Lifting accessories

Where applicable, are all lifting accessories within the current colour code, i.e. chains, shackles, wire strops, hooks ... 

Are all lifting accessories clearly marked with the safe working load (SWL), in good condition and free from visual defects, e.g. frayed nylon, webbing and wire ropes corrosion (particularly at wire termination) damaged/distorted shackles, eye bolts, wire ropes and chain slings ... 

Special custom design grabs, hooks, clamps, or other lifting accessories, for such units as modular panels, prefabricated structures and similar materials, shall be marked to Indicate the safe working loads and shall be proof-tested prior to use to 125 percent of their rated load. 

Encroachment is where any part of the crane, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories) breaches a minimum clearance distance that this subpart requires to be maintained from a power line. 

Determine if any part of the equipment, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), if operated up to the equipment s maximum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than 20 feet to a power line. If so, the employer must meet the requirements in Option (1), Option (2), or Option (3) of this section, as follows ... 

No part of the equipment, load line, or load (including rigging and lifting accessories) is allowed below a power line unless the employer has confirmed that the utility owner/ operator has deenergized and (at the worksite) visibly grounded the power line, except where one of the exceptions in paragraph (d)(2) of this section appiies. 

Account must be taken of the combination of forces to which the lifting equipment will be subjected, as well as the weight of any lifting accessories. The equipment should include an appropriate factor of safety against failure. 

The term lifting equipment covers any equipment used in the process of lifting loads or people and includes lifts, cranes, hoists and lifting accessories that join the load to the crane. The legislative requirements for the... 

Slingers, signallers and drivers should be properly trained, medically fit and of a steady disposition. Detailed advice on the safe use of cranes, lifting accessories and mobile cranes is given by Dickie, Short and Hudson . 

Any equipment found to be defective on an inspection should be taken out of service and the employer informed. Defective lifting accessories should be either repaired or scrapped, but defects to lifting machines should be reported to the competent person who may wish to carry out a special examination. 

Loss of load from failure of lifting equipment, lifting accessories or slinging procedure... 

Lifting accessory - work equipment for attaching loads to machinery for lifting... 

Load - includes a person, material or animal as well as the lifting accessories and hook block... 

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