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PURPOSE

The purpose of this Marshall Work Instruction (MWI) is to identify the MSFC organizations responsible for ensuring compliance with the directive documents governing lifting equipment and operations, particularly NSS/GO 1740.9.

This document applies to overhead and gantry cranes (including top running monorail, underhung, and jib cranes), mobile cranes, derricks, hoists, special hoist-supported personnel-lifting devices, Hydra-sets, hooks, and slings. It does not address elevators, ground-supported personnel lifts (aerial buckets, boom-supported work platforms, scissor lifts, manlifts), powered platforms, winches, forklifts, or front-end loaders.

APPLICABILITY

This MWI applies to all MSFC facilities and organizations. As stated in Section 101a of NSS/GO 1740.9, compliance with that standard is mandatory for all NASA-owned and NASA contractor-supplied equipment used in support of NASA operations at NASA installations. The responsible contracting officer shall include relevant requirements of this MWI in any contract that requires the contractor to purchase, install, modify, maintain, or operate equipment governed by this MWI. In addition, the contracting officer and responsible NASA installation/program safety office shall evaluate the need for compliance at contractor installations performing NASA work and shall make compliance a contractual requirement where deemed necessary.

It is understood that NASA organizations may delegate some of all of their designated responsibilities to subordinate divisions within their organization, to other NASA organizations, or to contractor organizations through contract specifications and statements of work.