46 CFR § 28.165 - Injury placard.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s28.165"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 28.165 - Injury placard."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "28.165"
section_name: "Injury placard."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "UNINSPECTED VESSELS"
part_number: "28"
part_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY VESSELS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3316, 4502, 4505, 4506, 6104, 8103, 10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "28"
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# 28.165 Injury placard.

Each vessel must have posted in a highly visible location accessible to the crew a placard measuring at least 5 inches by 7 inches (127 millimeters by 178 millimeters) which reads:

****Notice

****Report All Injuries

United States law, 46 United States Code 10603, requires each seaman on a fishing vessel, fish processing vessel, or fish tender vessel to notify the master or individual in charge of the vessel or other agent of the employer regarding any illness, disability, or injury suffered by the seaman when in service to the vessel not later than seven days after the date on which the illness, disability, or injury arose.