouz 

ahaeta, an oriainal end three copiea. The oriainal (paa• 1) auft be uUed 

within 10 workina claJ• of a reportable occurrence to: KSBA, Del'IVer Safety 

and Health Teehnolocr Center (DSRTC), P. o. Boz 25367, Deaver, Colorado 

80225. [A reoraanisation chanaed the oriainatina office froa the Bealth end 

Safety Analyaia Center (cuzrently ahown on the form) to DSBTC. 

Additionally, the foaa'a upiration date of S.pttlllber 1985, baa been 

uteDCled to 1988]. The firft COP1 (paae 2) of the foaa ahall be u1led at 

the ...,. tiae to the appropriate MSRA Diatrict or Subdiftrict Office. If 

the Foaa 700o-1 concema an injury to an •ploy•• and the ntunr-to-cluty 

inforaetion (Section D) ia not bOII'D at that tiae, the •cond copt (paa• 3) 

ahall be ntained b,p the operator until the ntunr-to-duty Woaaat10D ia 

known. The operator wUl then coaplete the data it•• requefted under 

Section D and Nnd the Mcond COP1 to the DSRTC addre.. ahown above. Tbe 

DSHTC office auat be furniahed return-to-duty data. A third copt (paae 4) 

with all rel .. ant data it•• coapleted •hall be retained at the aiDa office 

cloaeat to the aiaa for a period of 5 yeara. Contractor nporta aa, be 

retained where payroll recorda are kept. The principal officer in chara• of 

health and aafety at the aiDe or the aupe.rvuor of the aine area in which an 

accident, inj UJ:Y, or occupational illneu aay have occurred ahall cc:aplete 

or review the coapleted rom 100o-1 uaina the inatructiona and criteria 

cited in 30 CR Part 50.2o-1 through SO. 2o-1. roma 700o-1 aay be obtained 

froa the neareat MSBA Di.-erict or Subdistrict Office (See Appendicea E and 

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DEFINITIONS 

"Miner• aeana aDJ individual workina in a aine. Miner includea workina 

ovnera, partnera, officer• end independent contractor• on aiae aitea. 

"Miae" aeana (a) an area of land froa which ainerala are eztracted in 

nonliquid fora or, if in liquid fora, are eztracted with worker• 

underaround, (b) private waya and roada appurtenant to ncb area, and (c) 

landa, ezcavationa, underaround paaaaaewaya, abafta, alopea, tunnel• and 

workin&•• atructurea, facilitiea, equipaent, aachinea, toola, or otber 

property includina iapoundaent8, retention d .. a, and tailina• ponda, on the 

aurface or underaround, uMd in, or to be uaed in, or reaultina froa the 

work of atractina ncb aiMral• froa their natural depoaita in aon-b.quid 

for.a, or if in liquid foaa, with worker• underaround, or aaed in, or to be 

uaed in. the aillina of auch ainerala, or the work of preparina the coal or 

other ~ral• and .include• cuatoa coal preparation facil1ti••· 

-work of preparina the coal• aeana the breakina. cruahina. aiaina, cleanina. 

waahifta, dryina. aizina. atorina. and loadina of bitu.inoua coal, lianite, 

or mthracite, and ncb other work of preparina coal aa ia uaually done by 

the operator of the coal aine. 

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MSHA lORM 700~1 

lorm 700~1 ia divided into four Section•. A throuah D. Section A relate• 

to identification data: Section B liata the ~paa of accidanta which auat be 

immediately reported to MSBA; Section C auat be coapleted for each 

reportable accident, injury or illne .. : and Section. D pertain• to the .. plc,ee'• zwturft-to-duty infoEaation. 

S!C'l'IOR A - IDENTIFICATION DM.'A. 

Tbia Mction requeata the 7-diait. naeric MSBA ID 'nuaber. the 3-diait, 

alpha-nuaeric contractor ID nuaber (if applicable). the report cateaor:r 

(aetal/nonaetal or coal ainina). tha naae of tha aine where the accident, 

injury or illneaa occurred. the coap~ naae and a boz to check if the 

report pertain• to a contractor. lor contractor•• the contractor naae 

ahould be ahovn in addition to the •company uae". 

SECl'ION B - COMPLETE !'OR EAQl ACCIDENT IMMEDIATELY REPORTABLE TO MSH.A. 

Item 1: lor the purpoae of completina Section B, •accident" aeana: 

1) A death of an individual at a mine. 

2) AD injury to an individual at a aine which baa a reaaonable 

potential to cauae death. 

3) An entrapment of an individual at a aina for aore than 30 ainutea. 

4) An unplanned inundation of a mine b7 a liquid or a••· 

5) An unplanned ianition or czploaion of a•• or duat at a aine. 

6) An unplanned aine fire not eztinauiahed within 30 ainutea of 

diacovery. 

7) An unplanned ianition or ezplo1ion of a blaatina aaent or an 

ezploaive at a mine. 

8) An unplanned roof fall at or above the anchoraae zone in active 

mine workina• where roof bolt• are in uae; or, an unplanned roof 

or rib fall in active mine workina• that iapaira venti1at1on or 

iapedes pesaaae. 

9) A coal or rock outburat that cauae• withdrawal of ainer• or that 

di1rupu reaular ainina activity for aore than one hour. 

10) An un1table condition at an t.poundaent, refuae pile, or cut. bank 

that require• emergency action in order to prevent failure, or 

which cau•e• individual• to evacuate an area; or, failure of an 

iapoundaent, refuae pile or cula bank. 

11) Daaaa• to hoiatins equipment in a •haft or elope that end&naer• an 

individual or that interfere• with u1e of the equipaent for aore 

than 30 ainutea. 

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12) An event at a lline that cau•e• cleath or bodily injury to ac 

individual not on the lline property at the t:iaa tba want occur.. 

Bzaapla•: a detonation of esplo•ive• at a aina which throw• 

a ate rial out aide the lline property, or a baulaae truck which rolla 

off the aine property and cauaea an injury. 

It•• 2, ~. and 4: Pill in the nue of the aina inva.-tiaator, the data tba 

iaveatiaation atartad and the ataps taken to prevent a aiailar accident 

fr011. oecur:dna in the future. 

SBC'riON C - COMPLE'l'l FOR EAQI REPORTABLE ACCIDEH'l', IRJUR'! Oil II.I.RESS 

Thia .. ction auat be coaplated for each reportable occurrence. 

It• S: Where did the accident, injury or Ulna11 oceur'l If it occurred on 

the aurfaca, circle the appropriate code liatad under •(a) Surface 

Location.• If it occurred underground, circle the appropriate code under 

•(b) Vndararound Location.• If it occurred on an undararound working 

aection or working place. circle the appropriate code under •(c) Vndararouna 

Minina Method. • 

It• 6: Enter the date the accident, injury or Ulne11 occurred. Por 

illn•••••• this aay be the date of diagnoais or the data lolt tiaa beaan. 

It• 7: Enter the tiae the accident, injury or Ulnaaa occurred. :le aure 

to check the correct boz (a.m.) or (p.m.). 

It• 8: Inter the tiae the ahift started. Aaain be aure to check the 

appropriate boz (a.a.) or (p.a.). 

It• 9: lor this itc, aine operaton or contracton ahould daacribe fully 

the condition• contributina to the incident and dataraina the daaaaa or 

impairment. What ia required ia an understandable, coaplata narrative on 

the atep-by-atep aaquence of evant• that lad to the incident, a daacription 

of the property damaae and a statement on the number of peraona injured. 

Part 50 providaa the followina detail on the reportina deairad for item 9: 

Daacriba fully the condition• contributing to the accident 

and quantify the d .. age or iapairaent. Daacriba what 

happened and the reaaons therefore, idanti~ the factora 

which lad or contributed to the accident, and identify an, 

daaaae or iapairaant to the llinina operation. The narrative 

ahall clearly apecify the actual cauae or cauaaa of the 

accident, and aball include the follovina: (i) Whether the 

accident involved any aapect of compliance with rulea end 

reaulationa; (ii) Whether the accident involved aina 

equipment or the llinin& IY•tem: (iii) Whether the accident 

iavolved job ailla and ainar proficiency. trdnina and 

attitude: and (iv) Whether the accident involved protective 

item• relatina to clothina. or protective clevicaa on 

equipment. 

It• 10: If equipment waa involved, the type of equipment, aanufacturar, 

and aodel number ahould be identified. Thia is aoat iaportant for 

analytical atudies. 

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Itaa 11: Enter the name(a) of any witneaa(ea) to the incident. 

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • * * • • • * * * * 

The injurie• and illne•••• addreaaed in the ~ainder of thia aection are 

occupational injuriea and illn•••••· An •occupational injury• ia eny injuzy 

to an emplo,ee which occur• at a aine for which .. dical traataant t. 

adainiatered, or which result• in death or lou of conaciouaDe .. , iubillty 

to perfom all job clutiea on any day after the injury, reatriction of work 

or aotion, loat workday•, taaporary uaianaent to other dutie• on .a, day 

after the injury, tranafer to another job, or ta.atiution. •occupational 

illn•••• ia en illn••• or diaeaae of an .. plo,ee which a.,y bave naultad 

from work at a aine or for which en •ard of ccapenaat2.on ia .. de. 

It• 12: Indicate the nuaber of reportable injuria• or illneaaea naultina 

from the occurrence. If the report u aade on a •accident• luted in 

Section B, and no reportable injuria• or illne .. e• occurred, item 12 abould 

ahow •none"; the remainina q,uaationa in Section C ud aeve .. l of the 

q,ueationa in Section D are not applicable. If one or aora injuria• or 

illn• .. •• reaulted from the incident reported, a aeparate rom 700G-1 aut 

be completed and aailad to MSBA for each injured or ill peraon. 

Item 13 throuah 15: State the name, au and data of birth of the injured or 

ill .. ploy••· 

It• 16: State the last four di&ita of the affected worker'• Social 

Security Ruaber. 

ltet!l 17: State the •ployee'• •regular job title.• Thia ehould not be 

confuaed with the worker' • activity at the t:i.ae of the incident; for 

example, a aechanic who waa injured while aparatina a front-end loader would 

be reported •• a -.achanic11 1 not a "loader-ioperator". Worker activ1ty ia 

requeated in item 24. 

It•• 18 and 19: Check theae item• if the injury or illne .. reaulted in 

deeth or peraanent diaability. 

It• 20: What directly inflicted the injul? or illne .. t Eumplea: 

injurie• infl2-cted by a bucket on a front-elncl loader, • power ahcwel cable, 

a roller on a coDVeyor belt .,atem, a bladel on a clo&er, etc. 

It• 21: Report the nature of the injury E. illneaa by na.ina the illna ... 

or, for injuriea, by uaing comaon aedicel t .at• ncb u puncture wound, 

third dearee burn, fracture, etc. lor aul t pla inj ud.ea, ttaa the injury 

which waa the aoat aerious. Do not uae •a n&l•••• aaneral tam• ncb u 

"hurt•, •aora•. •aick", etc. ' 

It• 22: What part of the body waa injured! or affected! If aore than ODe 

part of the body waa involved, nae the par.· with the aoat aeriou injury. 

lor aaaple, U an injured •plo,ee baa a b iaed finaer and a broken ankle, 

write "ankle.• If the injured •ployee auf ered an aputation, nae tbe 

specific part loat. If finger(s) or toe(a)1are .. putated, tvo it-• of 

inforaation are needed: (1) n .. e the finget(a) or toe(a) tavolved; (2) 

atate at which phalanae(a)/joint(a) the aputation occurred. Refer to 

Appendb D for a chart of acheduled chara•• for the hand .and foot. 

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lt .. 23: Occupational illnea.-circle the!CO:de which aoat accurately 

deacribea the cateaory of the illneas. Occu~ational illneaaea are 

diatin&uiabed frca :injuriea b)' the fact tbat; they do not nault frca 

accidents or inatantaneous ainsle incident• ~ut rather from .ztended 

apoaure. Some illness .. under codes 21 and\ 24 aay occur ~tar nlat2.vely 

abort azpoaure1 however, tbe pbysicloaical reaction to auch ~poaure ia DOt 

inatantaneoua and therefore they are c:onaidefed illn••••• rather than 

injuria•. lzaaplea of occupational i1lne .. e, follow. a.eaber, tbia lin 

ia DOt coaprehenaive and ia intended to Jiveitb• reader an idea of the ranae 

of Ulna•••• wbicb aay occur in the work envirol'lllent. 

