California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 4 - Construction Safety Orders
Article 14 - Construction Hoists
Section 1605.6 - Guying

Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs 1605.6

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

(a) Towers shall be secured with guys or rigid braces at each corner at intervals not to exceed 30 feet vertically.

(b) Towers guys shall be at least 1/2 -inch diameter improved plow-steel wire rope, secured to anchorages with wire-rope clips as specified in Table 5, or the equivalent. The wire-rope fastenings and the anchorages shall withstand four times the maximum intended loadings.

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