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33 U.S.C. 1509; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 6101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.
CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, unless otherwise noted.
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(a) The person-in-charge of a vessel or facility, that is required by 46 U.S.C. 11301 to have an official logbook, shall maintain the logbook on form CG-706.
(b) The person-in-charge of a vessel or facility not required by 46 U.S.C. 11301 to have an official logbook, shall maintain, on board, a logbook for making the entries required by this subpart.
(c) The diving supervisor conducting commercial diving operations from a vessel or facility subject to this subpart shall maintain a logbook for making the entries required by this subpart.
[CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended by CGD 95-028, 62 FR 51220, Sept. 30, 1997]
(a) The person-in-charge shall insure that the following information is recorded in the logbook for each commercial diving operation:
(1) Date, time, and location at the start and completion of dive operations.
(2) Approximate underwater and surface conditions (weather, visibility, temperatures, and currents).
(3) Name of the diving supervisor.
(4) General nature of work performed.
(b) The diving supervisor shall insure that the following information is recorded in the logbook for each commercial diving operation:
(1) Date, time, and location at the start and completion of each dive operation.
(2) Approximate underwater and surface conditions (weather, visibility, temperatures, and currents).
(3) Names of dive team members including diving supervisor.
(4) General nature of work performed.
(5) Repetitive dive designation or elapsed time since last hyperbaric exposure if less than 24 hours for each diver.
(6) Diving modes used.
(7) Maximum depth and bottom time for each diver.
(8) Name of person-in-charge.
(9) For each dive outside the no-decompression limits, deeper than 130 fsw, or using mixed-gas, the breathing gases and decompression table designations used.
(10) When decompression sickness or gas embolism is suspected or symptoms are evident—
(i) The name of the diver; and
(ii) A description and results of treatment.
(11) For each fatality or any diving related injury or illness that results in incapacitation of more than 72 hours or requires any dive team member to be hospitalized for more than 24 hours—
(i) The date;
(ii) Time;
(iii) Circumstances; and
(iv) Extent of any injury or illness.
(c) The diving supervisor shall insure that the following is recorded in the logbook for each diving operation deviating from the requirements of this subpart:
(1) A description of the circumstances leading to the situation.
(2) The deviations made.
(3) The corrective action taken, if appropriate, to reduce the possibility of recurrence.
(d) The diving supervisor shall insure that a record of the following is maintained:
(1) The date and results of each check of the medical kits.
(2) The date and results of each test of the air compressor.
(3) The date and results of each check of breathing mixtures.
(4) The date and results of each check of each breathing supply system.
(5) The date, equipment cleaned, general cleaning procedure, and names of persons cleaning the diving equipment for oxygen service.
(6) The date and results of each test of the breathing supply hoses and system.
(7) The date and results of each inspection of the breathing gas supply system.
(8) The date and results of each test of depth gages and timekeeping devices.
(9) The date and results of each test and inspection of each PVHO.
(10) The date and results of each inspection of the diving equipment.
(11) The date and results of each test and inspection of pressure piping.
(12) The date and results of each test and inspection of volume tanks and cylinders.
(e) The diving supervisor shall insure that a notation concerning the location of the information required under paragraph (d) is made in the logbook.
46 U.S.C. 11301 requires that certain entries be made in an official logbook in addition to the entries required by this section; and 46 U.S.C. 11302 prescribes the manner of making those entries.
[CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended by USCG-1999-6216, 64 FR 53229, Oct. 1, 1999]
(a) In addition to the requirements of subpart 4.05 of this chapter and 33 CFR 146.30, the person-in-charge shall notify the Officer-in-Charge, Marine Inspection, as soon as possible after a diving casualty occurs, if the casualty involves any of the following:
(1) Loss of life.
(2) Diving-related injury to any person causing incapacitation for more than 72 hours.
(3) Diving-related injury to any person requiring hospitalization for more than 24 hours.
(b) The notice required by this section must contain the following:
(1) Name and official number (if applicable) of the vessel or facility.
(2) Name of the owner or agent of the vessel or facility.
(3) Name of the person-in-charge.
(4) Name of the diving supervisor.
(5) Description of the casualty including presumed cause.
(6) Nature and extent of the injury to persons.
(c) The notice required by this section is not required if the written report required by § 197.486 is submitted within 5 days of the casualty.
[CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended by CGD 95-072, 60 FR 50469, Sept. 29, 1995]
The person-in-charge of a vessel or facility for which a notice of casualty was made under § 197.484 shall submit a report to the Officer-in-Charge, Marine Inspection, as soon as possible after the casualty occurs, as follows:
(a) On Form CG-2692, when the diving installation is on a vessel.
(b) Using a written report, in narrative form, when the diving installation is on a facility. The written report must contain the information required by § 197.484.
(c) The report required by this section must be accompanied by a copy of the report required by § 197.410(a)(9) when decompression sickness is involved.
(d) The report required by this section must include information relating to alcohol or drug involvement as required by § 4.05-12 of this chapter.
(The reporting requirement in paragraph (a) was approved by OMB under control number 1625-0001)
[CGD 76-009, 43 FR 53683, Nov. 16, 1978, as amended by CGD 82-023, 47 FR 35748, Aug. 16, 1982; 48 FR 43328, Sept. 23, 1983; CGD 84-099, 52 FR 47536, Dec. 14, 1987; USCG-2006-25697, 71 FR 55747, Sept. 25, 2006]
(a) The owner, agent, or person-in-charge of a vessel or facility for which a report of casualty is made under § 197.484 shall retain all records onboard that are maintained on the vessel or facility and those records required by this subpart for 6 months after the report of a casualty is made or until advised by the Officer-in-Charge, Marine Inspection, that records need not be retained onboard.
(b) The records required by paragraph (a) of this section to be retained on board include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) All logbooks required by § 197.480.
(2) All reports required by § 197.402(a)(2)(ii), § 197.404(a)(4), § 197.410(a)(9).
(c) The owner, agent, person-in-charge, or diving supervisor shall, upon request, make the records described in this section available for examination by any Coast Guard official authorized to investigate the casualty.