Code 21--Qecupational Skin Diseases or piaordera. lzaaplea: Contact 

dematitia, eczema, or raah caused by pr:lany irritant• and Huit:i.zers 

or poisonoua planta: oil acne: chrome Ulcera: cheaical burna or 

inflaamationa. (tiaaue daaaae only, re~ultina from a thermal or 

ch-.ical burn b claaaified u an injuD[• not an illna .. ). 

Code 22--Duat Diaeaaea of the Lun • (Pn umcconioaes). lzaaplas: 

Silicoaia, asbeatoaia, coal workers' p uaoc:oniosia, and other 

pneumoc:onioaea. I 

Code 23--Reapir.tory Conditione Due to ~o::dc yenta. lzaaplea: 

Paeumonitis, pharynaitis, rhinitia or a~ute conaeation due to 

cta.icals, duet a, aaae •· or fumes. : 

Code 24--Poiaonin stemic Effect• of oxic Materials • Bxaaplea: 

Poilon:i.na by: lead, aercury • cadmium, a aenic, or otbe.r aetala, carbon 

monoxide. hydroaen sulfide or other a•••~: benzol, carbon 

tetrachloride, or other organic solvent•~ insecticide 1pr.ya auch u 

parathion. lead arsenate; poiaonina by other chemical• auch u 

formaldehyde. plastic• and resina. 

(Other than toxic Materials). 

lzaaplea: Heatstroke, aunatroke. heat austion and other effect• of 

enviroaaental heat: freuina. frostbit'• r· d effecu of exposure to low 

temperatures; caisaon disease: effects o ionizing radiation (radon 

dau&hters, non-medical, non-therapeutic: -Rays, radium): effect• of 

nonionizins radiation (weldina flash, ul~raviolet rays, aicrowavea, 

aunburn). 

Code 26--Disorders Aaaoc:iated with Repea~ed Trauma. lzaaplea: Noiseinduced bearina loss; .,-novitis, tanoaynovitia, and bur.itia; a.ynaud's 

pbenaaena; and other conditionrdue to ~peated motion, vibrat2.on, or pre&~~care. Tbia catesory b only approprilate for thoae conditione which 

beve been diasnoaed u inflaaaatioe-type ~lneaaes and noiae-induced 

hearina loss which occurred over a prolonled d.y-in day-out azpoaure to 

the work environment. Do not include inc~denta that produce 1prains or 

atraina or other conditions aerely becaua~ the •ployee ia unable to 

recall • apec:ific: event of the d.y nlati*'& to the injury. Theae are 

aenerally brousht on ~ a ain&le aoveaent or occurrence. 

Code 29--All Other Occupational Ulnease•l· lzaplea: lnfectioua 

hepatitis. aalianant and benisn tumors, af:Jy fona of cancer. kidney 

diseaaea, food poisonina. histopla .. oaia. 

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MOTE: Conditions resultins frc::. animal bites. aucb u inaect or anake 

'E'li'es are couidered to be injuries. 

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It: am 24: Daacriba tba euct activity the inj urad •PlGJ•• wu perfomina 

when be/aha waa injured or firat: noticed ayaptoaa of the ill•••· baplaa: 

drivina • front-aDd loader: pullina an eneraizad povar cable vitb bare 

banda: ridina on tba aida of baulaaa equipaent: backina a do&ar down a reap' 

at:c. 

It• 25: Indicate tba nuaber of yaara and/or vaaka of a:parianc:a in the job 

title reported in It .. 17. 

Itea 26: Indicate tba nuaber of yaara and/or vaaka tba injured/ill peraon 

waa •PlGJad at: tbia operation. 

It• 27: Indicate the •PlGJ••'• total ainina azparianca- include 

azperianca at tbia operation and all azparianca at pravioua ainina operatio~:U~. 

SBC'l'ION D - ll!TURN '1'0 DUTY IBJ'OllMATION. 

Item 28: Check tbia ite if the worker'• eplGyaant wu ta.aainatad or if 

the •PlGJ•• wu peraanently tranafarred to another reaular job aa a direct 

reault of the occupational iajuzy or occupational illnaaa. 

Ite 29: Show the date that the injured or ill paraon returned to bia or 

bar regular job at full capacity (not to raatric:tad work activity) or waa 

tranaferrad or tarainatad. 

It• 30: Enter the nlaber of workdaya, conaac:utiva or not, that lJ!! 

employee would bave worked but could not bacauaa of the occupational injury 

or illna... The nuaber of daya way from work abould not include the day of 

injury or onaet of illneaa or aay dtiJ• that the •plo,aa would not bava 

worked evan though able to work. If an •plGyae loaea a day frca work 

aolaly bacauae of tba unavailability of profaaaional .. dical paraODDal for 

initial obaarvation or treatment and not aa a direct conaaquanca of the 

injury or Ulna... the day abould not ba counted aa a day •ay frca work. 

If an emplo,ae, who ia acbeduled to work KondtiJ tbroup Frid&J, ia injured 

on FridtiJ and return• to work on Monday. the caaa doaa not ta.olve aay "Daya 

Away From Work" even if the cplo,ae waa unable to work on Saturday or 

Sunday. If tbia aue •plo,aa bad bean acbedulad to work on Saturday. even 

if that Saturday conatitutad ovartiae, the Saturday would be counted in tba 

"DtiJ• Awtl)' Frca Work•, and the caaa would be claaaified u a t.oat Workday 

Caae. An injured or ill cployae cannot evoid acc1a1.ulatina loat workd!ta by 

bains placed on vacation or eeraonal lene. If tba •plo,ae bad bean 

acheduled to work, the day• the •plo,aa loat due to hia or her iaju.w:y or 

illnaaa would be counted aa loat workdaya. Do not include :Ln the loat 

workday count bolidaya or any daya on which the aina vaa not oparatina for 

any reaaon. 

lor an eployaa not bavina a naularly achadulad abift, it .., ba Mc:aaaazy 

to animate the nuaber of loat workday a. An aatiaata of the -bar of dtiJ • 

that the amplo,ee would bave worked abould take into account tba prior vork 

biato.w:y of the •plo,ae and daya vorkad by fallow •plGJ••• in the aaaa area 

or occupation. 

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.a.11 11011• ca•••• aa 1n:.11u:ed or ill •ploy•• aay ai•• one or aon ~~eheclulecl 

cl..,a or ah~t• a~~cl it will •• uncertain il the •ployee waa truly unable to 

work OD th• clay• at .. ecl. Situatiou aay arue when a pbydcie11 collCl.uclea 

that the •ploy•• i8 able to work but the •ploy•• feel• that be or abe ia 

not ole. Ill IIUCh ill•tancea. the •ployer ahoulcl •ake the final juclpaent 

baaecl on all .vailable .viclence. Siailarly. if a cloctor tell• the .. plo,•• 

to take tiae off and the caapany requeau a Mconcl opinion. ancl the Mcond 

cloctor • ..,. the •ploy•• caD ntun. to work. it woulcl be the •ployer• • 

cleci1ioa &I to vbla the .. pla,ee V&l able to return to vork. 

It• 31: Enter the maber of c~.,.. of natdctecl work activity. Th••• are 

the n1aber of vorkclaya. conHcutive or not. on which. becauH of the 

occupational illjui:'J or illaeaa: 

(1) The •plo,•• waa aaaiaucl to another job on a t•porary baaia; or-

(2) The •ploy•• workecl at a pemanent job 1••• than full time; or 

coulcl not perfora all upecta of the job whether nquirecl to or 

not; or-

(3) 'l'h• •Plo.r•• workecl at a pemauntly aadanecl job but coulcl not 

perfom all the clutiea noraally connected with it. 

'l'h• maber of claya of reatric:tecl work activity ahoulcl not illclucle the clay of 

the inj u.q or onHt of illn•••• or any clay• the .. ploy•• clicl not work nan 

thouah ole to work. If a~~ injuracl or ill •ploy•• receive• acheclulecl 

follow-up aeclical treataent or obaervation which naulta in the loaa of part 

or all of a workclay aolely ••cauae of the unavailability of profeaaional 

aeclic:al peraonnel. it will not be countacl aa a clay of n•trictecl work 

activity. Daya of reatdc:tecl work activity eel aa tha reault of any of tha 

follovina: (a) 'l'he •ploy•• returna to hia or bar naularly achaclulecl job 

ancl perforaa all of ita clutiaa for a full clay or ahift; (b) The •ploy•• u 

paraanently tranaferrecl to another pemanent job. (If thia bappeu. evan 

thoup tha •ployae coulcl not perfora hia or her odainal job any lonaar. 

tha clay• of reatdctecl work activity will atop). or (c) 'l'he •plo,H u 

taaainatecl or la avaa the aine. 

Return-to-cluty inforaation ia a•nertlly available within the to-clay 

raportina requir•ent: however. acae occurrencea reault in illjuriea ancl 

illn••••• which are of lonaer duration. After the .. plo,•• return• to work 

at full capacity or a final cliapodtion of the caae ia •acla (••I•. tran•f•r 

or tamination of .. ploy .. nt). the operator ahall coaplete Section D ancl 

aaU paa• 3 within 5 workina clay• to DSI:ITC. 'l'he oriainal of thia fora 

ahoulcl be uilecl to DSI:ITC within 10 clay• of 'tha inciclent naarcll••• of the 

lenath of tiaa the .. plo,ee ia .. ay froa work. 

The Dame of tha peraon coapletina thia fora auat be enterecl at tbe bottaa 

follovacl bJ tha elate on which the report waa preparacl. A talaphou ouabar 

incluclina area cocle u raqueatecl ao that tha paraon aay be contacted if ~ 

quaation ariaea with reaarcl to the caaplatacl fora. 

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MEDICAL 'l"UA7MENT AND !'IR.ST AID 

Medically treated injuriea are reportable. lint-aid injuriea are DOt 

reportable provided there are DO loat workday•. reatricted work activity or 

tranafer becauae of the injury. 

Medical treatment doea not include firat-aid treatment (one-tiae treataent 

and aubaequent obaervation of ainor acratchea. cvta. burna. aplintera. and 

ao forth. which do DOt ordinarlly require aedical care) even if it waa 

provided ~ a phyaician or a reaiatered profeaaional peraon. 

What follow• ia a diacuaaion of diaanoatic procedure• and prevent1ve 

procedure• and treatments. and a diacuasion of aedical and firat-aid 

treatment. It ia DOt poaaible to liat all type• of .. dical procedure• and 

treatment• and on that basi• alone determine whether firat aid or aedical 

treataent waa involved. The :lllportant point to be IJtreaaed ia that the 

deciaion a• to whether a caae involves aedical treatment ahould be aade on 

the baaia of whether the caae normally would require medical treatment. The 

deciaion cannot be made on the baaia of who treat• the caae. Firat aid can 

be administered ~ a physician or another medical peraon and aedical 

treatment can be administered ~ aaaeone other than a phyaician. 

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES 

Hoapitalization for obaervation, where no medical treatment ia eendered, 

other than first aid. ia not considered medical treatment. However. if the 

employee miuea any part of hh or her ne:z:t acheduled ahift, the caae would 

become reportable becauae of loat workdays. 

Visit• to a physician or nvrae for obaervation only or for a routine chance 

of dreasina are ~ considered medical treatment. 

X-r!Y e:z:amination for poasible fracture. dislocation. etc •• ia considered a 

diaanostic procedure and as such ia neither medical treatment nor firat aid. 

If the X-ray is neaative, the case is not reportable, unle .. the injury 

required other medical treatment or met one of the other criteria for 

reportability. If the X-ray is positive, the caae ia zeportable. 

Physical e:z:amination in itaelf is merely diaanoatic and ia ~ considered 

aedical treatment. 

Reactions to or aide effect• from diaanoatic procedure•. which are 

nec .. aitated ~ a work-related injury or Ulne .. are reportable. 

PREVENTIVE PROCEDURES AND TR.!ATMIN'l'S 

Tetanua ahota--Both initial tetanua ahota and booater• are considered 

preventive in nature and are~ ~ themselvea conaidered aedical treatment. 

