Ropes, chains and accessories

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6. Ropes1, chains and accessories

6.1. General provisions

6.1.1. All new or reconditioned chains, rings, hooks, shackles,

swivels and pulley blocks used for hoisting or lowering or as a means

of suspension should have been tested and marked in plain figures

and letters with the safe working load before being put into use.

6.1.2. All chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels used in

hoisting or lowering or as a means of suspension should be examined

and tested before being put into use.

6.1.3. All cables or ropes used on hoisting appliances for

raising or lowering materials should be long enough to leave at

least two turns on the drum at every operating position of the

appliance.

6.1.4. No rope should be used over a grooved drum or pulley

if its diameter exceeds the pitch of the drum grooves or the width

of the pulley groove.

6.1.5. Every hoisting or derricking rope or chain should be

securely fastened to the drum of the crane, crab or winch with

which it is used.

6.1.6. Sharp edges of a load should not be in contact with

slings, ropes or chains.

6.1.7. All chains, ropes, slings and other gear used for hoisting

or lowering or as a means of suspension should be periodically

inspected by a competent person and this person's findings should

be entered on a certificate or in a special register.

6.1.8. Chains and gear, such as rings, hooks, shackles and

swivels on lifting appliances should, if appropriate, be given suit-

able heat treatment at regular intervals in accordance with rules

which should be laid down by the competent authority.

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Including wire ropes or "cables".