---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.1400"
title: "46"
number: "154.1400"
heading: "Safety equipment: All vessels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.1400"
---

# §154.1400. Safety equipment: All vessels.

- (a) Instead of the equipment under [§ 35.30-20](/cfr/46/35.30-20.md) of this chapter, a vessel of less than 25,000 m 3 cargo capacity must have the following personnel safety equipment:
  - (1) Six self-contained, pressure-demand-type, air-breathing apparatus approved by the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), each having at least a 30 minute capacity.
  - (2) Nine spare bottles of air for the self-contained air-breathing apparatus, each having at least a 30 minute capacity.
  - (3) **Six steel-cored lifelines.**
  - (4) Six Type II or Type III flashlights constructed and marked in accordance with ASTM F 1014 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 154.1](/cfr/46/154.1.md)).
  - (5) **Three fire axes.**
  - (6) Six helmets that meet ANSI Safety Requirements for Industrial Head Protection, Z-89.1 (1969).
  - (7) **Six sets of boots and gloves that are made of rubber or other electrically non-conductive material.**
  - (8) Six sets of goggles that meet the specifications of ANSI Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z-87.1 (1979).
  - (9) Three outfits that protect the skin from scalding steam and the heat of a fire, and that have a water resistant outer surface.
  - (10) Three chemical protective outfits that protect the wearers from the particular personnel hazards presented by the cargo vapor.
- (b) Instead of the equipment under [§ 35.30-20](/cfr/46/35.30-20.md) of this chapter, a vessel of 25,000 m 3 cargo capacity or more must have the following personnel safety equipment:
  - (1) Eight self-contained, pressure-demand-type, air-breathing apparatus approved by the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), each having at least a 30 minute capacity.
  - (2) Nine spare bottles of air for the self-contained air-breathing apparatus, each having at least a 30 minute capacity.
  - (3) **Eight steel-cored lifelines.**
  - (4) Eight Type II or Type III flashlights constructed and marked in accordance with ASTM F 1014 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 154.1](/cfr/46/154.1.md)).
  - (5) **Three fire axes.**
  - (6) Eight helmets that meet ANSI Safety Requirements for Industrial Head Protection, Z-89.1 (1969).
  - (7) **Eight sets of boots and gloves that are made of rubber or other electrically non-conductive material.**
  - (8) Eight sets of goggles that meet the specifications of ANSI Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z-87.1 (1979).
  - (9) Five outfits that protect the skin from scalding steam and the heat of a fire, and that have a water resistant outer surface.
  - (10) Three chemical protective outfits that protect the wearers from the particular personnel hazards presented by the cargo vapor.
- (c) When Table 4 references this section, a vessel carrying the listed cargo must have the following additional personnel protection equipment:
  - (1) Three self-contained, pressure-demand-type, air-breathing apparatus approved by the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (MESA) or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), each having at least a 30 minute capacity.
  - (2) Nine spare bottles of air for the self-contained air-breathing apparatus, each having at least a 30 minute capacity.
  - (3) **Three steel-cored lifelines.**
  - (4) Three Type II or Type III flashlights constructed and marked in accordance with ASTM F 1014 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 154.1](/cfr/46/154.1.md)).
  - (5) Three helmets that meet ANSI Safety Requirements for Industrial Head Protection, Z-89.1 (1969).
  - (6) **Three sets of boots and gloves that are made of rubber or other electrically non-conductive material.**
  - (7) Three sets of goggles that meet the specifications of ANSI Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z-87.1 (1979).
  - (8) Three chemical protective outfits that protect the wearers from the particular personnel hazards presented by the cargo vapor.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31630, Aug. 21, 1987; CGD 82-042, 17705, May 18, 1988; USCG-1999-5151, 64 FR 67183, Dec. 1, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 77-069, 52 FR 31630, Aug. 21, 1987; CGD 82-042, 17705, May 18, 1988; USCG-1999-5151, 64 FR 67183, Dec. 1, 1999]