46 CFR §131.320

1. (a)Before a vessel gets under way on a voyage, the master shall ensure that suitable public announcements are made informing each offshore worker of—
   1. (1)In general terms, emergency and evacuation procedures;
   2. (2)Locations of emergency exits and of embarkation areas for survival craft;
   3. (3)Locations of stowage of lifejackets and immersion suits;
   4. (4)With demonstration, proper method or methods of donning and adjusting lifejackets and immersion suits of the type or types carried on the vessel;
   5. (5)Locations of the instruction placards for lifejackets and other lifesaving devices;
   6. (6)Explanation that each offshore worker shall don an immersion suit and a lifejacket when the master determines that hazardous conditions do or might exist but that offshore workers may don lifejackets whenever they feel it necessary;
   7. (7)Which hazardous conditions might require the donning of lifejackets and immersion suits;
   8. (8)Types and locations of any other lifesaving device carried on the vessel;
   9. (9)Locations and contents of the “Emergency Instructions” required by § 131.330;
   10. (10)Survival craft to which assigned;
   11. (11)Any hazardous materials on the vessel; and
   12. (12)Any conditions or circumstances that constitute a risk to safety.
2. (b)The master of each vessel shall ensure that each offshore worker boarding the vessel on a voyage after the initial public announcement has been made, as required by paragraph (a) of this section, also hears the information in paragraph (a) of this section.