However. treatment of • reaction to a tetanua ahot adminiatered becauae of a 

work injury ~ be considered medical treatment. and would aake the ca .. 

reportable. 

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Preacription medication--Anr u.. of prescription medication noraa11y 

conatitutea .. dical treataent. However. it abould be conaidered firat aid 

when a ains1• doae or application of a preacriptiOft medication i8 aiven on 

the firat viait aerely for tbe relief of pain or .. prevent~v• treataent for 

a ainor injuq. 'l'bia aituation aay occur at facilitiea bavina diapenaadea 

atocked with preacription medication• frequently uaed for preventive 

treataent and relief of pain end attended ~ a pbyaician or a nurae 

operatina under the atandina order• of a pbyaician. The adainiatration of 

nonpreacription aedication in aiailar circuaatancea would be considered 

f:i.r1t aiel. 

Ointaenta and aalvea--Tbe application of ointaent• and aalvea to prevent tbe 

dryina or crackina of &kin aay be conaidered firat aid. 

Antiaeptica and dreaainas--Tbe application of antiaeptica to a ainor injuq. 

which doea not itaelf require medical treataent 1 m-r be conaidered firat 

aid. Additional c1eanaina and application of antiaeptica conatitutea firat 

aid if it ia aeceaaitated ~ work dutiea that aoil the dreaaina•· 

Preventive medication--Reaction to preventive medication (not administered 

becauae of an occupational injury or illneaa) adainiatered at work (auc:h .. flu ahota) would not conatitute a reportable caae. 

Off-the-job caaea--Treatllent at work of off-the-job injudea and illnea .. a 

ia not reportable. 

THB !'OLLOWIIG AR.I CX>NSIDERBD MBDICAI. TUA.TMBNT: 

-Suturina (atitchin&) of ~ wound. Butterfly atitchea are conaidered 

medical treataent ezcept in tbe few instance• where thia .. tbod of cloain& a 

wound baa been Hlected for co•etic reaaona only. 

-Treataent of fracturea. 

-Application of a caat. aplint1 or other profeasional meana of ~obili&ina 

an injured part of tbe body. 

-Treatment of infection reaultina f~ a work injury. 

-Treataent of a bruiae by the drainage of blood. 

-Surgical debridement (the removal of foreian aaterial and dead or 

cont•inated ti .. ue). 'l'bia r:equirea atenaive care and treataent. 'l'hia 

doea not include ezciaina tbe outer 1-rer of akin. 

-Treataent of abraaiona tbat occur at areater than full akin depth. 

-Uae of preacription mediciaea. other tban a aingle do.. or application 

aiven on the firat viait for the relief of pain. 

-Treatment of .. cond- and third-degree burna ia alaoat alw-r• medical 

treatment. 

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M!DICAL 'l"R.!.ATM!NT AND FIRST AID !OR C:ZRTAIN T!PES OF IRJVRDS· 

Abrasion. Firat-aid treatment i• liaited to cleaning a wound, aoaking, 

applying antiaeptica, nonpreacrip~ion aedication and bandage• on the firat 

viait. Follow-up viaita are limited to obaervation including cbanging the 

dreaaing end bandagea. Additional cleaning and application of ant~aeptica 

conatitutea firat aid where it ia nece .. itated bJ work dutiea that ao11 the 

bandage. Medical treatment incluclea exaination for raoval of mbedcled 

foreign aaterial, multiple ~akinga, whirlpool treataent, ~reataent of 

infeetion, or other profeaaional treatment• end ~ treataent iavolviaa aore 

than a ainor, apot-type injury. Treataent of abraaiona occurring at greater 

than full akin depth is conaidered aedical treatment. 

Bruiaea. lirat-aid treatment ia limited to a ainale ~akina or application 

of cold coapreaaea, and follow-up visita if th'7 are limited oaly to 

observation. Medical treatment include• aultiple 10akinga, draining of 

collected blood, or other treatment beyond aere obaervation. 

Burns, thermal and chemical (reaulting in the deatruction of tiaaue by 

direct contect). First-aid treatment ia limited to cleanina or fluahina the 

aurface, aoakina. applying cold compreaaes, antiaeptica or nonpreacription 

aedicationa, and bandaaing on the first viait. lollow-up viaita are liaited 

to obaervation, changing bandage•, or additional cleanina. MOat firatdegree bu~ only require firat-aid treatment. Medical treatment include• a 

aerie• of treatment• including aoaka, whirlpool, akin arafta, and auraical 

debridement. Moat second-and third-degree burna require aedical t~eataent. 

Cuts and lacerations. First-aid treatment ia the aaae aa for &braaiona 

except the application of butterfly cloaurea for coaaetic purpoaea only aay 

be conaidered firat aid. Medical treatment include• the application of 

butterfly cloaurea for noncoaaetic purpoaea, auturea (atitchea), auraical 

debridement, treatment of infection, or other phyaician-type treatment. 

Eye injuries. First-aid treatment ia limited to irriaation, removal of 

foreign aaterial not imbedded in the eye, and application of nonpreacription 

aedicationa. A precautionary diagnostic viait (apecial ezaaination) to a 

physician is considered aa fir•~ aid if the treataent ia limited to the 

above items. Follow-up visit• are liaited to obaezvation only. Medical 

treatment caaea involve removal of iabedded foreian objecta, uae of 

prescription aedications, or other phyaician-type treatment. 

Inhalation of toxic or corroaive sasea. Firat-aid treatment ia liaited to 

removal of ~he employee to freah air or the one-tiae adainiatration of 

ozygen for ..veral ainutea. Medical treatment conaiata of ~ profeaaional 

treatment beyond that aentioned under firat aid and all caaea iavolving lo•• 

of conaciouanesa. 

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Foreisn objecta. Pirat-aid treatment ia l~ited to cleanina the wound. 

r .. oval of ·~ foreian object b7 tweezer• or other a~ple technique•. 

application of antiaeptica and nonpreacription medication•. and bandaaina on 

the firat viait. Follow-up viaita are l~ited to obaervation includins 

chanaina of band•a••· Additional cleanins and application of antiaeptic 

conatitute firat aid where it is neceaaitated by work dutiea that aoil the 

bandaae. Medical treatment coMiata of the removal of .ny foreian object by 

a phyaician due to the depth of iabedment. the aize or ahape of the object. 

or the location of wound. Treatment for infection. treataent of a reaction 

to tetiDUI boolter. or othlr profeaaional treataent ia coa.idered aedical 

trea'tllent. 

Spraina and atraina. Fi1'8t-aid treatment ia l~ited to aoakina. application 

of bot or cold caapr•••••• and u.e of elaatic bandaaea on the firat viait. 

Follow-up viaita for obaerration. includina reapplyina bandaa••· are firat 

aid. Medical treatment iDcludea a aerie• of hot and/or cold aoaka. uae of 

whirlpool•. diatber.y treataent. or other profeaaional treataenta. 

MSHA FORM 700Q-2 

The quarterly Mine laplOJ'!Int and Coal Production Report (Fona 700o-2) 

muat be completed bJ each operator of a mine in which ~ individual worked 

durina ·~ d_,- of a calendar quarter or by a independent contractor workina 

on aine property and meetina the reportina requirement• under 30 CPR. Part 45 

auidelinea. To miniaiz:e the burden of quarterly •ployment .nportina for 

contractor•. each contractor only need• to complete one KSHA FoEll 7000-2 for 

all work done on coal propertiea and one Form 700o-2 for all work done on 

aetal/nonaetal propertiea. Bach operator of a coal-producina aine and each 

coal-producina independent contractor ahall alao report coal production on 

Foz:a 100o-2. The oriainal fom ahall be aubllitted to: MSHA. Safety and 

Health Technolo11 Center, P. o. Joz 25367. Denver. Colorado 80225. within 15 

daya after the end of each calendar quarter: Calendar quarter• nd on the 

last clay of March. June. Sept•ber and Dec•ber. lach operator ahall retain 

their copy of FoEll 7000-2 at the mine office Deareat the aine for five yeara 

after the aubaiaaion date. lach independent contractor ahall retain their 

copy of PoEm 700o-2 at the office where forma are received. Poaa 700o-2 ia 

a DATA-MAILER. which ia mailed to each Iaine operator and independent 

contractor at the end of .. ch quarter with aufficient t~e to aubait the 

fom to MSHA. Extra copiu. if needed, of l'ona 100o-2 may be obtained froa 

MSRA Diatrict or Subdiatrict officea. (See Appendicea I and F). Preprinted 

DATA-MAILIR.S ahov 1oae coapleted data it•• for the Iaine 1pecified. The 

ccapleted data it•• inclade: MSHA identification nuaber. the calendar 

quarter for which the report ia intended, the county where the aine ia 

located. the nqe of the atne. coapany nee. mail ina addre11. and coded 

deaianationa for aub-unit• previou•ly reported by the mine operator. DATA 

MAILIIS 1ent to independent contractor• differ aliahtly on two it .. •: 

county and operation name• •hovn encoapaaa all countie• and all ainina 

operation& an independent contractor worked durina the quarter. 

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CON'l'ENT or KSBA J'ORM 700o-2 

KSHA l. D. .,_ber is the 7-disit aaaber usianed by MSBA to the aine 

operation and, when applicable,.tbe 3-disit aaaber usianed to an 

independent contractor. Questions reaardina the I. D. nuaber(•) to u.e 

•hould be directed to the appropriate MSHA Di•trict or Subdi•trict Office. 

(See Appendice• I and !) • 

Calendar Quarter: The fint calendar quarter .ill Januazy, february and 

March: aecond quarter ia April, M.y, and June: third quarter ia July, 

Auaun, and Sept•ber: and fourth quarter ia October, Joveaber, and 

Dec•ber. 

County ia the naae of the county, borouab, or independent city in which the 

operation i• located. Independent contractor• can work in varioua count1ea. 

Qperation ~e .ill the apecific name of the mine or plant to which the MSBA 

I. D. n\lllber vas auianed and for which the quarterly •ployaent nport .ill 

beina aubmitted. Independent contractors' operation aaae refer• to all the 

ainina operation• at which the contractor worked. 

Compapr Naae is the name of the operatina coapa~ to which the au~itted 

report pertaiu. 

Mailins Address is the addr••• of the mine office where the quarterly 

employment report is to be retained. 

Per•ons Working, Empl2fee Hours, and Coal Production--

(l) Qperation Sub-Unita 

Underground mine operation• ahould report .. ployment and houravorked data on amployees workina underaround on the firat line 

(Code 1). Coal mine operaton and independent contractor• ahould 

report •hort ton• of clean coal produced fro. underaround 

operations on thia line. If there are anr .. ploy••• workina at 

aqv time durin& the quarter in asaociated aurface abo a and arda 

(except at mill operations, preparation planta, or breaker• at 

the underground mine, report data on thoae amployeea on the aecond 

line (Code 02). Report data on officeworkerl on line 10 (Code 

99). 

Strip, Open Pit mine, or Quar!Y operation• ahould report data on 

•ployees vorkina at the aurface aine on the third line (Code 03). 

Include asaociated abop and yard •ploye... Coal aine operator• 

and independent contractors ahould report abort tou of clean coal 

produced froe strip ainina on this line. Report data OD 

officevorken on line 10 (Code 99). 

Auger a:~.nea (coal only) report elate on •ployeea ud abort tou of 

clean coal produced on the fourth line (Code 04). Include 

associated abop and yard •ployees. leport data Oil officevorkera 

on line 10 (Code 99). 

Culm bank or refuae pile operation• (coal only l report data Oil 

eaployees and abort tons of clean coal produced on the fifth l~ne 

(Code 05). Include aaaociated ahop and yard .. ployees. Report 

data on officeworken on line 10 (Code 99). 

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»reds• operation• report data on .. pla,eea on the aizth line (Code 

06). laployeea included are thoae on the dredae and all -

aaaociatad plant, ahop, and yard .. ploy•••• both dredae and land 

baaed. Coal dredae operators ahould report abort toaa of clean 

coal produced fr011 dredaina on thia line. Report data oa 

officeworkera oa line 10 (Code 99). 

