30 CFR § 250.189 - Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s250.189"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 250.189 - Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "250.189"
section_name: "Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE"
part_number: "250"
part_name: "OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 1751, 31 U.S.C. 9701, 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), 43 U.S.C. 1334."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "250"
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# 250.189 Reporting requirements for incidents requiring immediate notification.
For an incident requiring immediate notification under § 250.188(a), you must notify the District Manager via oral communication immediately after aiding the injured and stabilizing the situation. Your oral communication must provide the following information:
(a) Date and time of occurrence;
(b) Operator, and operator representative's, name and telephone number;
(c) Contractor, and contractor representative's name and telephone number (if a contractor is involved in the incident or injury/fatality);
(d) Lease number, OCS area, and block;
(e) Platform/facility name and number, or pipeline segment number;
(f) Type of incident or injury/fatality;
(g) Operation or activity at time of incident (*i.e.,* drilling, production, workover, completion, pipeline, crane, *etc.*); and
(h) Description of the incident, damage, or injury/fatality.