(a) Each independent contractor shall provide the production-operator
in writing the following information:
(1) The independent contractor's trade name, business
address and business telephone number;
(2) A description of the nature of the work to be
performed by the independent contractor and where at the mine the work is to
be performed;
(3) The independent contractor's MSHA identification
number, if any; and
(4) The independent contractor's address of record for
service of citations, or other documents involving the independent
contractor.
(b) Each production-operator shall maintain in writing at the mine
the information required by paragraph (a) of this section for each
independent contractor at the mine. The production-operator shall make this
information available to any authorized representative of the Secretary upon
request.
