A hand operated pulling and lifting hoist comprising: a drive shaft coupled to a load sheave that hoists a load such that a rotary drive force is transmitted thereto; an operation lever mounted so as to rotate about the drive shaft; a change gear to engage with a switching pawl fitting provided for the operation lever so as to convert a manual force applied to the operation lever into a hoist driving force; a driving member set on the drive shaft such that the hoist driving force is transmitted thereto; a transmission torque adjusting means (4a, 8a, 8b, 9, 11, 12) set on a sleeve (4c, 4d) of the driving member for adjusting a limit value of the hoist driving force to be transmitted from the change gear to the driving member; a fixed support ring disposed about the driving member so as to mount the operation lever rotatably; a pivotable support ring formed on the operation lever and rotatably fitted to an internal circumference of the fixed support ring; and a driving-member contact prevention part on the change gear for preventing contact between the pivotable support ring and the driving member, wherein the change gear is set on the sleeve of the driving member; the driving member comprises the sleeve and a flange; and the driving member has a transmission torque-adjusting press member on one end thereof, which transmission torque-adjusting press member adjusts a pressing force acting between the change gear and the flange and a rotary force transmitted between the change gear and the driving member; characterised in that the driving-member contact prevention part is a projection projecting from a side of the change gear between the pivotable support ring and the flange of the driving member. a drive shaft coupled to a load sheave that hoists a load such that a rotary drive force is transmitted thereto; an operation lever mounted so as to rotate about the drive shaft; a change gear to engage with a switching pawl fitting provided for the operation lever so as to convert a manual force applied to the operation lever into a hoist driving force; a driving member set on the drive shaft such that the hoist driving force is transmitted thereto; a transmission torque adjusting means (4a, 8a, 8b, 9, 11, 12) set on a sleeve (4c, 4d) of the driving member for adjusting a limit value of the hoist driving force to be transmitted from the change gear to the driving member; a fixed support ring disposed about the driving member so as to mount the operation lever rotatably; a pivotable support ring formed on the operation lever and rotatably fitted to an internal circumference of the fixed support ring; and a driving-member contact prevention part on the change gear for preventing contact between the pivotable support ring and the driving member, wherein the change gear is set on the sleeve of the driving member; the driving member comprises the sleeve and a flange; and the driving member has a transmission torque-adjusting press member on one end thereof, which transmission torque-adjusting press member adjusts a pressing force acting between the change gear and the flange and a rotary force transmitted between the change gear and the driving member; characterised in that the driving-member contact prevention part is a projection projecting from a side of the change gear between the pivotable support ring and the flange of the driving member.