CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER K—SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS CARRYING MORE THAN 150 PASSENGERS OR WITH OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MORE THAN 49 PASSENGERS (parts 114 to 123) > PART 122—OPERATIONS > SUBPART G—Operational Readiness, Maintenance, and Inspection of Lifesaving Equipment (§122.700 to §122.740) > 122.704—Maintenance of falls.

122.704—Maintenance of falls.

(a) Each fall used in a launching appliance on a vessel must be turned end for end at intervals of not more than 30 months.
(b) Each fall must be renewed when necessary due to deterioration or at internals of not more than 5 years, whichever is earlier.
(c) Each fall must have a corrosion resistant tag with the following permanently marked on it in clearly legible letters:
(1) The date the new fall was installed; and
(2) If the fall has been turned end for end, the date it was turned.
[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20556, May 7, 1996]