[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: 30CFR50.12]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 50--NOTIFICATION, INVESTIGATION, REPORTS AND RECORDS OF ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, ILLNESSES, EMPLOYMENT, AND COAL PRODUCTION IN MINES--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Notification, Investigation, Preservation of Evidence
 
Sec. 50.12  Preservation of evidence.

    Unless granted permission by a MSHA District Manager or Subdistrict 
Manager, no operator may alter an accident site or an accident related 
area until completion of all investigations pertaining to the accident 
except to the extent necessary to rescue or recover an individual, 
prevent or eliminate an imminent danger, or prevent destruction of 
mining equipment.

[42 FR 65535, Dec. 30, 1977; 43 FR 1617, Jan. 11, 1978]