Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 17, 2025

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Dec 10, 2025
§ 142.45 - Personal flotation devices.

Personnel, when working in a location such that, in the event of a fall, they would likely fall into water, shall wear a work vest that meets the requirements of 33 CFR 146.20 or a life preserver that meets the requirements of 46 CFR 160.002, 160.005, or 160.055, except when using the safety belts and lifelines required by § 142.42.

authority: 43 U.S.C 1333(d)(1), 1347(c), 1348(c); 49 CFR 1.46(z)
source: CGD 79-077, 51 FR 25059, July 10, 1986, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 142.45