Definitions

(a) Definition of operator Section 3(d) (30 U.S.C. 802(d)) is amended to read as follows: (d) operator means— (1) any owner, lessee, or other person that— (A) operates or supervises a coal or other mine; or (B) controls such mine by making or having the authority to make management or operational decisions that affect, directly or indirectly, the health or safety at such mine; or (2) any independent contractor performing services or construction at such mine;. (b) Definition of agent Section 3(e) (30 U.S.C. 802(e)) is amended by striking the miners and inserting any miner. (c) Definition of imminent danger Section 3(j) (30 U.S.C. 802(j)) is amended— (1) by striking means the and inserting means— (1) the; (2) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) the existence of multiple conditions or practices (regardless of whether related to each other) that, when considered in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm before such conditions or practices can be abated;. (d) Definition of miner Section 3(g) (30 U.S.C. 802(g)) is amended by inserting after or other mine the following:, and includes any individual who is not currently working in a coal or other mine but would be currently working in such mine, but for an accident in such mine. (e) Definition of significant and substantial violations Section 3 (30 U.S.C. 802), as so amended, is further amended— (1) in subsection (m), by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in subsection (n), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; (3) in subsection (o), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (p) significant and substantial violation means a violation of this Act, including any mandatory health or safety standard or regulation promulgated under this Act, that is of such nature as could significantly and substantially contribute to the cause and effect of a coal or other mine safety or health hazard as described in section 104(d)..