Indiana Administrative Code
Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION
Article 30 - INDIANA BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL RULES
Rule 3 - Administration
Section 3-21 - Incident reports

Authority: IC 22-13-2-8

Affected: IC 22-15-6

Sec. 21.

When an incident occurs that serves to render a boiler or pressure vessel inoperative and results in personal injury or major property damage, the owner or user or their designee shall, within forty-eight (48) hours of the incident, notify the division and submit an initial report of the incident. In case of a serious incident such as an explosion or loss of life, notice shall be given within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident by telephone or email and neither the boiler nor the unfired pressure vessel nor any of the parts thereof shall be removed or disturbed before an inspection has been made unless for the purpose of protecting health and safety. The owner or user shall cause a detailed report of the incident to be completed by an inspector and submitted to the division. Such report shall include the cause and the origin of the incident, where determinable, and recommendations to prevent a recurrence of the incident.

Transferred from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules Board ( 680 IAC 2-3-21 ) to the Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission ( 675 IAC 30-3-21 ) by P.L. 249-2019, SECTION 15, effective July 1, 2019.