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1983 Ed.] Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations

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[Subsidiary]

PART III

Chains, Ropes, and Lifting Gear

29. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the contractor responsible for any chain, rope, or lifting gear shall ensure that it is not used in raising or lowering or as a means of suspension unless-

Construction. testing, examina- tion, and safe working load of chains, ropes.

(a) it is of good construction, sound material, and adequate and lifting gear.

strength, and is free from patent defect;

(b) (except in the case of a wire rope used before the com- mencement of these regulations, or of a fibre rope or fibre- rope sling) it has been tested and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner and there has been obtained from him in respect of the test and examination a certificate of test in the prescribed form; and

(c) it is marked in clear and legible figures and letters with the safe working load and an appropriate mark to distinguish it from other similar gear.

(2) A rope or sling need not be marked with its safe working load if-

(a) its safe working load is specified in the report required by regulation 30 and the rope or sling is so marked as to enable its safe working load to be ascertained from the report; or

(b) in the case of a rope or rope sling to which paragraph (1)(b) does not apply, its safe working load can be ascertained from a table of safe working loads which is posted in a prominent position on the construction site where the rope or sling is being used.

(3) In the case of a rope of sling which is not required to be tested and which is not marked with its safe working load, the safe working load required to be entered in the report required by regulation 30 or required to be shown by a table of safe working loads, as the case may be, shall be deemed for the purposes of these regulations to be the safe working load of the rope or rope sling.

(4) The contractor responsible for a wire rope shall ensure that it is not used for raising or lowering or as a means of suspension if, in any length of 10 diameters, the total number of visible broken wires exceeds 5 per cent of the total number of wires in the rope.

(5) The contractor responsible for any chain, rope, or lifting gear shall ensure that it is not loaded beyond its safe working load except for the purpose of making tests, and then only to the extent that a competent examiner may authorize.

30. (1) The contractor responsible for any chain, rope, or lifting gear shall, notwithstanding compliance with regulation 29, ensure that it is not used for raising or lowering or as a means of suspension unless within the preceding 6 months—

First Schedule, Form 6.

Examination of chains, ropes, and lifting gear.

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