The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that -
(a) every lifting appliance and loose gear is clearly marked for its safe working load and identification by stamping or other suitable means ;
(b) (i) every derrick (other than derrick crane) is clearly marked for its safe working load when such derrick is used either in single purchase with a lower block or in union purchases in all possible block positions ;
(ii) the lowest angle to the horizontal, to which the derrick may be used, is legibly marked ;
(c) every lifting appliance having more than one working load is fitted with effective means to enable the operator to determine safe working load at each point under all condition of use;
(d) means to ascertain the safe working load for lifting gears under such conditions in which such gears may be used are provided to enable a worker using such gears and such means shall consist of -
(i) marking the safe working load in plain figures or letters upon the sling or upon a tablet or ring of durable material attached securely thereto in case of chain slings ;
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(ii) either the means specified in sub-clause (i) or notices so exhibited as can be easily read by any concerned building worker stating the safe working load for the various sizes of the wire rope slings used in case of wire rope slings.
(e) No lifting appliances or lifting gear shall be used unless marked in accordance with the Provisions.
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(a) no lifting appliance, lifting gear or wire rope is used in an unsafe way and in such a manner as to involve risk to life of building workers, and that they are not loaded beyond their safe working load except for testing purpose under the direction of a competent person in the manner as specified in Schedule I annexed to these rules.
(b) no pulley block is used in building or other construction work unless the safe working load and its identification are clearly marked on such block.
65. Operator's cab or cabin - The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that-
(a) the operator of every lifting machine in outdoor service is provided with a cab or cabin which -
(i) is made of fire resistant material ;
(ii) has a suitable seat, a foot rest and protection from vibration
(iii) affords the operator an adequate view of the area of operation.
(iv) Affords the necessary access to working parts in cab;
(v) Affords the operator adequate protection against the weather;
(vi) is adequately ventilated; and
(vii) is provided with a suitable fire extinguisher.
66. Operation of lifting appliances - The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that -
(a) every crane driver or lifting operator possess adequate skill and training in the operation of the particular lifting appliance;
(b) no person under eighteen years of age is in control of any lifting appliance, scaffold winch, or to give signals to the operator;
(c) precaution is taken by the trained operator to prevent lifting appliance from being set in motion;
(d) the operation of lifting appliance is governed by signals, in conformity with the relevant national standards;
(e) the lifting appliance operator's attention is not distracted while he is working;
(f) no crane, hoist, winch or other lifting appliance or any part of such crane, hoist, winch or other lifting appliance is, except for testing purposes, loaded beyond the safe working load;
g) during the hoisting operations effective precaution is taken to prevent any person from standing or passing under the load in such operation.
(h) operator does not leave lifting appliance unattended while power is on or load is suspended to such appliance;
(i) no person rides on a suspended load or on any lifting appliance;
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(j) every part of a load in course of being hoisted or lowered is adequately suspended and supported to prevent danger;
(k) every receptacle used for hoisting bricks, tiles, slates or other material is suitably enclosed as to prevent the fall of any such materials;
(1) the hoisting platform is enclosed when loose materials or loaded wheel-barrows are placed directly on such platform or lowering, such materials or wheel-barrows;
(m) no material is raised, lowered or slowed with any lifting appliance in such a way as to cause sudden jerks to such appliance;
(n) in hoisting a barrow, any wheel of such barrow is not used as a means of support unless adequate steps are taken to prevent the axle of such wheel from slipping out of its bearings;
(o) long objects like planks or girders are provided with a tag line to prevent any possibility of danger while raising or lowering such objects;
(p) during the process of landing of material, a building worker is not permitted to lean out into empty space for finding out the loading and unloading of such material;
(q) the hoisting of loads at places where there is regular flow of traffic is carried out in an enclosed space, or in case such hoisting is impracticable in enclosed space, measures are taken to hold up or divert the traffic during the time of such hoisting.
(r) adequate steps are taken to prevent a load, in the course of being hoisting or lowered from corning into contact with any object to avoid any displacement of such load;
(s) appliances are provided and used for guiding heavy loads when raising or lowering heavy loads to avoid crushing of hands of building workers during such raising or lowering of loads;
67. Hoists - The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that -
(a) hoist towers are designed according to relevant national standards;
(b) hoist shafts are provided with rigid panels or other adequate fencing - i) at the ground level on all sides of such shafts; and ii) at all other levels on all sides of the access to such shafts;
(c) the walls of hoist shafts, except at approaches, extend at least two metres above the floor or platform of access to such shafts.
