[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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]