{"data":{"id":"us/33-cfr-173.55","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 CFR 173.55","heading":"Report of casualty or accident.","body":"(a) The operator of a vessel shall submit the casualty or accident report prescribed in § 173.57 to the reporting authority prescribed in § 173.59 when, as a result of an occurrence that involves the vessel or its equipment:\n(1) A person dies;\n(2) A person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid;\n(3) Damage to vessels and other property totals $2,000 or more or there is a complete loss of any vessel;\n(4) A person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate death or injury.\n(b) A report required by this section must be made:\n(1) Within 48 hours of the occurrence if a person dies within 24 hours of the occurrence;\n(2) Within 48 hours of the occurrence if a person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid, or disappears from a vessel; and\n(3) Within 10 days of the occurrence or death if an earlier report is not required by this paragraph.\n(c) When the operator of a vessel cannot submit the casualty or accident report required by paragraph (a) of this section, the owner shall submit the casualty or accident report.","path":["Title 33—Navigation and Navigable Waters","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER S—BOATING SAFETY","PART 173—VESSEL NUMBERING AND CASUALTY AND ACCIDENT REPORTING","Subpart C—Casualty and Accident Reporting"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-33.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:35Z","sha256":"dfe9dbe499b2b3647334df1cc8e9c05a909f12295c0b97ee9a2d7992fe76fca7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/33-cfr-173.53","next":"us/33-cfr-173.57"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}