(d) approaches to a hoist are provided with gates which are -
(i) girded to maintain visibility;
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(iii) equipped with a device which requires such gate to be closed before the platform of such hoist can leave the landing and prevents the gate from being opened unless such platform, is at the landing;
(e) approaches to a hoist are adequately lit;
(f) the guides of hoist platforms offer sufficient resistance to bending and, to bucking, in the case of jamming, by providing a safety catch;
(g) overhead beams and their supports are capable of holding the total maximum live and dead loads that such beams and supports will be required to carry, with a safety factor of at least five;
(h) a clear space is provided -
(i) above the highest stopping place of a cage or platform to allow sufficient unobstructed travel of such cage or platform in case of over winding; and
(ii) below the lowest stopping place of such cage or platform;
(i) adequate covering is provided above the top of hoist shafts to prevent materials from falling into such shafts;
(j) outdoor hoist towers are erected on adequately firm foundations and are securely braced, guyed and anchored;
(k) a ladder way extends from the bottom to the top of every outdoor hoist tower in case no other ladder way exists within easy reach and such ladder way comply with the relevant national standards;·
(l) the rated capacity of a hoisting engine is at least one and a halftimes the maximum load that such engine will be required to move;
(m) all gearing on a hoisting engine is securely enclosed;
(n) steam piping of a hoisting engine is adequately protected against accidental contact of such piping with a building worker ;
(o) electrical equipment of a hoisting engine is effectively earthed ;
(p) a hoist is provided with suitable devices to stop a hoisting engine as soon as the platform of such hoist reaches its highest stopping place ;
(q) a hoisting engine is protected by a suitable cover against Timweather and falling objects;
(r) a hoisting engine set up in a public thoroughfare is completely enclosed ;
(s) all exhaust steam pipes discharge steam in such a manner that the steam so discharged does not scald any person or obstruct the operator's view ;
(t) the motion of a hoist is not reversed without first bringing it to rest to avoid any harm from such reverse motion.
(u) a hoist, not designed for the conveyance of persons is not set in motion from the platform of such hoist;
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(v) pawls and ratchet wheels of a hoist, requiring disengagement of such pawls from such ratchet wheels, before the platform of such hoist is lowered, are not used ;
(w) a platform of a hoist is capable of supporting such maximum load, that such platform may carry, with a safety factor of at least three
(x) a platform of a hoist is equipped with suitable safety gear which can hold such platform with its maximum load in case its hoisting rope breaks ;
(y) on platform of a hoist, the wheel barrows or truck are efficiently blocked in a safe position;
(z) a cage of a hoist or a platform, where the building workers are required to enter into such cage or to go on such platform at landing level, is provided with a locking arrangement to prevent such cage or platform from moving during the time a worker enters or leaves such cage or platform ;
(za) he sides of platform of a hoist which, are not used for loading or unloading, are provided with toe-board and enclosures of a wire mesh or any other suitable means to prevent the tall of any part of a load from such platform ;
(zb) a platform of a hoist, which has any probability of falling and part of load from it, is provided with a adequate covering with such fall;
(zc) he counter-weights of a hoist consisting of an assemblage of several parts are so constructed that such parts are rigidly connected together ;
(zd) the counter-weights of a hoist run between guides ;
(ze) at every level of work the building worker are provided with adequate platforms for performing such work;
(zf) a legible notice in Hindi as well as in a local language is displayed at-
(i) a conspicuous place of the platforms of a a hoist and the such notice states the maximum carrying capacity of such hoist in kilograms ;
(ii) a conspicuous place on the hoisting engine and that such notice states maximum lifting capacity of such hoist in kilograms;
(iii) a conspicuous place on a hoist authorized and certified for the conveyance of the person on the platform or cage and such notice states the maximum number of persons to be carried on such hoist at one time ;
(iv) a conspicuous place on a hoist carrying goods and other materials and such notice states that such hoist is not meant for carriage of persons.