---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 60.13"
title: "30"
number: "60.13"
heading: "Corrective actions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/60.13"
---

# §60.13. Corrective actions.

- (a) If any sampling indicates that a miner's exposure exceeds the PEL, the mine operator shall:
  - (1) Make approved respirators available to affected miners before the start of the next work shift in accordance with § [60.14(b)](/cfr/30/60.14.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/30/60.14.md?p=c);
  - (2) Ensure that affected miners wear respirators properly for the full shift or during the period of overexposure until miner exposures are at or below the PEL; and
  - (3) Immediately take corrective actions to lower the concentration of respirable crystalline silica to at or below the PEL.
- (b) **Once corrective actions have been taken, the mine operator shall—**
  - (1) Conduct sampling pursuant to [§ 60.12(b)](/cfr/30/60.12.md?p=b); and
  - (2) Take additional or new corrective actions until sampling indicates miner exposures are at or below the PEL.
- (c) The mine operator shall make a record of corrective actions and the dates of the corrective actions under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h) and 957.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 28470, Apr. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted.