---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1915.165"
title: "29"
number: "1915.165"
heading: "Ship's deck machinery."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1915.165"
---

# §1915.165. Ship's deck machinery.

- (a) Before work is performed on the anchor windlass or any of its attached accessories, the employer shall ensure that the following steps are taken:
  - (1) The devil claws (also known as chain stoppers) shall be made fast to the anchor chains.
  - (2) The riding pawls shall be in the engaged position.
  - (3) In the absence of devil claws and riding pawls, the anchor chains shall be secured to a suitable fixed structure of the vessel.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44545, July 3, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754); 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393); 29 CFR part 1911; and 5 U.S.C. 553, as applicable.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 67 FR 44545, July 3, 2002]