[Title 46 CFR J]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - October 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 46 - SHIPPING]
[Chapter I - COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF]
[Subchapter I - A--MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS]
[Part 108 - DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT]
[Subpart J - Muster List]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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    COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF
    A--MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNITS
    DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT
  


                         Subpart J--Muster List



Sec. 108.901  Muster list and emergency instructions.

    (a) General. Copies of clear instructions must be provided on the 
unit, detailing the actions that each person on board should follow in 
the event of an emergency.
    (b) Muster list. Copies of the muster list must be posted in 
conspicuous places throughout the unit including on the navigating 
bridge, in the control room, and in crew accommodation spaces. The 
muster list must be posted at all times while the unit is in service, 
After the muster list has been prepared, if any change takes place that 
necessitates an alteration in the muster list, the person in charge must 
either revise the muster list or prepare a new one. Muster lists must 
provide the following information:
    (1) Each muster list must specify instructions for operating the 
general emergency alarm system.
    (2) Each muster list must specify the emergency signals.
    (3) Each muster list must specify the actions to be taken by the 
crew and industrial personnel when each signal is sounded.
    (4) Each muster list must specify how the order to abandon the unit 
will be given.
    (5) Each muster list must specify the persons that are assigned to 
make sure that lifesaving and firefighting appliances are maintained in 
good condition and ready for immediate use.
    (6) Each muster list must specify the duties assigned to the 
different members of the crew, that include--
    (i) Closing the watertight doors, fire doors, valves, scuppers, 
sidescuttles, skylights, portholes, and other similar openings in the 
unit's hull;
    (ii) Equipping the survival craft and other lifesaving appliances;
    (iii) Preparing and launching the survival craft;
    (iv) Preparing other lifesaving appliances;
    (v) Mustering the visitors and other persons in addition to the crew 
and industrial personnel;
    (vi) Using communication equipment;
    (vii) Manning the emergency squad assigned to deal with fires and 
other emergencies;
    (viii) Special duties assigned with respect to the use of 
firefighting equipment and installations;
    (ix) Cover the duties of the crew in case of collisions or other 
serious casualties; and
    (x) Cover the duties of the crew in case of severe storms.
    (7) Each muster list must specify the duties assigned to members of 
the crew in relation to visitors and other persons on board in case of 
an emergency, that include--
    (i) Warning visitors and other persons on board;
    (ii) Seeing that visitors and other persons on board are suitably 
dressed and have donned their lifejackets or immersion suits correctly;
    (iii) Assembling visitors and other persons on board at muster 
stations; and
    (iv) Keeping order in the passageways and on the stairways and 
generally controlling the movements of the visitors and other persons on 
board;
    (8) Each muster list must specify substitutes for key persons if 
they are disabled, taking into account that different emergencies 
require different actions.
    (c) Emergency instructions. Illustrations and instructions in 
English and any other appropriate language, as determined by the OCMI, 
must be posted

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in each cabin used for persons who are not members of the crew or 
industrial personnel, and be conspicuously displayed at each muster 
station and in other accommodation spaces to inform industrial personnel 
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, including child-size lifejackets;
    (5) The method of donning lifejackets;
    (6) If immersion suits are provided, the location of the immersion 
suits; and
    (7) Fully illustrated instructions on the method of donning 
immersion suits.

[CGD 84-069, 61 FR 25299, May 20, 1996]