---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.1850"
title: "46"
number: "154.1850"
heading: "Entering cargo handling spaces."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.1850"
---

# §154.1850. Entering cargo handling spaces.

- (a) The master shall ensure that the ventilation system under [§ 154.1200](/cfr/46/154.1200.md) is in operation for 30 minutes before a person enters one of the following:
  - (1) **Spaces containing cargo pumps, compressors, and compressor motors.**
  - (2) **Gas-dangerous cargo control spaces.**
  - (3) **Other spaces containing cargo handling equipment.**
- (b) The master shall ensure that a warning sign listing the requirement for use of the ventilation system, is posted outside of each space under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (c) The master shall ensure that no sources of ignition are put in a cargo handling space on a vessel carrying flammable cargo unless the space is gas free.

## Notes

### 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.