California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 14 - Petroleum Safety Orders-Drilling and Production
Article 18 - Standard Type Derricks
Section 6563 - Derrick Gin Pole

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 6563

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) A derrick gin pole or other equivalent means shall be provided on every derrick tower when it is necessary to raise or lower a crown block to or from the top of the derrick tower.

(b) A derrick gin pole shall not be subjected to loads greater than the design and condition of the structure will withstand.

(c) Every derrick gin pole used to handle a crown block shall have sufficient height above the derrick crown (water table) to permit the crown block to be raised to a point at least two feet (2') in the clear above the top of the water table.

(d) When a derrick gin pole is used to install a crown block, access shall be provided to the top of the derrick gin pole by means of a fixed ladder.

1. Amendment of subsection (b) and new NOTE filed 5-8-95; operative 6-7-95 (Register 95, No. 19).

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

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