scope:

This Code applies to the construction, installation, inspection, maintenance, and operation of jacks; power-operated cranes; crane runways; power-operated and manually operated derricks and hoists; power-operated overhead hoists and their runways; and slings.

This Code does not apply to any crane, derrick, or hoist having a maximum rated capacity of one ton or less, or to railway or automobile wrecking cranes, skip hoists, hoist-like units used for horizontal pulling only, mine hoists, conveyors, or to shovels, dragline excavators or back hoes, or to equipment within the scope of American National Standards Committee A92 Mobile Scaffolds, Towers, and Platforms. Within the above limitations this Code also shall be applied to cranes, derricks, and hoists used on construction work.

Purpose

This Code is designed (1) to guard against and minimize injury to workers and otherwise provide for the protection of life, limb, and property by prescribing minimum safety requirements, (2) to provide direction to owners, employers, supervisors, and others concerned with, or responsible for, its application, and (3) to guide governments and other regulatory bodies in the development, promulgation, and enforcement of appropriate safety directives.