- (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]