Other aurface aine operatiou (aatal/noraatal only) not included 

above should report •pla,mant and houra-vorbd data oa the 

•neath li.De (Code 12). Include uaociated ahop end yard 

eaployeaa. Report data em officevorkera on line 10 (Coda 99). 

Sand and sraval oparatioaa ahould report •ployaent and hour.-

worked data under line 3 (Code 03) or line 6 (Code 06) •• 

appropriate ezcept for officevorkera, which ahould be reported on 

line 10 (Code 99). 

Independent ahopa or yards or both are thoae operation• DDt 

aaaociated directly with a apecific ainina operation. Such 

operation• have a unique MSHA ID number which ia DOt ahared with 

any other ainina activity. Report data on th••• •ploy••• on the 

eipth line (Code 17) and on officevorkara on line 10 (Code 99). 

Procaaaina plants, mill operationa, preparation planta, or 

braakera report data on all •ploy••• on the ninth line (Code 30). 

Include cruahina. aizina. arindina. concantratina. and aaaociatad 

a hop a and y arda that are not a part of any IIi nina operation and 

not reported under any of the above ca.taaoriaa. Sand and araval 

operatioaa ahould only report under Codaa 03, 06, or 99. 

Officevorkara (all profaaaional and clerical peraonnal at the aina 

or plant) ahould be reported on line tan (Coda 99). 

(2) Avarase nuaber of parson• workin& durin& quarter--Show the avaraa• 

nuaber of .. plo,aaa or other persona workina on the payroll clurina 

all active periods in the quarter. Include all cla .. aa of 

.. ploy••• (supervisory, profasaional, technical, proprietors, 

owners, operators, partnera, and •rvica personnel) on your 

p_,roll, full or part-tiaa. UPOKl' &AQI !KPLOYIB UNDER ORB SIBUNIT ONLY. Por aapla: If one or aora peraona work in the aine 

and the aill or office, report data on thea to the auDunit where 

they apencl !!!! of their tiae. If neceaaaq, you • ., eatiaate for 

the aaj or activity. Tba averaa• -bar of •ploy••• • ., be 

ccaputed by adelia& toaether the nuabar of •ployeea workina cludna 

each pay period and then clividina by the nuabar of p., pedoda. 

Do aot include in the count thoae pay periods where DD one worked. 

We can uae •• an ezapla a quarter with 'five ~ periocla where 

•ploy••• worked, and the nuabar of •pla,••• ia each ~ period 

waa 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15 r .. pectively. To c011pute tha averaae. 

add the nuaber of •pla,••• workina each p., period 

(10+12+13+14+15=64): divide by the nuabar of p., period• (64 

divided by S 1: 12.8). Roundina 12.8 to the a .. reat whole -bar. 

we a•t 13 •• the averaae nuaber of penon• vorkina. 

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(3) Total cployee-bouu worked during the guarter-Show the total 

actual hours worked by alJ. •ployetjs for the aubunit nported 

durin& the quarter covered. lnclu. all dae where the •ployee 

waa actually on duty: e:r;cl ude vacation, holiday. aick lena, and 

all other off-duty tille, even thouJib paid for. Make certain that 

each cwertiae hour i.e reported as ~· hour, and not u the 

overt:iae p.y aultiple for an hour of work. The houra nported 

ahould be obtained from payroll or other t:iae ncorda. If actual 

houra are not available. they aay be .. tiaated on the baaia of 

acheduled hours. Hake certain not to include hours p.id for but 

DOt worked: 1ueb a1 vacation, aick leave, peraonal leave or ~· 

away frcm work due to work-related injuriea. Do not include tiae 

•pant on mine property outside of naularly acheduled ahifta. 

i. •·. batbhouaa. parkin& lot. etc. 

(4) Production of clean coal (abort tons)--Tbia .. ction ia to be 

co-plated only by operator• of underground or surface coal ainaa. 

or independent contractor• eztracting coal, but not b7 oparatora 

of central or independent coal preparation plant• or operator• of 

aetal or nonmetal mines. Agreement ahould be made between 

2roduction operators and independent contractor• ao that coal 

produced is not double reported. Enter the total production of 

clean coal from the mine. The production figure muat include coal 

ahippad from the aine and coal uaed for fuel at the aine, but 

a:r;clude refuae and coal produced at another aine and purchaaed for 

un at the mine. 

Other Reportable Data. Indicate the number of MSaA reportable injuries or 

illnesses occurring at your operation dur1n1 the guarter covered by thia 

report. If none occurred. write •on or "none". This data ia croaachecked 

for compatability throuah computer output aaainat the 700Q-1 forma that are 

filed. Show the name, title. and telephone nuaber. including the area code 

of the peraon to be contacted regardin& data on thia report, and ahow the 

date that thia nport waa completed. 

REPORT PROCESSING 

Each report document received is asaigned a control number and then 

microfilmed. The procedure permits rapid recovery of original document data 

which may be needed for analyais or other uaea. leport foraa with 

diacrepanciea will be aant to the aine operator or the Diatrict or 

Subdiatrict office ao that enforcement peraonnel may determine needed 

changes or additions after conaultina with mine officiela. 

Since rom 700o-2 ia a preprinted DM'AMAILER. oaly data on the ain:f.na 

operation identified b7 the preprinted 7-di&it identitication nuaber ahould 

be reported on the form. Do not report aora than one underaround aina or 

type of ainina on one fora. AD operator aovina a portable cruaher froa 

place to place in one State ia peraitted to report work done at all 

location• under one 7-diait identification nuaber. AD operator vorkina in 

aeveral pit• in one county can have one n\lllber for all activitiaa. Tbeae 

particular aroupa of operation• are inapected b7 MSHA under a ainale 7-diait 

number. Thia doea not apply to independent contractora. Contractor• report 

all coal aining activitiea on one form and all aetal/no111etal ainina 

activitiea on one form. All operation aub-u~t codea (01-99) are valid. 

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The total aaaber of worker• reported and total bDura worked are checked 

aaainat the nuabera previoualy reported ~ the aine. If the reported 

eapl07aent and coal production fall outaide tbe eatabliahed ranae. the 

report auat be verified. Obvioualy. npl07ee-houra auat be reported in 

aubuaita where .. pl07••• are reported. and couveraaly. eapl07••• auat be 

reported where .. Pl07ee-houra are reported. Do not report neraa• •Pl07••• 

if there have been no •ployee houra worked. It ia not Daceaaazy to aencl 

coal atockpile fiaur... We are intereated in •ployee boura worked and 

production of clean coal. 

If production or ~her neceaaazy information hne been ca~tted. the report 

will be proceaaed and then returned to the operator to provide the aiaaina 

data. 

Bach injury aubaitted to KSBA on !'ora 700o-1 ia preauaed to deacribe a 

reportable accident. illn•••· or injury--not a firat-aid caae. for that 

reaaon. MSHA aakea certain that each report ia •~counted for in the data 

baae. MSHA ataff •••ian coded deaignationa to a preacribed nuaber of data 

itema and enter theae on file to deacribe reported accident•. injuri••• and 

illne••••· 

DEGREE 0!' INJURY OR ILLNESS 

In proceaaina injuzy and illneaa report•. the Diviaion of Minina Inforaat1on 

S,at .. a aaaian• atandard •degree• codea. •Dear••• ia a aeana to rank-order 

reported injuriea and illn•••••· The followina degr .. codea have been 

establiahed: 

De are• 1 - ea... reaul tina in death 

Dear•• 2 - eaaea reaultina in permanent total or peraanent 

partial diaability 

De are• 3 - eaaea reaul tina in day• •ay frca work cml.y 

Dear•• 4 - eaaea reaultina in day• away frca work •• well •• day• 

of reatricted work activity 

Dearee S - eaaea reaultina in daya of reatricted work activity only 

Dearee 6 - eaaea that do not reaul t in death. day a .,., froaa work. 

or d~• of reatricted work activity (aedical treataent 

only}. 

Dear•• 7 - eaaea of diaanoaed occupational illneaa 

Deane 8 - ea ... involvina fatal or nonfatal injuriea due to natural 

cauaea to .. pla,••• on aine property. 

Dean• 9 - ea ... involvina fatal or nonfatal injuriea to non-•pla,••• 

on or off aine property. 

Dear•• 1o- All other caaea aubaitted to KSBA. 

Dear•• determination ia aade throuah the data provided OD the 700o-1 fona in 

ita• 18. 19. 21. 22. 28. 29. 30. and 31. 

STAHIWt.D TIMB QlARGES 

Ca••• reaultina in death or pe~anent total diaability are •••ianed 6.000 

loat workdaya. Tbia ia historically conaidered the .veraae vorkina life 

expectancy of all peraona in the labor force. The aaauaption ia aade for 

each •ployee killed or penaanently diaabled that be or ahe would hne 

continued vorkina throughout the period of hia or her vorkina-life 

expectancy were it not for the accident. 

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"Peraanent total disability" is the claadficatioD for •ff'l injury other than 

death which permanently and totally incapacitate• a ainer fraa follovina •ff'l 

aainful occupation or which reaulta in the loaa, or the coaplete loa• of 

use, of aa, of the follovina in one accident: 

-:Both .,.e• 

-ODe eye and one band, arm, lea, or foot 

-Any tvo of the follovina not on the aae liab: Bad, ara, foot, or 

lea. 

"Permanent partial dilebility• ia the clauifieation for an,y injul')' other 

than death or permanent total disability which zeaulta ift the loaa, or 

caaplete to.. of u.e, of q •aber or part of a -bar of the l>ody. or arry 

permanent impairment of function• of the body or part thereof. reaar41••• of a~ preezistiD& disability of the affected aember or iapaired body function. 

The follovina injurie• are not claaaified as peraaneot part1al diaability: - -Lo .. of the tip of a finger or the tip of a toe without bone 

involveaent. 

-Lo•• of permanent teeth. 

Appendicea C and D depict a Tabulation and Chart on acheduled c:barae• uaed 

by MSHA for permanent partial disabilitiea. The acbeduled charae for 

fatalities and permanent total diaabilitiea ia 6,000 cleya. Chars•• are 

a .. igned as a means to determine the relative •verity of certain injuria• 

reaardlesa of the actual day• loat. In the event that a report .ubaittecl to 

MSHA on a permanent dbability does not specify the aact •pent lo8t, 

e.g •• "Middle phalange of rin& finaer": or the u:tent of to .. of uae, •·&·, 

"twenty-five percent loss of use of left thumb", MSRA will aaaian the 

maximum charge shown for the body member. 

INCIDENCE RATES AND SEVERITY IEASUIU!:S 

Standard 8tatiltical measures have been desianed to .. asure rate• of 

occurrence of injuria• or illnesses or both and to aeaaure the •verity of 

injuries. 

Rate• of occurrence are called "incidence ratea• (IR) and are baaed on 

200,000 uposure hours (equivalent to 100 employees workina 2,000 boun a 

year). An incidence rate may be computed for any •elected dearee(s) 

ac:cordina to the formula: 

IR (aelected degree(s)) = no. of caaes in .. lected degree(•) X 200,000 

ezposure or •ployee hour• 

A aeverity ~~easure (SM) aay be computed for any dearee 1 throu&h S and 

utilize• "days awey from work• and "days of restricted work activ1ty• and 

ezpoaure houra, •• follow•: 

SM (degree(a)) • aum of d!f• for aelected degree(•) X 200,000 

ezpoaure or employee hour• 

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GUIDELINES FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS 

The follovina are azeerpte fro. MSHA Policy Memoranda. 82-6MM dated May 26. 

1982. and 81-35e dated October 26. 1981. concernina independent contractors• 

CGIIpliance reeponeibUity under 30 en. Parte 45 and 50. 

The pri.aazy purpoH of 30 en. 45.3. 45.4. 50.20 and 50.30 ia to collect 

infomation that u nece .. azy for MSHA to effectively and efficiently 

adminieter the Act. MSHA'• aperience baa been. however. that theae 

proviaiona aenerally beet 1erve thi1 purpo1e when applied to independent 

eontraetor• that perfo~ the follovina type• of work at aine1: 

1. Mine develo~ent. includina 1haft and alope linkina: 

2. Construction or reconstruction of aine faeUitiea; includina buildina 

or rebuildina preparation plant• and minina equipment. and buildina addition~ to eziatina facilities; 

3. Demolition of mine facilities: 

4. Conatruc:tion of dama: 

s. Excavation or earthmoving activitie• involvina mobile equipment; 

6. Equipment installation. such ae cruahers and mill•: 

7. Equipment .. rvice or repair of equipment on mine property for a period 

uceedina five con.secutive days at a particular aine; 

8. Material hanclling within mine property; includina lululaae of coal. ore. 

refu1e. etc •• unle•• for the sole purpose of direct removal from or 

delivery to aine property unless the majority of time il apent on mine 

property; 

9. Dr:lllina and bla~tina. 

Accordinsly. the following auideline• have been adopted: 

1. Independent contractor identification numbers and independent 

contractor register under 30 en. Part 45. 

