California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 13 - Cranes and Other Hoisting Equipment › Article 101 - Slings › Section 5041 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Angle of Loading. Inclination of a leg or branch of a
						  sling may be measured from the horizontal or vertical plane as shown in Figure
						  S-5. When angle of loading is less than 5 degrees from the vertical, the load
						  may be considered a vertical load.
Basket Hitch. A sling configuration whereby the sling
						  is passed under the load and has both ends, end attachments, eyes or handles on
						  the hook or a single master link.
Braided Wire Rope. A rope formed by plaiting component
						  wire ropes.
Braided Wire Rope Sling. A sling made from braided
						  rope.
Bridle Wire Rope Sling. A sling composed of multiple
						  legs with the top ends gathered in a fitting that goes over the lifting
						  hook.
Cable Body Endless Sling, Mechanical Joint. A wire rope
						  sling made endless from one continuous length of cable laid rope with the ends
						  joined by one or more metallic fittings.
Cable Laid Grommet, Hand Tucked. An endless wire rope
						  sling made from one continuous length of rope formed to make a body composed of
						  6 ropes around a rope core. The rope ends are hand tucked into the body thus
						  forming the core. No sleeves are used.
Cable Laid Rope. A wire rope composed of 6 ropes laid
						  as strands with a rope core.
Cable Laid Rope Sling, Mechanical Joint. A wire rope
						  sling made from a cable laid wire rope with eyes fabricated by pressing or
						  swaging one or more metal sleeves over the rope junction.
Choker Hitch. A sling configuration with one end of the
						  sling passing under the load and through an end attachment, handle or eye on
						  the other end of the sling.
Coatings. Elastomers or other suitable material applied
						  to a sling to impart desirable properties.
Cross Rod. A wire used to join spirals of metal mesh to
						  form the complete fabric. (See Figure S-3).
Equivalent Entity. A person or organization (including
						  an employer) which, by possession of equipment, technical knowledge and skills,
						  can perform with equal competence the same repairs and tests as the person or
						  organization with which it is equated.
Fabric (Metal Mesh). The flexible portion of the sling
						  consisting of a series of transverse coils and cross rods and exclusive of
						  terminal fittings. (See Figure S-3).
Fabric Length (Metal Mesh). Length of the fabric
						  measured between the extreme ends of the spiral loops. (See Figure S-2).
Fabric Thickness (Metal Mesh). The fabric thickness
						  shall be the nominal overall thickness of the spirals. (See Figure S-3).
Handle. A terminal fitting to which metal mesh fabric
						  is attached. This terminal fitting may be either a male handle (triangle) or
						  female handle (choker). (See Figure S-2).
Handle Eye. An opening in the handle shaped to accept a
						  hook, shackle or other lifting device.
Handle, Female (Choker). A terminal fitting containing
						  a handle eye and a slot. The slot shall be of such a dimension as to permit
						  passage of the male handle and thereby allow use of the sling in a choker
						  hitch.
Handle, Male (Triangle). The standard terminal fitting
						  without a choker slot.
Hitch, Basket. Loading with sling passed under the load
						  with both ends, end attachments, eyes, or handles on the hook or a single
						  master link.
Hitch, Choker. Loading with sling passed through one
						  end attachment, eye or handle and suspended by the other.
Hitch, Vertical. Loading with the sling vertical. Load
						  suspended on a single part or leg.
Link, Master Coupling. Alloy steel welded coupling link
						  used as an intermediate link to join alloy steel chain to master links. (See
						  Figure S-1).
Link, Master (Gathering Ring). Forged or welded steel
						  link used to support all members (legs) of an alloy steel chain or wire rope
						  sling. (See Figure S-1).
Link, Mechanical Coupling (Alloy Steel Chain). A
						  non-welded, mechanically closed link used primarily to attach master links,
						  hooks, etc. to running length alloy steel chain.
Proof Load. The specific load applied in performance of
						  the proof test.
Proof Test. A nondestructive tension test made by the
						  sling manufacturer or equivalent entity to verify construction and workmanship
						  of the individual sling.
Rated Capacity (Working Load Limit). The maximum
						  allowable working load established by the sling manufacturer and permitted by
						  the provisions of this Article.
Reach (Alloy Steel Chain). Effective length of an alloy
						  steel chain sling measured from the top bearing surface of the master link to
						  the bearing surface in the base (Bowl) of the hook.
Selvage Edge. Finished edge of synthetic webbing to
						  prevent unraveling.
Sling Manufacturer. A person or company assembling
						  sling components into their final form for actual use. The sling manufacturer
						  and the manufacturer of the sling material (Alloy steel chains, wire rope,
						  metal mesh webbing, fiber rope or synthetic webbing) may or may not be
						  identical.
Spiral. A single transverse coil that is the basic
						  element from which metal mesh is fabricated.
Strand Laid Endless Sling, Mechanical Joint. A wire
						  rope sling made endless from one continuous length of rope with the ends joined
						  by one or more metallic fittings.
Strand Laid Grommet, Hand Tucked. An endless wire rope
						  sling made from one continuous length of strand formed to make a 6 strand rope
						  with a strand core. The strand ends are hand tucked into the body. No sleeves
						  are used.
Strand Laid Rope. A wire rope made with strands
						  (usually 6 or 8) formed around a fiber core, wire strand core, or independent
						  wire rope core (IWRC).
Strength, Minimum Breaking. Minimum load at which the
						  sling will break when loaded to destruction in direct tension.
Strength, Nominal Breaking. Load at which the sling
						  could be expected to break when loaded to destruction in direct tension.
Tagline. A restraining line to control position of the
						  load.
1. New
						  NOTE filed 5-1-87; operative 5-31-87 (Register 87, No.
						  19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.