---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 97.30-5"
title: "46"
number: "97.30-5"
heading: "Accidents to machinery."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/97.30-5"
---

# §97.30-5. 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. 2103, 3306, 5111, 6101; 49 U.S.C. 5103, 5106; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757; 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17011, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.