California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 17 - Mine Safety Orders
Article 36 - Hoisting Equipment
GENERAL
Section 7138 - Attaching Hoisting Cable to Hoisting Conveyance-Safety Hook
Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 7138
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) (19-75) No open hook shall be used with a shaft conveyance in hoisting, but some form of safety hook or shackle shall be used.
(b) In all shafts where men are hoisted or lowered, an emergency sling double clevis pin, or other attachment acceptable to the Division shall be used from the cable to the conveyance, so that should the clevis pin break, the emergency attachment will prevent the conveyance from falling.
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