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 3 - General Plant Equipment and Special Operations
Article 14 - Marine Terminal Operations
Table MT-2 - Minimum Allowable Chain Size at Any Point of Link
Universal Citation: 8 CA Code of Regs MT-2
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
| Chain Size |
Minimum Allowable Chain size |
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| Inches | cm | Inches | cm |
| 1/4 | .6 | 1 3/64 | .5 |
| 3/8 | 1.0 | 19/64 | .8 |
| 1/2 | 1.3 | 25/64 | 1.0 |
| 5/8 | 1.6 | 31/64 | 1.2 |
| 3/4 | 1.9 | 19/32 | 1.5 |
| 7/8 | 2.2 | 45/64 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 2.5 | 13/16 | 2.1 |
| 1 1/8 | 2.9 | 29/32 | 2.3 |
| 1 1/4 | 3.2 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 1 3/8 | 3.5 | 1 3/32 | 2.8 |
| 1 1/2 | 3.8 | 1 3/16 | 3.0 |
| 1 3/4 | 4.4 | 1 13/32 | 3.5 |
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SAFE WORKING LOADS FOR SHACKLES |
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(In tons of 2000 pounds) |
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Material size |
Pin diameter |
Safe working |
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| inches | cm | inches | cm | load | |||
| 1/2 | 1.3 | 5/8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | |||
| 5/8 | 1.6 | 3/4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | |||
| 3/4 | 1.9 | 7/8 | 2.2 | 3.2 | |||
| 7/8 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.5 | 4.3 | |||
| 1 | 2.5 | 1 1/8 | 2.9 | 5.6 | |||
| 1 1/8 | 2.9 | 1 1/4 | 3.2 | 6.7 | |||
| 1 1/4 | 3.2 | 1 3/8 | 3.5 | 8.2 | |||
| 1 3/8 | 3.5 | 1 1/2 | 3.8 | 10.0 | |||
| 1 1/2 | 3.8 | 1 5/8 | 4.1 | 11.9 | |||
| 1 3/4 | 4.4 | 2 | 5.0 | 16.2 | |||
| 2 | 5.0 | 2 1/4 | 5.7 | 21.2 | |||
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