(a) Ezcept .. otherwise determined b7 the Diltrict Msnaaer. independent 

contractors that perfo~ the types of work listed above should be i11uea 

MSHA identification numbers under 45.3. When contractor• who hAlve not been 

asaianed a nuaber are cited. an identification number will be 81sianed 

throuah the appropriate District or Subdistrict office. 

(b) Ezcept .. otherwise determined b7 the District Msnaaer. the productionoperator is required to maintain the information required under 45.4(b) for 

all independent contractors that perfo~ the type• of work lilted above. 

However. for all independent contractors at the mine. the produc:tioDoperator il required to secure and provide the information required under 

45.4(b) within e reasonable time after it is requeat~d ~ an inepector. 

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The purpo.. of theae auidelinea ia to aake Part 4S aore effective iD 

incorporatina independent contractor• into MSHA'a enforc .. ant proar ... MSHA'a u:pedence ao far under Part 4S baa been that • aianificant maber of 

independent contractor• at aine aitea conduct activitiea to which aaly the 

moat aeneral providona of the Act and very few, if any, of MSHA'a atandarda 

and reaulationa apply. Nevertheleaa, theae contractor• have been treated 

the aame fot the purpoae of Part 4S aa thoae contractor• perfo~ina the ~P• 

of work to wb1ch the Act'a proviaiona are primarily directed and a .. jori~ 

of MSHA'a atandarda and reaulationa apply. The, z:eault baa been to :lapade 

the aaaianment of identification nuabera to the contractor• aoat likely to 

becoae involved iD MSHA enforc .. ent action, and to iapoae uaaeeeaaar.y 

paperwork burdana on production-operatora. To reaolve theae probl .. a, the 

above suidelinea are deaianed to focua the procedural z:equir .. anta of Pert 

4S on thoae independent contractor• perfo~ina the type of work that poaea 

the areateat aafety and health riak8 for ainera. It abould be ~eabered, 

however, th•t MSHA'a aaaianaent of identification nuabera to independent 

contractora, or the production-operator•• aaintenance of infoEmat1on 

concernina contractor• at the mine, baa no effect on the reaponaibility of 

each independent contractor to comply with all proviaiona of the Act, 

atandarda and reaulationa that apply to their work. 

2. Notification1 inveatisation, reporting and recordkeepina reguir .. enta 

for independent contractor• under 30 CFR Part SO. 

(a) Bzcept •• otherwiae determined bf the Diatrict Manaaer, independent 

contractor• are required to report accidenta, injuriea and illneaaea aader 

Part S0.20, maintain recorda of auch reporta under 50.40, and file 

quarterly employment report• under S0.30 only •• to the ~pea of work 

liated earlier. 

(b) Without reaard to the type of work beina perfo:r:aed, all independent 

contractor• are required to comply with the notification, iaveat1aation and 

preaervation of evidence requirement• of S0.10, S0.11 and S0.12, and are 

required to comply with S0.41 regarding verification of reporta. 

Under the initial auidelinea, independent contractor• were required to 

comply with all of the provision• of Part SO. Theae auidelinea have been 

reviaed to provide that independent contractor• are required to report 

accidents, injuria• or Ulne88ea on MSHA l'orm 700Q-1 and file quarterly 

employment and production report• on MSHA l'orm 7000-2 only aa to the type• 

of work liated earlier. The reaainina proviaiona of Part SO, which 

primarily involve notification and inveatiaation procedure• for accidenta, 

atill auat be eoaplied with ~ all independent contractor• workina at aine 

sitea reaardleaa of the type of work beina perfo~ed. Tbeae r.viaed 

auidelinea recoanize that independent contractor• enaaaed in ~pea of work 

that are not liated are aenerally thoae performina activitiea which iavolve 

very limited u:poaure to hazarda. Therefore, a quarterly accountina of the 

contractor• and their .. ployeea performina theae activitiea at aine aitea ia 

not aaaential for MSHA to develop uaeful information reaardina the 

accidenta, injuria• and illne•••• that occur at ainea. Savina dete:r:ained 

that quarterly accountina of low-hazard activitiea ia uaneceaaary, it ia 

alao unneceaaaz:y to report the accident•, injuriea or Ulna•••• that .a, 

occur in perfocaina them, aince no incidence data or other uaeful 

information could be developed baaed on auch reportina. 

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Con~rac~ora ~ha~ parfora ~be type of work li•~ed earlier durina aqy calendar qua~er aua~ coaplete and file a Hparate MSHA l'om 700Q-2 for the work 

perfoz:aed at: M~al end no111etal ainea and a aepara~e foaa for the work 

perfomed at: coal llinea. To ainilllize the reportina burden, only oa MSHA 

lora 700Q-2 au8t a coaple~ed and filed for ~be work perfomed 81: -~•1 and 

norae~al ll:inea and only one MSHA lom 700Q-2 muat a completed a.d filed for ~he work pa rf oraed a~ coal llinea. 

Only ~he typea of work liated Died ~o a reported' o~her typea of work 

perforaed at: llinea abould no~ be included. Con~ractora producina coal would 

be conaidered parformiDa an ac~ivity under type 8 - material bandlina. The 

iDforaatioa aeceaaary to compl•~• a l'om 700Q-2 ia ~be produ~ion of clean 

coal in abort ~oDa, the neraae nuaaber of •ployeea and to~al cployee boura 

iavolved in ~be work beina repor~ed. l'irat, tbia .. ployaen~ and produ~ion 

iDforaa~ion au8t a coapu~ed 18parately for the aurface ainea a.d 

underaround ainea where ~be work beiDa reported waa pertormed. ror·work 

performed at: underaround ainea, tbia information muat a 18parated for work 

performed underaround and for work performed on the aurface of underground 

minea, and then entered on the appropriate line. lor work performed at 

aurface minea. tbil infome~ion aust be .. parated for the 1everal type• of 

aurfaca minea indicated on the l'orm (e. I• 1trip, open pit or quarry, auaer, 

dredae) and then entered on the appropriate line. When work beina repor~ed 

on any pa~icular line waa performed a~ more than one lite, the required 

employment information abould be computed toaether. 

The contractor end the produc~ion-operator may coordine~e the .ubailaion of 

~heir qUarterly report• 10 that the produc~ion-operator actually 1ubmit1 ~he 

report coverina the con~rac~or. When thi• ia done, a 18parate lora 700Q-2 

aua~ be filed for ~he operator and each independen~ contrac~or. It ahould 

al1o be remembered that the independent contractor i• individually 

re1pon1ible for caaplyina with S0.30. Consequen~ly, if the produc~ionoperator fail• ~o 1ubai~ the ••parate quarterly employaent and production repo~ coverina the contrac~or, the contrac~or may be cited for a viola~ion 

·of thia compliance reaponaibility. 

MSHA/OSHA JURISDICTION 

In 1979, an In~eraaency Aareemen~ wa1 reached be~veen MSHA and OSHA delinea~ina ce~ain areal of authority and providina for coordina~ion of 

effortl and procec!urea for re1olv1n1 juriac!ictional que~~iona. The li1~ of 

ainina operation• and aineral• for which MSHA haa authority ~o reaulate 

includea; unc!eraround, open pit, aolu~ion and auaer ainina, quarryina. 

dredaina (when ~be priaary purpoae i8 ~o recover aetal or norae~allic 

ainerala for aillina and/or Nle or Ule), bydraulickina, ponda (brine evapora~ion) and aill1D& which ia one or aore of ~he follovina proceaaeaa 

cruahina. a.dndina, pulvedzina. aizina. concentratina, washina. dryina. 

roa8tina, pelletizina. ainterina. evapora~ion, calcinina. kiln treataent, 

1aviDa and cuttina 8toDII, hea~ ezpanaion, retor~ina C.ercury). leachina and briquet~ina. Mineral• are coal, aetal and noaaetal, aand and aravel, and 

cruabed and diaenaion 8tone. MSHA alao baa authority over borrow pita whoae 

u•e ia related to ainina or il on aine property and the conatru~ion of 

facilities to be usee! for any of ~he above ainina. 

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OSHA Reaulato~ authority commences as indicated in the followina types of 

operations which aay be on or contiauoua to ainina and/or aillina 

operations: 

~psum Board Plant - If the plant is located OD aine property. at the po1nt 

when millina. aa def1ned. is completed. and the aypaua and other aaterial• 

are combined to enter the aequential proce1ae1 meca1aary to produce IJPIUm 

board. If not located on aine property. OSHA hal authority over the entire 

plant. 

Brick, Cl!f Piper Refractorr Plantl - After arrival of raw aateriala at the 

plant atockpile. 

Cer .. ic Plant - After arrival of cl-r and other additive• at the plant 

stockpile. 

Fertili&er Product• - At the point when millin&• aa defined. ia completed 

and two or more raw materials are combined to produce another product. 

•Kiln•. aa it relates to theae product• for roaatina and d~in&· i• 

considered to be within the acope of the aillina definition. 

Asphalt-Mixing Plant, Concrete Rea4f-Mix or Batch Plant• - After arrival of 

aand and ar.vel or aaareaate at the plant atoc&pile. 

Custom Stone Finishing - At the point when aillina. aa defined. ia 

completed. and the atone is poliabed, enar.ved. or otherviae proceaaed to 

obtain a finished product and includes aawina and euttina when aaaociated 

with poliahina and finilh1D&· 

Smelting - At the point where millina, aa defined. i• completed and aetall1c 

ores or concentrates are blended with other aateriala and are thermally 

processed to produce aetal. 

Electrowinning - At the point where aillina. a• defined. ia completed. and 

metals are recovered t, means of electrochemical proceaaea. 

Refining - At the point where aillina. as defined. ia completed. and 

material enters the sequential processes to produce a product of biaher 

purity. 

When any question of jurisdication between OSHA and MSHA ariaea. the 

appropriate MSHA District Manaaer and OSHA Reaional Administrator or OSHA 

State Daaianae in thoae States with approved plana ahall att .. pt to reaolve 

it at the local level. If tbia att .. pt doe• aot auccead. the quaation will 

be referred to the National Office. If still anraaolved. the aatter will be 

referred to the Secreta~ of Labor for decision. 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON PAR.T .50 UPOilTilG 

AUDITS 

1. Q. Wb.J are Part SO auditl conducted? 

A. Part SO audiu are conducted (1) to inaure that an operator 

under.eanda what ia reportable. to deteraine if ~/abe £1 coaplyins 

correctly and to detemine whether the operator £1 under-or crve.creportina caaea; (2) if an audit il requetted b7 the operator: (3) 

becauae a aine ia on the Prosr .. of Accident Reduction (PAR). which 

require• that a 3-year audit be conducted at that aina; (4) in 

order to deteraina the winner• of the Sentinel• of Safety A.ard 

competition. audit• are conducted on the top five potential winner• 

in uch cuvaaa: (.5) when a f4tality occura at • llina. the aina il 

audited for the year of the fatal1ty and the two precedins yeara. 

IACZ INJURY 

2. Q. Are atraina. apraina and back injuriea reportable? 

A. Strain•• apraina and back inj uriea are reportable if they occur at 

a aine and aeet the atated condition• in the definition of 

occupational injuria•. ~ loat workday• and any daya of 

reatricted work activity aUIIt be reported. 

3. Q. What if an •ploy••• on enterins the aina. aneuea bard and 

injure• hia/her back.. Ia the back injury reportable? 

4. 

A. 'l'be an••r to thil queation ia baaed on the definition of an 

"occupational injury•. An •occupational injury" aeana aD}' injury 

to a aina worker which occura at a aine for which aedical 

traataent i• adminiatered. 'l'he injury ia reportable if it 

require• aore than firat aid or if it aeeta any of the other 

requirement• for reportablility. 

