---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 92.10-15"
title: "46"
number: "92.10-15"
heading: "Vertical ladders not accepted."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/92.10-15"
---

# §92.10-15. Vertical ladders not accepted.

- (a) Vertical ladders and deck scuttles shall not in general be considered satisfactory as one of the required means of escape. However, where it is demonstrated that the installation of a stairway would be impracticable, a vertical ladder may be used as the second means of escape.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; E.0. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16983, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.