[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR142.7]

[Page 144]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 142--WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 142.7  Reports of unsafe working conditions.

    (a) Any person may report a possible violation of any regulation in 
this subchapter or any other hazardous or unsafe working condition on 
any unit engaged in OCS activities to an Officer in Charge, Marine 
Inspection.
    (b) After reviewing the report and conducting any necessary 
investigation, the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, notifies the 
owner or operator of any deficiency or hazard and initiates enforcement 
measures as the circumstances warrant.
    (c) The identity of any person making a report under paragraph (a) 
of this section is not made available, without the permission of the 
reporting person, to anyone other than those officers and employees of 
the Department of Transportation who have a need for the record in the 
performance of their official duties.