Q. One of fl1 •ployeea told ae that her back wa• hurtin& but 

could not recall doin& anythin& that ai&ht have hurt it • . ·an illn••• or an injury? l>o 1 have to report it? .• 

abe 

Ia thil 

A. · lack ca••• are conddered to be inj uda• becauae they are uaually 

initiated bJ a ain&l• went. or bodily aotion. If the ayaptcaa 

occurred at work and the .. ployee received aedical treataent 

and/or loat tiae froa work or loat conaciou•n••• or waa reatricted 

in bar work or aotion. the ca•• would be reportable. See the 

quaationa on "Recurrence• on pas• 3S of tb£1 report. 

BEl/WASP S'l'INGS. INSIC'l'/ANIMAL liTIS 

S. Q. Are bee and wa•p atins• and inaect or analte bite• on aine property 

conaidered to be occupational injuriea or illne••••f 

A. 'l'beae are cl•••ified aa occupational injuria• becauae of the 

inatantaneoua event. 

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SLOOD-L!AD LEVEL, ELEVATED 

6. Q. Vhat about the findinss of elevated blood-lead levels or other 

substances. Are these reportable? 

A. Teat results ahowins elevated levels of lead in the blood ~ 

th•selves do not require reportina. However. the caH would be 

reportable if the emplo,ee baa !Y•ptaas of lead poiaoniaa. auch aa 

colic, nerve or renal damaae. anemia aDd ,aa probl .. a or receives 

trtltatat for lead poisonins or receives treataent to lower bloodlead levels. 

CENTRAL OFFICE 

7. Q. Several professional employees work out of a central office 

location and make frequent visits to .rveral ainea. If ane of 

the1e employees is injured at a mine site, is the injuqattributed to the mine or the central office! 

A. The injury would be attributed to the aine at which the injury · 

occurred. The intent is to determine the hazards in that 

particular work environment. The individual aine ..,. !Delude the 

houn the company •plo,e .. spent on the propert:J on the 7D00-2 

quarterly report. 

Ql IROPRACI'OR 

8. Q. I1 treatment b7 a chiropractor considered aedical treataent7 

A. Ye1. 

CONTRACTOR REPORTING 

9. Q. Should contractors haulin& coal report to HSHAt 

A. Baulase of coal, ore, refuse. etc., is couidered reportable 

unless it is for the aole purpose of direct naoval froa or 

delivery to aine property. The inspectorate can deteraine U a 

contractor should report. 

10. Q. Must a contractor report if be/abe tefta and blasts boles on aine 

propert:J! 

A. Yes, •ctrUlins and blastin&" is included as one of the types of 

work activities reportable to MSHA. See the auidelinea for 

independent contnctors on pase 18 of this nport. · 

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11. Q. Muat an independent contractor own a mine or cine coal or other 

ainerala in order to be required to report to MSHAt 

A. Contractors need not own minea or aine coal or other ainarala in 

order to be aubj ect to the report ina requirementa. If tha an•ar 

b "yea" to any one of the nina work type• Hated ur12.ar. a · contractor ia required to report. 

12. Q. Should a contractor report if he/aha baula frca a tipple to 

railroad carat 

A. If all the activity ia on adne property. yea. 

13. Q. Are all contractors vorkina on cine property required to report! 

A. No. MSHA recoanizea that independent contractora enaaaad in typaa 

of vork not liatad in the auidelinea bava limited CEpoaure to 

ainina b~~rda and therefore reportina b7 thea ·18 not aaaent1al 

for developina uaeful inforaation reaardina accident• and injuriea 

that occur at minea. 

14. Q. Ia an injury to a •service" contractor or his/her employee• 

reportable! 

A. An injury to a contractor servicina non-minina facilitiaa auch .. 

candY aaebinea. toileta. etc •• on the aurface ia not reportable if 

the injury is cauaed b7 the 11serv1ce 11 contractor'• equipment. 

However. if an injury is caused b7 the enviroraent of the ll:i.ne or 

by the aine operator'• machines or equipment. etc •• tbe injury ia 

reportable. 

15. Q. Aie contractors that do reclamation work at mine aites obli&ated 

to report to MSRAt 

A. Not if the mine has been placed in an "abandoned" atatua by MSHA 

which aeans MSHA no lonaer inspects the operation. 

16. Q. Can the production-operator submit the contractor'• quarterly 

information 'l 

A. The contractor and production-operator aay coordinate tba 

submiasion of their quarterly reports ao that tba production 

operator actually aubmita the report coverina tha contractor 

provfded this is tha only ainina operation at which the contractor 

worka. 

When this ia done. a eeparate Foza 700o-2 auat be filed for tha 

production-operator and each contractor. The independent 

contractor ia individually responsible for caaplyina with 50.30. 

Consequently. if the production-operator faila to aubllit the 

separate quarterly employment report coverina tha contractor. the 

contractor may be cited for a violation of the reportina 

requireenta. 

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17. Q. Should an owner of a haulaae truck with no •ploy••• report? 

A. A •lf-employed contractor ahoul.d report the houra be or abe worka 

on mine propertiea if the work performed aeeta one of the 

niue work typea liated in the auideliaea on paae 18 of tbia 

report. 

18. Q. What do the letter• •M• and •cw repreaent which are priated 

immediately after the contractor I. D. nuaber on the 700o-2 lora? 

A. •M" denote• aetal/nonmetal propertiea; •c• denote• coal 

properties. If •ork ia clone b7 the .... contractor on botb typea 

of propertiea, they ahoul.d be aubllitted on two aeparate forma. 

19. Q. Do contractors report production? 

A. Yea, if they are actually t!lttractina coal. 

20. Q. May a contractor uae a aeparate 700o-2 rorm for each of bia/her 

mine aitea or for each reaion aerv1n1 different aine aitea or auat 

all activitiea be combiued on one form? 

A. A contractor muat uae one Fora 700o-2 for reportina all coal 

minina activitiea and another Form 700o-2 for all Mtal/nozaetal 

activitiea. 

21. Q. If a fatality occur• while a eontreetor ia performina -tow - hazard activity•. muat that fatal1ty be reported to MSHA? 

A. Yes, the fetality should be reported immediately and a Fora 700o-1 

muat alao be aubmitted. 

DATA-MAILER 

22. Q. What is a DATA-MAILER? 

A. A Dt\'.l'A-MAn.ER il a computer-addreued form that is aent quarterly 

to each minina eatabliabment. The ·report ahowa the aiDa uae and 

mine identification number and reduce• the poaaibility of 

reportina for an incorrect location. Receipt of the aailed report 

acta aa a reminder to the operator of the requiremeat to auDDit 

thia report to MSRA. Jeceuae the report is aailed to operator• 

quarterly, operator• clo not have to aaintain a aupply of the 

fonaa. 

A DAr~MAILER aent to each independent contractor indicate• the 

contrector identification number and include• all ainina 

operations the contrector mey have worked at. The contractor is 

required to aubmit an employment and coal production report to 

MSHA if identified aa vorkina at mine aitea in one of the nine 

work cateaoriea. 

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DAYS lilAY l'llOM WORit 

23. Q. What are •c1aya away fr011 work" and hov are they calculated? 

A. •Daya at~ay frca work" are daya which the cployea would have 

worked but could not becauaa of an occupational injury or eD 

occupational illnua. To determine the nuaaber of day• •ay frca 

work, do not include the day the injury occurred (or the onaet of 

the illne81) or arty daya that the •ployee waa not achaduled to .... 

work, i.e., if the •ployee worked 1 five-day weak and the llin~~ 

waa on a •van-day work week, only five workdaya aach weak would 

be aubject to beiDa charaed aa daya eway fro. work. Loat 

workdaya, for •ployeu not a81ianed to a reaular ahift, •111 be 

eatimated on the baaia of acheduled daya. 

DAYS 0!' US'l'Ricr!D WORlt ACTIVITY 

24. Q. What are "day• of reatricted work activity?• 

A. •Daya of reatricted work activity" are daya the •ployee waa 

a11ianecl to another job on a temporary balia: daya the •ployee 

worked at a permanent job leaa than full tiae; or daya the 

•ployaa worked at a permanently aadaned job but could not 

perform all the dutiea normally connected with that job becauae of 

an occupational injury or an occupational illneaa. 

25. Q. In order to noicl •day a away from work", what kind of· job a.ry an 

injured peraon perform to be on "reatricted work activity?" 

A. Part SO doe a not apecify what kind of job. The Part ltatea that 

claya of reatrictecl work activity include any day• that the 

employee: 

- ia ulianed to another job on a temporary baaia; or 

- worka at a permanent job lell than full tiaa; or 

- worka at a permanently euianed job but ia unable to 

perform all dutiea connected with the job. 

DRUGS, ALCCIIOL IN!'L1JENCB, HORSEPLAY 

26. Q. If an .. ployee ia injured while under the influence of alcohol or 

druaa or enaaaed in horaeplay, ia the injury nportable7 

A. tea, if the worker ia on aine property when injured. 

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27 • Q. I waa told that when I complete the MSBA :rom 700o-2 becauae I 

hne •ployeea work.ina udeqrou.nd (Code 01) • I auat alao ahov 

aployment iD Code 02. Ia this true'l 

A. Yea. for e:uaple. 30 en Part 7S 11403 (d) requina a 

attendant be on the aurfaee when peraona are beiDa hoiated or 

lowered uz:aderarou.nd. Part 7S. 1160o-1 requirea a peraon be alwiiJ• 

OD duty at 1 ccaaunieation facility vhen aen are uz:aderaroUDCl. 

Bmploye .. auc:h u th .. a. ahould be ahovn :l.D. Cocle 02 vith a 

eatiaate of the houra worked in aurface acti•~aea. 

EXTRA COPDS 

28. Q. Where aay I obtain utra copie• of the MSBA :roaaa 700o-1 ad 

70Go-2'l 

A. The1e fora• aay be obtained from the appropriate MSBA Diatrict or 

Subdiatrict Office (See Appendix•• I and P). 

FATALITIES 

29. Q. Bow are qu .. tiona on charseability of fataJ.itiea reaolnd'l 

A. The eharaeabUity of fatal.itie• ia. for the aoat part. 

atraightforward. In ca••• where chargeabilit7 auat be deterained. 

a committee. chaired by the Chief. Divi1ion of Kinin& Inforaation 

Synaa (DMIS) • with one aeaber frCIIIl Coal Mille 8afet7 and Health 

and one aaber frCIII Metal and Noraetal Mille Safet7 ad Health. 

reviav• all relevant aaterial on the qu.enionable fatalit7. 

Questions on the charseebility of individual fatalitiea ori&inate 

in the offices of the enforcement Adaini•tratora. A charaeability 

question is aent to the Chief. DMIS. vho in tnrn. aenda all 

relevant aaterial. on the qu.enioned fatality to .-bera of the 

committee who review the .. tarial and aend tbeu reccamenctationa 

and commenta back. to hia. If the deeiaion i• DOt ananiaoua, tbe 

chairman and members diacu.a the problea areu reaponaible for the 

difference of opinion until a conaenaua deciaiOD ia reached. 

Part SO ia baaic and direct in applyina charseability criteria. 

If a vork.er is Wled on aine property. the death of that worker 

ia charaeable. A vork.er vill :l.D.cl ude •plo;yeu of the lliu. 

aale•en. delivery people. all conatruction wodtera •plo;yed ill 

aay con1truetion capacity at the ain.e. and otbera with buaiuaa at 

the aine. The fatalitiea of heart attack victial and of otber 

worker• who die on aine property frCIII per1onal iapainaent DOt 

CCIIIplicated by or reaultins from their work. acti•ity will not be 

charseable. However. theae deaths ahould be reported to MSKA aa 

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charseability aay have to be deterained throu&h the comaittaa. If 

a contractor Hrvicins non-ainins facilitiea on the .urfac:a of a 

aiDe, or an •ployee of aucb a contractor. ia fatally injured, tbe 

fatality will be cbarsad to tba ainin& induatry, if the injury vaa 

cauaad bJ the -.ina•. •• defined. 

