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Office of Marine Safety

Survivability Survivability

Issues Issues

• Postaccident events

• Lifejacket use

Survivors

Fatalities

Table

Coast Guard TowerCoast Guard Tower

Tillamook Bay Bar

Air Station Astoria

Tillamook Bay Bar

On Board the Taki-Tooo

19 Total

• 8 Survivors

• 11 Fatalities

46 CFR 185.508 46 CFR 185.508 The master of a vessel shall require passengers to don lifejackets

when possible hazardous conditions exist, including, but not limited to:

1. When transiting hazardous bars and inlets

2. During severe weather

3. In event of flooding, fire or other events that may possibly call for evacuation; and

4. When the vessel is being towed, except a non-self-propelled vessel under normal operation conditions.

(b) The master or crew shall assist each passenger in obtaining a lifejacket and donning it, as necessary.

1.When transiting hazardous bars and inlets

Coast Guard File Photo

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