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Document ID (ISN)37601
CIS number 82-603
ISBN(s) 0-11-883394-4
Year 1981
Convention or series no. Guidance Note PM 27
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive
Title Construction hoists
Bibliographic information HM Stationery Office, P.O. Box 539, London SE1 9NH, United Kingdom, Aug. 1981. 4p. Price: £0.50.
Abstract This note gives guidance on the maintenance, inspection, testing and examination of construction hoists which are subject to the requirements of the Construction (Lifting Operations) Regulations 1961. General recommendations; legal requirements, with reference to sections of the 1961 regulations; tests and examination (suspension ropes; wear and age; broken wires; lubrication; safety devices; overspeed governor, arrest gear; degree and method of testing (after manufacture, substantial alteration or repair, or after height of travel has been altered; periodic examination; safety precautions when testing)); maintenance and inspection; test records; source of further information.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; inspection; building industry; builders hoists
Descriptors (secondary) travel limiting devices; safety devices; construction sites; wire ropes; speed limiting devices; periodical checks; inspection records; compliance tests; equipment testing; data sheet; preventive maintenance
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Materials handling and storage
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Labour inspection
Elevators, escalators and hoists
Construction industry and civil engineering