[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: 30CFR50.40]

[Page 251]
 
                       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 E--Maintenance of Records; Verification of Information
 
Sec. 50.40  Maintenance of records.


    (a) Each operator of a mine shall maintain a copy of each 
investigation report required to be prepared under Sec. 50.11 at the 
mine office closest to the mine for five years after the concurrence.
    (b) Each operator shall maintain a copy of each report submitted 
under Sec. 50.20 or Sec. 50.30 at the mine office closest to the mine 
for five years after submission. Upon request by the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, an operator shall make a copy of any report 
submitted under Sec. 50.20 or Sec. 50.30 available to MSHA for 
inspection or copying.

[42 FR 65535, Dec. 30, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 12318, Mar. 24, 1978]