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 1605.9 - Hoist Platforms and Cages
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Workmen shall be prohibited from riding the hoist platform except for authorized inspection and maintenance.
(b) When wheelbarrows or other rolling equipment are transported, they shall be held securely in place on the hoist platform.
(c) Overhead protective covering of two-inch planking, 3/4 -inch plywood or other solid material of equivalent strength shall be provided on the top of every material hoist cage or platform to prevent objects falling on the workmen loading or unloading the hoist.
(d) The protective covering on the top of the cage or platform may be made in hinged sections that may be raised when hoisting long material.
(e) When using a cage or platform for long material, the several pieces of the material shall be securely fastened together and made fast to the cage or platform, so that no part of the load can fall or project beyond the sides of the cage or platform.
(f) Platform floors covered with metal, shall have a non-slip surface.
(g) When a hoist tower is not enclosed, the hoist platform or car shall be totally enclosed (caged) on all sides including the roof, for the full height between the floor and the cage top. The walls of the cage shall be constructed of 1/2 -inch mesh of No. 14 U. S. Standard gage wire or the equivalent. The hoist-platform enclosure will include the required gates for loading and unloading.
(h) A stamped plate indicating the manufacturer's rated load of the hoist in pounds shall be conspicuously displayed in the hoist cage.
(i) Broken-rope safety devices, if and when used in conjunction with material platforms or concrete buckets, shall conform to the following conditions. However, under no circumstances shall they be construed to satisfy the requirements of Section 1604 of these Orders.