scope:

The scope of this Standard is the standardization of safety and performance requirements for portable automotive lifting equipment including:

(a) Hydraulic Hand Jacks

(b) Transmission Jacks

(c) Engine Stands

(d) Vehicle Support Stands

(e) Mechanical Screw Jacks

(f) Mechanical Bumper Jacks

(g) Mechanical Scissors Jacks

(h) Mechanical Frame Jacks

(i) Upright Type Mobile Lifts

(j) Service Jacks

(k) Wheel Dollies

(l) Shop Cranes

(m) Swing Type Mobile Lifts

(n) Scissors Type Mobile Lifts

(o) Auxiliary Stands Automotive Ramps

(p) High Reach Supplementary Stands

This Standard may include requirements for safety, health, design, production, construction, maintenance, performance, or operation of equipment, andíor qualification of personnel.

PURPOSE

This Standard is designed to:

(a) guard against and mitigate injury to workers, and otherwise provide for the protection of life, limb, and property by prescribing safety requirements;

(b) provide direction to purchasers, owners, employers, supervisors, and others concerned with, or responsible for, its application; and

(c) guide governmental and other regulatory bodies in the development, promulgation, and enforcement of appropriate safety directives.