30 CFR § 77.1702 Arrangements for emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons; reporting requirements; posting requirements.
(a) Each operator of a surface coal mine shall make arrangements with
a licensed physician, medical service, medical clinic, or hospital to provide
24-hour emergency medical assistance for any person injured at the mine.
(b) Each operator shall make arrangements with an ambulance service,
or otherwise provide for 24-hour emergency transportation for any person
injured at the mine.
(c) Each operator shall, on or before September 30, 1971, report to
the Coal Mine Health and Safety District Manager for the district in which
the mine is located the name, title and address of the physician, medical
service, medical clinic, hospital, or ambulance service with whom
arrangements have been made, or otherwise provided, in accordance with the
provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
(d) Each operator shall, within 10 days after any change of the
arrangements required to be reported under the provisions of this section,
report such changes to the Coal Mine Health and Safety District Manager. If
such changes involve a substitution of persons, the operator shall provide
the name, title, and address of the person substituted together with the
name and address of the medical service, medical clinic, hospital, or
ambulance service with which such person or persons are associated.
(e) Each operator shall, immediately after making an arrangement
required under the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, or
immediately after any change, of such agreement, post at appropriate places
at the mine the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of all
persons or services currently available under such arrangements to provide
medical assistance and transportation at the mine.
(Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.))
[36 FR 9364, May 22, 1971, as amended at 36 FR 13143, July 15, 1971; 47 FR
14696, Apr. 6, 1982; 60 FR 33719, June 29, 1995]
