[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: 33CFR173.55]

[Page 804]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 173--VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C--Casualty and Accident Reporting
 
Sec. 173.55  Report of casualty or accident.

    (a) The operator of a vessel shall submit the casualty or accident 
report prescribed in Sec. 173.57 to the reporting authority prescribed 
in Sec. 173.59 when, as a result of an occurrence that involves the 
vessel or its equipment:
    (1) A person dies;
    (2) A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first 
aid;
    (3) Damage to vessels and other property totals $2,000 or more or 
there is a complete loss of any vessel;
    (4) A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that 
indicate death or injury.
    (b) A report required by this section must be made:
    (1) Within 48 hours of the occurrence if a person dies within 24 
hours of the occurrence;
    (2) Within 48 hours of the occurrence if a person is injured and 
requires medical treatment beyond first aid, or disappears from a 
vessel; and
    (3) Within 10 days of the occurrence or death if an earlier report 
is not required by this paragraph.
    (c) When the operator of a vessel cannot submit the casualty or 
accident report required by paragraph (a) of this section, the owner 
shall submit the casualty or accident report.

[CGD 72-54R, 37 FR 21399, Oct. 7, 1972, as amended by CGD 76-155, 44 FR 
5308, Jan. 25, 1979; CGD 82-015, 54 FR 5610, Feb. 6, 1989; USCG-1999-
6094, 66 FR 21675, May 1, 2001; 66 FR 33845, June 26, 2001; USCG-1999-
6094, 67 FR 14645, Mar. 27, 2002]