Hoist and Auxiliary Equipment 29 CFR

Each overhead electric hoist must be equipped with a limit device to stop the hook at its highest and lowest point of safe travel. Each hoist must automatically stop and hold any load up to 125 percent of its rated load if its actuating force is removed. The rated load of each hoist must be legibly marked and visible to the operator. Stops must be provided at the safe limits of travel for a trolley hoist. The controls of each hoist should be plainly marked to indicate the direction of travel or motion. 

FIGURE 25.16 Poor housekeeping impedes travel and presents falling hazards. 

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