[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: 30CFR49.7]

[Page 240]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 49--MINE RESCUE TEAMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 49.7  Physical requirements for mine rescue team.

    (a) Each member of a mine rescue team shall be examined annually by 
a physician who shall certify that each person is physically fit to 
perform mine rescue and recovery work for prolonged periods under 
strenuous conditions. The first such physical examination shall be 
completed within 60 days prior to scheduled initial training. A team 
member requiring corrective eyeglasses will not be disqualified provided 
the eyeglasses can be worn securely within an approved facepiece.
    (b) In determining whether a miner is physically capable of 
performing mine rescue duties, the physician shall take the following 
conditions into consideration:
    (1) Seizure disorder;
    (2) Perforated eardrum;
    (3) Hearing loss without a hearing aid greater than 40 decibels at 
400, 1,000 and 2,000 Hz;
    (4) Repeated blood pressure (controlled or uncontrolled by 
medication) reading which exceeds 160 systolic, or 100 diastolic, or 
which is less than 105 systolic, or 60 diastolic;
    (5) Distant visual acuity (without glasses) less than 20/50 Snellen 
scale in one eye, and 20/70 in the other;
    (6) Heart disease;
    (7) Hernia;
    (8) Absence of a limb or hand; or
    (9) Any other condition which the examining physician determines is 
relevant to the question of whether the miner is fit for rescue team 
service;
    (c) The operator shall have MSHA Form 5000-3 certifying medical 
fitness completed and signed by the examining physician for each member 
of a mine rescue team. These forms shall be kept on file at the mine 
rescue station for a period of one year.