[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR37.7]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 37--SPECIFICATIONS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINERS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart--Chest Roentgenographic Examinations
 
Sec. 37.7  Transfer of affected miner to less dusty area.

    (a) Any miner who, in the judgment of the Secretary based upon the 
interpretation of one or more of the miner's chest roentgenograms, shows 
category 1 (1/0, 1/1, 1/2), category 2 (2/1, 2/2, 2/3), or category 3 
(3/2, 3/3, 3/4) simple pneumoconioses, or complicated pneumoconioses 
(ILO Classification) shall be afforded the option of transferring from 
his or her position to another position in an area of the mine where the 
concentration of respirable dust in the mine atmosphere is not more than 
1.0 mg/m\3\ of air, or if such level is not attainable in the mine, to a 
position in the mine where the concentration of respirable dust is the 
lowest attainable below 2.0 mg/m\3\ of air.
    (b) Any transfer under this section shall be in accordance with the 
procedures specified in part 90 of title 30, Code of Federal 
Regulations.

[43 FR 33715, Aug. 1, 1978; 43 FR 38830, Aug. 31, 1978, as amended at 44 
FR 23085, Apr. 18, 1979; 49 FR 7563, Mar. 1, 1984]