---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 196.30-5"
title: "46"
number: "196.30-5"
heading: "Accidents to machinery."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/196.30-5"
---

# §196.30-5. Accidents to machinery.

- (a) In the event of an accident to a boiler, unfired pressure vessel, or machinery tending to render the further use of the item unsafe until repairs are made, or if by ordinary wear such items become unsafe, a report shall be made by the Chief Engineer immediately to the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, or if at sea, immediately upon arrival at port.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j); 46 U.S.C. 2213, 3306, 5115, 6101; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 67-83, 33 FR 1158, Jan. 27, 1968, unless otherwise noted.