---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 150.607"
title: "33"
number: "150.607"
heading: "What are the general safe working requirements?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/150.607"
---

# §150.607. What are the general safe working requirements?

- (a) All equipment, including machinery, cranes, derricks, portable power tools, and, most importantly, safety gear must be used in a safe manner and in accordance with the manufacturer's recommended practice, unless otherwise stated in this subchapter.
- (b) All machinery and equipment must be maintained in proper working order or removed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.