---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 129.520"
title: "46"
number: "129.520"
heading: "Hazardous areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/129.520"
---

# §129.520. Hazardous areas.

- (a) No OSV that carries flammable or combustible liquid with a flashpoint of below 140 °F (60 °C), or carries hazardous cargoes on deck or in integral tanks, or is involved in servicing wells, may have electrical equipment installed in pump rooms, in hose-storage spaces, or within 3 meters (10 feet) of a source of vapor on a weather deck unless the equipment is explosion-proof or intrinsically safe under § [111.105-9](/cfr/46/111.105-9.md) or [111.105-11](/cfr/46/111.105-11.md) of this chapter.
- (b) No electrical equipment may be installed in any locker used to store paint, oil, turpentine, or other flammable liquid unless the equipment is explosion-proof or intrinsically safe under [§ 111.105-9](/cfr/46/111.105-9.md) or [§ 111.105-11](/cfr/46/111.105-11.md) of this chapter.
- (c) Equipment that is explosion-proof and intrinsically safe must comply with [subpart 111.105](/cfr/46/subpart111.105.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49332, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.