---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 47.41"
title: "30"
number: "47.41"
heading: "Requirement for container labels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/47.41"
---

# §47.41. Requirement for container labels.

- (a) The operator must ensure that each container of a hazardous chemical has a label. If a container is tagged or marked with the appropriate information, it is labeled.
  - (1) The operator must replace a container label immediately if it is missing or if the hazard information on the label is unreadable.
  - (2) The operator must not remove or deface existing labels on containers of hazardous chemicals.
- (b) For each hazardous chemical produced at the mine, the operator must prepare a container label and update this label with any significant, new information about the chemical's hazards within 3 months of becoming aware of this information.
- (c) For each hazardous chemical brought to the mine, the operator must replace an outdated label when a revised label is received from the chemical's manufacturer or supplier. The operator is not responsible for an inaccurate label obtained from the chemical's manufacturer or supplier.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 825.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 42383, June 21, 2002, unless otherwise noted.