Siaca tba criteria of Part SO are ao bade and direct. it u 

accepted that the majority of queationable cbaraaability caaea 

will be decided It tbe Adminiatr1tor'• level. 

FORK 7ooo-1 COH!'LI'l'INESS, TIMELINESS 

30. Q. What auat be reported to MSHA on rona 7ooo-1'1 

A. All accidenu defined in 50. 2 (h) a a well aa oc cupata.onal inj uriaa 

and illr::.e•••• auat be reported. · 

31. Q. On the 700D-1 fora, itu• 5 throuab 11 in Section C are quaat:~.ona 

concernina an accident. Doe• that .. an I all8Wer queat:~.ona only 

when ., mine b .. ezperienced an accident reported iD Section 1'1 

A. No. Thoae queationa are anawered each tiaa a J'oaa 7ooo-1 ia 

completed. Part 50 and the inatructiona accompa~in& Foe. 700o-1 

indicate that MSHA'• intent vaa to receive en.wera to it-• 5 

throuah 11 on each campletad fora. Anawera to itca 5 tbrouah 11 

are alao required when occupational illneaaea are reported. 

32. Q. On the 700o-1 fora, why ia it nece11ary to report an injured 

peraon'a naae and the laat four diaitl of tba Social Security 

nabed 

A. MSB.A uaea thil inforaation u a aean1 to apot duplicate reportl. 

33. Q. 

At acme ainina operation•, more than one peraon baa bean &ivan 

reaponsibility for submittins Fora 700D-1 report• and it ia not 

unuaual for MSHA to receive duplicate report•• 

Mult there be a witne11 to an accident for it to be reportable? 

A. Mo. a witna11 ia not nece11uy for an evant to be reportable. 

34. Q. Vby auat !'om 700D-1 be aubmitted within 10 daya? 

A. Part 50 requirea the operatora to aail campleted fora• to MSHA 

within ten workin& day• after an accident or occupational injury 

occura or an occupational illneu is diasnoaed. Tiaaly reportin& 

ia needed in order to provide atatiatical data for the purpoae of 

proeotin& health and .. fety in the ainin& induatry and providina 

up-to-date information in responae to apecial requaata. 

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35. Q. One of II.)' •ployees bas been •111 from work for HVeral veek.a and 

juat DOW bas inforaed •• that his abaence waa due to a work 

injury. la it too late to file a 700o-U 

A. Ito. The reaulationa require that a rona 700G-1 'be tn~Dilitted to 

MSHA within ten day• from the date of the injur, or illneaa or 

from the 41te of diaanoaia or when the caae vaa aade known to the 

operator. More importantly. however. it ia your napoui'bility to 

inveatiaate the accident and aake a detecaination of whether or 

DOt it .. eta the MSHA reportina criteria. Thia ahould be dona .. aoon .. poaaible and independent of ~ deciaion aa to whether the 

injury ia compenaable. 

36. Q. I underatand that Section D of the 700G-1 ia to be completed vhen 

the final diapoaition of a caae ia known. Doea thia aean that I 

do not aeed to aian and 41te the foca until that :l.nfomation u 

known! 

A. Ito. Your name. title. telephone number (includina area code) and 

date the report ••• prepared ahould be completed when you report 

the oriainal c: .. e. Section D only refer• to queationa 28 throu&h 

31 of the rom. 

HEARIN:; LOSS 

37. Q. An •ployee waa teated and found to have a:pedenced 110ae beadna 

loas. How auc:h loas auat occur for it to be reportable! 

A. rirat. it is important to determine what type of ezpoaure cauaed 

the lo... If the lou reaulted from an inatentaneou.t apoaure in 

the work enviroraent. the ce.. would be couidered an iftj ury and 

would be reportable if it required aedical treataent. loaa of 

consciouaneaa. reatriction of work or motion or tranafer to 

another job. If the loaa aay have developed from work apoaure 

other then iftatantaneously then it would be conaidered an illness. 

A lo .. in either ear ia reportable if the condition baa been 

reported to the operator and if it aay have been directly cauaed 

by or aaaravated t, the work environaent. MSHA doe• not however. 

require reportina of bearina lo•• brougbt on ~lely t, nomal 

deterioration. 

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HBART AT'l'ACKS 

38. Q. What if an employee auffen a heart attack. at work, ia taken home 

and aub•equently die•. Ia thi• a reportable caae7 

A. !ea. All fatal or non£ a tal heart attack• oecvrina on aine 

property, occupational injur1ea and occupational illne•• auat be 

reported. Heart attact.. are cla••ified aa illneaaea becauae they 

noraally do not reault from work accident• or ain&le. 

in1tant1neou• ezpoaure in the environment. Molt fatal1tiea due to 

heart attecka are con•idered to be the re•ult of natural cau•e• 

aud not from work activity. However, all auch incident• whether 

or uot the employee diea on the aaine property •hould be reported 

and a final chargeability determination will be .. de bJ MSHA on a 

caae-by-caae baaia. 

HERNIA 

39. Q. I h.ve en employee who auffered a hernia at work. Be vent to a 

doctor vho diagnoaed the hernia condition, but did not treat it. 

The employee returned to hia regular job the au:t day. How ahould 

thia be reported! 

A. A !'om 700o-1 ahould be completed ahowing the date of the injury 

or date of diaanoaia. A hernia is conaidered a permanent part1al 

diaability and the caae will be assianed a ttandard tiae charge of 

SO daya unleaa the hernia i• repaired. (See the follovina 

queation). 

40. Q. An employee auffered a hernia at work but received no treatment 

initially and returned to work at full capacity the DIZ1: 4ay. A 

month later the employee bad the hernia aurpcally repaired. The 

employee aubaequently aiaaed ten day• from work. How do I report 

thid 

A. A Foz:a 7000-1 ahould be completed within 10 daya of the injury. A 

atandard tiae cbarp of SO d.,.a would be auianed by KSHA if the 

hernia bad r•ained unrepaired whether or not u.y time vaa loat 

from work. When the hernia vaa auraically repa1red and the 

employee returned to work at full capaciSI• raae 3 of the MSHA 

Fo:na 700o-1 abould be completed aboving the actual lott work daya. 

It ahould be clearly atated in the fo:na that the hernia baa nov 

been ;epaired. At thb point, the charge of .50 day• will be 

replaced by the count of actual loat vorkdaya. 

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HOISTOO J!'RUIPMENT 

41. Q. What constitute• •Damage to hoiating equip.ent in a abaft or alope 

which endangers an individual or which interfere• with the uae of 

the equip.ent for aore than 30 ainutes•2 

A. Damase aay be considered to be cauaed by acae accident that 

iuvolved hoisting equip.ent. or reaultina from boiatina equip.ent 

failure. A natural occurrence auch aa ice in a abaft aaJ cauae 

the abaft cd hoist to be abut ddtn for aore than 30 ainutal. 

However, where no accident occurs, equip.ent ia DDt ~aaed, and 

no individuals were endangered, the natural occurrence would not 

itaelf be reportable. 

IMPOUNDMENT, R.EFU SE PILE, aJLK BANK 

42. Q. Are impoundments, refuae piles, and eula ban&. eon•idered to have 

the aaae kinda of hazards? 

A. Yea, an •accident• iuvolving ·~ one of the three ia conaidered to 

have occurred where: (a) eaeraency action ia required in order to 

prevent failure of the piled aaterial; or (b) the apparent 

inatability of the aaterial require• that individual• aust be 

evacuated from an area; or (c) the piled aaterial faila .• 

INDEPENDENT SHOPS, YARDS 

43. Q. Define Code 17 - •Independent Shops and Yarda• on rorm 100o-2. 

A. A 7-digit, ID nuaber is aasigned to an operation under Code 17 

when one ahop aervices several mines. If a ahop ia aaaociated 

with one aine, the employees and their boura are included with 

that aine in the respective aub-unit. 

INVESTIGATION REPORT 

44. Q. C.n a 700o-l fona be used aa an inveatiaation report'l 

A. No, aine ope raton aay not uae rona 7 ooo-1 •• an :I.Dveatiaation 

report on the 12 events defined aa •aceidenta•. However. 

operators of aine• with fever than 20 eaployeea aay uae rom 700o1 aa an investigation report for occupational injuriea vb.re DO 

•accident• is involved. 

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LIGHTNIJG 

45. Q. X. an injury to an employee atruck by liahtDina reportable? 

A. Yea. if the employee b on mine property when atnack. 

OCCOPAriORAL ILLNESS 

46. Q. What ia ~ occupational Ulne11t 

A. AD occupational illneaa is an lllne., or dbeaae of an •ployee. 

The Uln .. a ia reportable if it !!I. have reaulted fr011 work or 

ezpoaure at a m.ne or vu an Ulne" for which an •ard of 

compenaation was aade. 

OCQJPAriONAL INJURY 

47. Q. What b an occupational inj uryt 

A. AD occupational injury is any injury to an mployee which occura 

at a mine. To be reportable. the injury must (1) require medical 

treatment. or (2) result in death or loaa of conaciouaneaa. or (3) 

reault in the inability of the injured peraon to perform all of 

the job dutiea required by the job on any day after the injury. or 

(4) require the injured person to be temporarily aaaianed to other 

duties. or (5) require the injured peraon to be tranaferred to 

another job. or (6) require the injured pereon to be terminated. 

OPP MINI PROPERTY 

48. Q. Are off-mine-property injuriea reportable to MSBAt 

A. MSHA hal authority over what ocean on mine property. MSHA 

exercise• no authority over hiahvaya and other off-aine locationa. 

Offsite fatal and nonfatal injuriea cauaed b7 an event at a mine 

are inveatiaated by MSHA and ahould be reported to MSR.A. however. 

they are not charaed to the minina induatry. 

PAIN PRESCRIPTIONS 

49. Q. Our COIIlpa~ doctor routinely diapenaea Darvon inatead of aapirin 

for pa1n. Doea this conatitute aedical trea~ent and thua make 

the caae reportable? 

A. Firat. you auat detenaine whether the injury or illne.•• reaulted 

from an event at the mine or expoaure in the work environaent. 

All occupational illnesaea are reportable whether or not ••dical 

treatment is provided. Treatment of a work injury b7· uaina Darvon 

would be considered reportable if the employee received an .. ount 

to be taken more than one time or one doae. Other circumstances 

about the case may alao determine ita reportability. 

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PARKIN# LOr INJURIES 

so. Q. Are parking lot 1llJUrie• reportable when cployees are juat 

arriving for work or leaving after the end of a ahift? 

A. Yea. if this parkin& lot i.JI on a:ine property. Injuri .. to 

employee• are reportable if they happen ~where on aine property. 

PERMANENT DISABILITY 

51. Q. Oae of Wl1 employees loat the tip of hb ring finser in an accident 

at work. MSHA charsed a with 60 loat day• ..,.n thou&h the 

employee c•e beck to work in ten day.? Why waa thb done? 

A. In ca•e• involvins a permanent total or peraanent partial 

di•ability. MSHA baa retained the •chedule of time chars•• 

e•tabliahed by the Aaerican National Standards Institute. MSHA 

believe• that these injuries deserve apecial •pha•ia becauae the 

employees incur. by definition. a peraanent diaability which puts 

a continuing limitation on their workina ability and 

productiveness throughout their livea. The .eandard tiae charge• 

represent eatimates of the average percentaae of workins ability 

loat by the employee ezperiencing that tapairaent. Tbe 

percentase• are applied to a mazimum lo•• poaaibility of 6.000 

daya. The amputation of the distal portion of the .mployee'• rins 

finser. for ezample. is con•idered &I equivalent to the lo•• of 

one percent of full productive ability or 60 daya. 

52. Q. If an cployee suffera a permanent di•ability and loaea DO time. 

i• thia conaidered a loat-time accident? 

A. Yes. because permanent disabilitiea are a••isned a atandard charse 

of days lost. See question 51 above. 

PERMANENT TRANSFER 

53. Q. What constitutes a peaaanent tran•fer? 

A. A apecified time period cannot be stated aa a requir .. ent. 

However. an injured .. ployee cannot be considered •permanently 

tran•ferred" when put on reatricted work activity. lor .zaaple. a 

tranafer of an injured .mployee to the lamp-houae to allow the 

employee to 8end from an injury will not be conaidered a 

•permanent tran•fer•. 

