[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: 46CFR131.320]



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                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

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

 

PART 131_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart C_Preparations for Emergencies

 

Sec.  131.320  Safety orientation for offshore workers.



    (a) Before a vessel gets under way on a voyage, the master shall 

ensure that suitable public announcements are made informing each 

offshore worker of--

    (1) In general terms, emergency and evacuation procedures;



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    (2) Locations of emergency exits and of embarkation areas for 

survival craft;

    (3) Locations of stowage of lifejackets and immersion suits;

    (4) With demonstration, proper method or methods of donning and 

adjusting lifejackets and immersion suits of the type or types carried 

on the vessel;

    (5) Locations of the instruction placards for lifejackets and other 

lifesaving devices;

    (6) Explanation that each offshore worker shall don an immersion 

suit and a lifejacket when the master determines that hazardous 

conditions do or might exist but that offshore workers may don 

lifejackets whenever they feel it necessary;

    (7) Which hazardous conditions might require the donning of 

lifejackets and immersion suits;

    (8) Types and locations of any other lifesaving device carried on 

the vessel;

    (9) Locations and contents of the ``Emergency Instructions'' 

required by Sec.  131.330;

    (10) Survival craft to which assigned;

    (11) Any hazardous materials on the vessel; and

    (12) Any conditions or circumstances that constitute a risk to 

safety.

    (b) The master of each vessel shall ensure that each offshore worker 

boarding the vessel on a voyage after the initial public announcement 

has been made, as required by paragraph (a) of this section, also hears 

the information in paragraph (a) of this section.