46 CFR § 133.80 - Emergency instructions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s133.80"
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title: "46 CFR § 133.80 - Emergency instructions."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "133.80"
section_name: "Emergency instructions."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSELS"
part_number: "133"
part_name: "LIFESAVING SYSTEMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25304, May 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 133.80 Emergency instructions.

(a) *General.* Copies of clear instructions must be provided on the OSV, detailing the actions that each person on board should follow in the event of an emergency.

(b) *Emergency instructions.* Illustrations and instructions in English and any other appropriate language, as determined by the OCMI, must be conspicuously displayed at each muster station and in spaces where offshore workers are carried, to inform offshore workers of—

(1) The fire and emergency signal;

(2) Their muster station;

(3) The essential actions they must take in an emergency;

(4) The location of lifejackets; and

(5) The method of donning lifejackets.