---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 185.704"
title: "46"
number: "185.704"
heading: "Maintenance of falls."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/185.704"
---

# §185.704. Maintenance of falls.

- (a) Each fall used in a launching appliance on a vessel must be turned end for end at intervals of not more than 30 months.
- (b) Each fall must be renewed when necessary due to deterioration or at intervals of not more than 5 years, whichever is earlier.
- (c) Each fall must have a corrosion resistant tag with the following permanently marked on it:
  - (1) The date the new fall was installed; and
  - (2) If the fall has been turned end for end, the date it was turned.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.