Standard

ASME B30.9

Revised

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Abstract

This Standard applies to the construction, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance of jacks; power-operated cranes, monorails, and crane runways; power-operated and manually operated derricks and hoists; lifting devices, hooks, and slings; and cableways. This Standard does not apply to track and automotive jacks, railway or automobile wrecking cranes, shipboard cranes, shipboard cargo-handling equipment, well-drilling derricks, skip hoists, mine hoists, truck body hoists,, car or barge pullers, conveyors, excavating equipment, or equipment coming within the scope of the following Committees: A10, A17, MO, A92, A120, €320, B56, and B77. Purpose This Standard is designed to: (a) guard against and minimize injury to workers, and otherwise provide for the protection of life, limb, and property by prescribing safety requirements; (b) provide direction to owners, employers, supervisors, and others concerned with, or responsible for, its application; and (c) guide governments and other regulatory bodies in the development, promulgation, and enforcement of appropriate safety directives.

Document information

  • Standard from ASME_AC
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  • Document type: IS