scope:

This Standard defines safety requirements relating to the elements of design, operation, and maintenance of powered industrial crane trucks intended primarily for pick and carry use in warehousing, yarding, or industrial plant operation over improved or hard surfaced roads and yards, including maintenance within these areas.

This Standard does not apply to the general type of industrial crane trucks described herein, where used for construction work in any area, or to equipment-within the scope of ASME Standards Committee B30, which includes and defines rough terrain, crawler, locomotive, and truck cranes.

Industrial crane trucks shall have the following characteristics:

(a) one power source for both travel and crane operations;

(b) a single operator's position with controls for travel and crane operation located in the chassis, and which does not rotate with the slewing boom;

(c) a hoisting mechanism for the loadline which provides powered operation in both hoisting and lowering directions, and furnished with a positive friction brake to prevent free spooling.