---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 173.55"
title: "33"
number: "173.55"
heading: "Report of casualty or accident."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/173.55"
---

# §173.55. Report of casualty or accident.

- (a) The operator of a vessel shall submit the casualty or accident report prescribed in [§ 173.57](/cfr/33/173.57.md) to the reporting authority prescribed in [§ 173.59](/cfr/33/173.59.md) when, as a result of an occurrence that involves the vessel or its equipment:
  - (1) A person dies;
  - (2) A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid;
  - (3) Damage to vessels and other property totals $2,000 or more or there is a complete loss of any vessel;
  - (4) **A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate death or injury.**
- (b) A report required by this section must be made:
  - (1) Within 48 hours of the occurrence if a person dies within 24 hours of the occurrence;
  - (2) Within 48 hours of the occurrence if a person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid, or disappears from a vessel; and
  - (3) **Within 10 days of the occurrence or death if an earlier report is not required by this paragraph.**
- (c) When the operator of a vessel cannot submit the casualty or accident report required by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the owner shall submit the casualty or accident report.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended by CGD 76-155, 44 FR 5308, Jan. 25, 1979; CGD 82-015, 54 FR 5610, Feb. 6, 1989; USCG-1999-6094, 66 FR 21675, May 1, 2001; 66 FR 33845, June 26, 2001; USCG-1999-6094, 67 FR 14645, Mar. 27, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 2110, 6101, 12301, 12302; OMB Circular A-25; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended by CGD 76-155, 44 FR 5308, Jan. 25, 1979; CGD 82-015, 54 FR 5610, Feb. 6, 1989; USCG-1999-6094, 66 FR 21675, May 1, 2001; 66 FR 33845, June 26, 2001; USCG-1999-6094, 67 FR 14645, Mar. 27, 2002]