---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 130.220"
title: "46"
number: "130.220"
heading: "Design of equipment for cooking and heating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/130.220"
---

# §130.220. Design of equipment for cooking and heating.

- (a) Doors on each cooking appliance must be provided with heavy-duty hinges and locking-devices to prevent accidental opening in heavy weather.
- (b) Each cooking appliance must be installed so as to prevent its movement in heavy weather.
- (c) Each grill or similar cooking appliance must have means to collect grease or fat and to prevent its spillage onto wiring or the deck.
- (d) On each cooking appliance, grab rails must be installed when determined by the cognizant OCMI to be necessary for safety.
- (e) On each cooking appliance, sea rails, with suitable barriers to prevent accidental movement of cooking pots, must be installed.
- (f) Each heater must be constructed and installed so as to prevent the hanging from it of items such as towels and clothing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. Sections 130.140 and 130.400 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49337, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.