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Title 29 - Labor last revised: Oct 31, 2024
All TitlesTitle 29Chapter XVIIPart 1917Subpart GAppendix Appendix I - Appendix I to Part 1917—Special Cargo Gear and Container Spreader Test Requirements (Mandatory) [see § 1917.50(c)(5)]
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Appendix Appendix I - Appendix I to Part 1917—Special Cargo Gear and Container Spreader Test Requirements (Mandatory) [see § 1917.50(c)(5)]
Type gearTest requirementTested byProof test
A. All Special Cargo Handling Gear Purchased or Manufactured on or After January 21, 1998
1. Safe Working Load—greater than 5 short tons (10,000 lbs./4.5 metric tons)Prior to initial useOSHA accredited agency onlyUp to 20 short tons125% SWL
Prior to reuse after structural damage repairFrom 20 to 50 short tons5 short tons in excess of SWL
Every four years after initial proof load testOSHA accredited agency or designated person (40)(1) 125% SWLOver 50 short tons110% SWL
2. Safe Working Load—5 short tons or lessPrior to initial use
Prior to reuse after structural damage repair		OSHA accredited agency or designated person125% SWL
3. Intermodal container spreaders not part of vessel's cargo handling gearPrior to initial use
Prior to reuse after structural damage repairOSHA accredited agency only
Every four years after initial proof load testOSHA accredited agency or designated person125% SWL
B. All Special Cargo Handling Gear in Use Prior to January 21, 1998
1. Any Safe Working LoadEvery four years starting on January 21, 1998OSHA accredited agency or designated personUp to 20 short tons
Prior to initial use or prior to reuse after structural damage repairOSHA accredited agencyFrom 20 to 50 short tons5 short tons in excess of SWL
Over 50 short tons110% SWL
2. Intermodal container spreaders not part of ship's gearEvery four years starting on January 21, 1998OSHA accredited agency or designated person
Prior to initial use or prior to reuse after structural damage repairOSHA accredited agency125% SWL
[65 FR 40943, June 30, 2000]
authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653,655,657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911
source: 48 FR 30909, July 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted.
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