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PNEUMOCONIOSES 

S4. Q. An eaployee ba• been diasno•ed a• bavina coal worker•' 

pneuaoconio•b and want• to tran1fer to a le .. duny area of the 

aine. Z. this nportable1 

A. Yea. Thia il an in.-tance of a diaanoHd occupational il.lne .. and 

aut be nported to HSHA. Ita 28 of the Fora 700o-1 ahould be 

checkecl u thia voul.cl be a peaaanent transfer. 

PREEXIST Ill; CONDIT ION 

ss. Q. What if an .mployee ha• a pre-existing condition! 

A. A pre-exbting condition baa no bearins on reportabllity. Every 

event i• reportable when it meet• the reporting criteria. 

S6. Q. If a work injury to 1 diabetic .mployee become• infected. ia it 

reportable! 

A. Ye•. treatment of infection due to an injury conatitute• .. dical 

treatment regardle11 of 1nf preezi•tin& condition of the eaployee. 

PROSTHESIS 

S7. Q. If a pro1theai1 an eaployee ia wearing i• broken from a ainor vork 

injury. i• the tiae lo•t waiting for repair reportable! 

A. No. if no bodUy injudel occurred causing loat tiae. 

QUESTIONABLE INJURIES 

sa. Q. Should an operator report questionable injurie•1 

A. Operator• have an obligation to inve•tigate all injuriea happening 

or alleged to have happened on aine property. After a 

inve1tigation haa been completed. the gperator auat aake the 

dete.mination aa to whether the incident iA reportable to MSHA. 

If he baa any doubt. he should report. If the operator' 1 

conclu1ion ia that n0 incident occurred. then there ia nothing to 

report. 

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R!aJRRENCE 

59. Q. One of ., employees burt his back on Monday and ai81ed vork the 

DUt two day•. Be cae back on 'l'hurlday and 80 I aailed in a roz:a 

7ooo-t. The •ployee aiuect vork apin on rriciiiJ' becau1e of bil 

back probl•. Hov 1boulct I report tbi.t 

A. AD injury aay be eonsiclerect a recurrence if the condition zecura 

within 1:b: vorkiq cliiJ• of the •ploy••'• zetun to vork!!!! there 

i• ao aev event, occurrence or eccident which contributed to the 

recurrence. 

'l'be aclclitional tiae lost from work aut 'be reportacl, however, by 

aenclina the Divi1ion of Mlnina Infoz:aation S,•tea• a ctuplicate 

£22[. of the rom 700D-1 vhich wa• previou•ly aubsaittecl, vitb a 

atat .. ent attacbect aub•tantiatina the conclitiona and iDclicatina 

tba maber of aclclitional loat vorkctaya. All other instance• aut 

be Rportecl u Hparate caaea. It il aufficient to 'be a new 

recorctable ca•e if work azpoaure va1 a contributina factor. 

Aaar•ntion of a previou• injury due to the vork anviro~aant will 

not 'be con• ide red a recurrence • but will be couictered a Mparata 

caae. 

60. Q. What if the oriainal injury had been con1idared a •tirst-aid caae• 

or • no-loat-tiae, aectical treatment caae and later the worker 

loae• time u • re1ult of the ir.juryt 

A. The aame aeneral concept holda true: If the loat dae occur• 

within a:b: workina clay• of the oriainal injury elate, and there il 

no indication that a new injury occurrect, uae the procedure 

de1cribed below vhicb applied to your reportina probl•& (1) If 

the injury had been considered a •fir•t-aid case•, a complete rom 

700o-l should be aubmitted 1howina the elate of tba occurrence anct 

the elate lo1t tiae bean: (2) if the injury bact 'been nported u a 

no-lo•t-tiae aeclical treataent ca•e• aubmit a cluplicate copz of 

the oriainal roz:a 700D-1 with a statement attached aub1tanti1t1na 

the conclition• and 1bowina the elate the lo•t tiae beaan and the 

nuaber of lo•t vorkclay1. 

MOTE: The •ue reportina requir•enu apply to ca•e• where the 

recurrence of an injury would cau•e a worker to 'be placect on 

re1trictecl work activity. or to be tran•farred or terminatecl. 

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REPORTS, AVAII..AILE 

61. Q. What type• of report• are available frota MSHA to the a•n•ral 

public'l 

A. The followina report• are available: 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

s. 

6. 

Fetalar• (Metal md Noraetal) 

Federal Rasi•ter il•ue• on MSHA 

Kiu Inj uri•• and Worktiae. Quarterly 

Armul Injury Ezperience in (Coal, Metal. No•etal, 

Stone. Sud ancl Gravel) MiniD& 

Policy Memoranda, Proar.. Infor.aation Bulletin•, ancl 

Spacial Inforaational letters 

Proar• Circulars (Yellow Jac:bt report• and -r• Gr•s) 

and Informational Report• on various upact• of llinina 

and ainina stati•tic•. 

For aore info~ation on the•e report•. contact the Safety ancl 

Health Technolog Center, Division of Minina Information Sy•te••· 

RIGB'l'S or WAY1 RAILlt.OADS 

62. Q. Are injuria• happenina on railroad• and ri&hte-of-vay located on 

aine property reportable? 

A. Injuries occur.rina at th••• location• are judaed on a ca•e-by-ca•e 

basis by MSHA. 

ROOF F.AI.L. tnm.ANH1D 

63. Q. What are the criteria ued to determine a reportable, unplanned 

roof fall! 

A. An unplanned roof fall au•t be reported in the follovina ca•••: A 

roof fall that occur• at or above the anchor•&• zone in active 

workina• where roof bolt• are in use; or an unplanned roof or rib 

fall in active workina• where the fall iapair• ventilation or 

iapede• pa••aae. For an.wer• to •pecific ca .... refer to the 

appropriate MSKA Diltrict or Subdistrict Manaaer. 

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SERIOUS IHJUllY 

64. Q. Row doea an operator ltnow which injuria• are •aarioua injuriaa• 

under Section B and immediately reportable to MSHA? · 

A. Part .50 at a tea inj uriaa ahall be conaidarad u "t.aediataly 

reportable accident•" if they are ao aarioua u to bava a 

raaaonable potential to cauaa death. Only thoaa injuria• which 

would be conaidarad to be potentially fatal ahould be reported u 

a "•eriou•" inj uzy under S.c:tion B. 

SBVElliTY RlTIS 

6.5. Q. Are d8ya of reatrictad work activity uaad in ccaputina _...arity 

rataa? 

A. Yea, aevarity .. aauraa are computed ~ uaina daya of natrictad 

work activity, daya aw~ from vork and atandard tiaa chara•• for 

caaaa of pa~anant diaability. 

TEETH, PERMANEN'l' OR lALSE 

66. Q. Ia m injury to an •ploy•• involvina pamanant teeth or fal•• 

teeth reportable? 

A. Lo.. or d•ase to permanent teeth cauaina dental repair ia 

reportable. Broken falae teeth or daaaa• to artificial liaba doaa 

not conatituta a reportable injury. Bodily injuria• which ...., occur in the aama incident aay be reportable if other criteria are 

aat. 

TETANUS, lLU SHOTS 

67. Q. Traataant of a reaction to a tatanua ahot adainiatarad bacauaa of 

an injury on aina property ia conaidared aadical traataant, and 

would aake the caaa reportable. Doaa tbia Man that traataaDt of 

reactiona to flu ahot• aivan on aina property would be conaidarad 

reportable? 

A. No. Raac:tion to flu ahota vould DOt be reportable ri.nca thll;f wra 

not &ivan u a raault of an injury. 

68. Q. What raactiou are there to tatanu1 ahotat 

A. A local raac:tion which could cauaa a painful, bot or IVOllan am 

or a .,•t•ic reaction which cau1e1 abortue•• of breath, hive• or 

c:1u1e1 a paraon to paa1 out. 

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TRBSPASS!RS 

69. Q. Are aecidenu, injuri .. , or Ulneuea irwolvina tr .. pauera 

reportable1 

A. No. Treapaaaera do not aeet the Part SO definition of ~iller•. 

VACATION, PD.SotW. LIAVI 

70. Q. Can an .. plo,ee be placed on vacation or peraonal leave in order 

to avoid aceumulatin& loat workdaya1 

A. Ho. Ba.ever, day• way frCIIl work would not be coated for the 

t:f.ae the •plo,ee wa• on leave provided auch leave had been 

•eheduled end approved in advance. 

WORKERS' COMPENSATION 

71. Q. Are all Worker•' Compenaation injury ca•e• reportable to MSHAT 

A. No, for example, an •ployee on corapany budne .. injured off aine 

property i.a not MSHA'• responaibility. Ha.ever, •cae cue• not 

accepted ~ Worker•' Compenaation are 8till reportable to MSHA. 

72. Q. Can an operator u•e a Workers• Compen•ation for.a to report to 

MSHA.T 

A. Part SO require• operatora to report injuriea only on !'om 700G-1. 

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APPENDICES 

39 
APPENDIX A 

Mine Accident. lnjl.wy ll'ld lllnlu ~ 

u. s. DltNt11ment of Lalilor 

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....... c-.. ........ "'"-"-.._.. •• 

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11A1L THIS IJAGI TO 1'MI MIALTM AMO IAfi'ITV MAL. Till CINTIJII. - IAfiiiTV 

MD MIALTM AOIIINII"'"RATICIM. IJ. 0. 80ll IAtT, OINYIJII. CC&.OIIAOO 10121 

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TABLE OJ' SaEDULED CJu.:aazs IN DA.TS 

.A. 'tw Loaa •I Mll'lllblr-Trtaumalic tw Sur,Kal 

(l'or loll ot- ot --· - faoCDO&S 1) 

AmpaiatiOD mvoJviDg an or pan FiDprs 

of boDe• Thumb 

Inda: MidcDe 

Distal phalaDp •--···-···----· 300 100 

Middle phalup •••••••••••••• ·----- 200 

Prozim&l pha.l&Dge~---·------- 600 400 

14et&~------------------ 900 600 

Hud u wrist ••••••••• 3, 000 

Toe, foot, ud &Jl.lde 

AmputatiOD iDvolving an or pan of boDe 1 

Dist&l pha.l&Dge •--·-----------------------------·· 

Middle phai&Dge •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Pro:rimal phai&Dge ••• ------------- _ ----------------

~retatar.uU-~------·------------------------------­ Foot a.t &Jl.lde. ----------------------------- 2, 400 

1S 

150 

300 

aoo 

RiD I 

80 

120 

240 

410 

150.· 

300 

600 

APPENDIX C 

Little 

10 

100 

200 

tOO 

Each of 

other"* 

35 

75 

150 

3aO 

Any poiDt above a elbow, iDeladiDg shoulder joiDt •••••••••••••••••••••• 4. 500 

Any poiDt above wrist ud at or below elbow-------···--------------- 3, 600 

A.:tl.'f poi:Dt above I knee ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4, SQO 

Ally poiDt above &Jl.lde ud ai or below blee •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3, 000 

B. Imf'Gi,...,.,. ol 'tt.JU:I:ltm 

ODe eye (loa of sight), whether or Doi the.re lslfrht iD the oihtr er•--·-· 1, 800 

Both eye~ (loa of lichiJ, iD oDe accidem .............................. e. 000 

Oae ear (complete iDdustrialloa of heariJ:Ic), whether or Doi ~ fl htariDc 

ID 'tl:le other .r-----·-··-·----·-----------------------------·--·- 600 

Both ea.n (complete iDdustriallou of heariDc), iD one accident ........... a. 000 

trDrep&U.dhenUa................................................. ao 

(For rep&U.d herD.ia, QH actual da71) 

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APPENDIX D 

CHART OF SCHEDULED CHARGES IN DAYS 

For Loa of Individual Memben of Hands or Feet 

Traumatic or Surgical 

If the bone is not ittvolved, use actual days lost and daaify as temporary total diJabillty. 

for loa ol use, without amputation, use a petcentase ol the scheduled chart• co,... 

fl'Ondint to the loa ol use as determined by the physidan authorized to treat the CGJe. 

Numbers on the bona are the days charted far loa invalvint port or all of the bone. 

See also Table ol Scheduled Charsa. 

i 

i. ~ ~ " ., 

II» 5 

TAFIISUS 

2400 

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