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To the Members: When a marine accident, injury or death occurs in the US waters, notification to the US Coast Guard must be immediate and the completed US Coast Guard 2692 form must be submitted with 5 days of the incident. A marine casualty is not limited to collisions, groundings, pollution incidents, equipment failures, etc. It also involves incidents where longshore personnel sustain injuries beyond first aid and incidents where crew members are seriously injured and rendered until for duty.   The full text of 46 CFR § 4.05-1 reads as follows: 46 CFR § 4.05-1: Notice of marine casualty. (a) Immediately after the addressing of resultant safety concerns, the owner, agent, master, operator, or person in charge, shall notify the nearest Marine Safety Office, Marine Inspection Office or Coast Guard Group Office whenever a vessel is involved in a marine casualty consisting in-- (1) An unintended grounding, or an unintended strike of (allison with) a bridge; (2) An intended grounding, or an intended strike of a bridge, that creates a hazard to navigation, the environment, or the safety of a vessel, or that meets any criterion of paragraphs (a) (3) through (8); (3) A loss of main propulsion, primary steering, or any associated component or control system that reduces the maneuverability of the vessel; (4) An occurrence materially and adversely affecting the vessel's seaworthiness or fitness for service or route, including but not limited to fire, flooding, or failure of or damage to fixed fire-extinguishing systems, lifesaving equipment, auxiliary power-generating equipment, or bilge-pumping systems; (5) A loss of life; (6) An injury that requires professional medical treatment (treatment beyond first aid) and, if the person is engaged or employed on board a vessel in commercial service, that renders the individual unfit to perform his or her routine duties; or (7) An occurrence causing property-damage in excess of $25,000, this damage including the cost of labor a
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