[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR45.2]

[Page 197]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 45--INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 45.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Act means the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. 
L. 91-173, as amended by Pub. L. 95-164;
    (b) District Manager means the District Manager of the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration District in which the independent contractor 
is located;
    (c) Independent contractor means any person, partnership, 
corporation, subsidiary of a corporation, firm, association or other 
organization that contracts to perform services or construction at a 
mine; and,
    (d) Production-operator means any owner, lessee, or other person who 
operates, controls or supervises a coal or other mine.