[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR97.80-1]



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                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 97_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

        Subpart 97.80_Operation of Vehicles in Enclosed Locations

 

Sec.  97.80-1  Special operating conditions.





    (a) The operation of self-propelled vehicles in enclosed locations 

shall be permitted only when the other conditions in this section have 

been met.

    (b) Spaces exposed to carbon monoxide or other hazardous vapors from 

exhausts of power-operated industrial trucks shall have adequate 

ventilation. The senior deck officer shall see that tests of the carbon 

monoxide content of the atmosphere are made as frequently as conditions 

require to insure that dangerous concentrations do not develop. Such 

tests shall be made in the area in which persons are working, by persons 

acquainted with the test equipment and procedure. The carbon monoxide 

concentration in the holds and intermediate decks where persons are 

working shall be maintained at not more than 50 parts per million 

(0.005%) as a time-weighted average, and persons shall be removed from 

the area if the concentration exceeds 75 parts per million (0.0075%). 

When necessary, portable blowers of adequate size and location shall be 

utilized.



[CGFR 66-33, 31 FR 15286, Dec. 6, 1966, as amended by CGFR 69-72, 34 FR 

17485, Oct. 29, 1969; CGD 95-027, 61 FR 26008, May 23, 1996]