California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders
Group 13 - Cranes and Other Hoisting Equipment
Article 101 - Slings
Section 5049 - Defective Hoist or Sling Hooks and Rings
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Deformed or defective hooks or rings shall not be used.
(b) Deformed hooks or rings shall be replaced or repaired and reshaped under proper metallurgical control and proof tested.
(c) Annealing or normalizing shall be done only in accordance with the chain manufacturer's specifications.
(d) Hooks and shackles shall be used in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.
(e) All hooks for which no applicable manufacturer's recommendations are available shall be tested to twice the intended safe working load before they are initially put into use. The employer shall maintain and keep readily available a certification record which includes the date of the test, the signature of the person who performed the test, and an identifier of the hook which was tested.
(f) Special custom design grabs, hooks, clamps, or other lifting accessories for such units as modular panels, prefabricated structures and similar materials, shall be marked to indicate the safe working loads and shall be proof-tested to 125 percent of the rated load prior to use.
(g) Shackles. Employers must ensure that shackles:
1. New
subsections (d) and (e) filed 5-1-87; operative 5-31-87 (Register 87, No.
19).
2. Relettering of former subsection (e) to subsection (f), and
new subsection (e) filed 3-5-90; operative 4-4-90 (Register 90, No.
12).
3. Change without regulatory effect providing proper placement
for HISTORY 2 filed 4-13-2004 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2004, No. 16).
4. New subsections (g)-(g)(3)
filed 1-18-2012; operative 1-18-2012 pursuant to Labor Code section
142.3(a)(4)(C).
Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section
142.3(a)(3)
(Register 2012, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
