Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-304 - Safety standards for ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking › Section 296-304-16005 - Periodic tests, examinations and inspections

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
After being taken into use, every hoisting machine, all fixed
				gear aboard vessels accessory thereto and loose gear used in connection
				therewith, must be tested, thoroughly examined or inspected as follows:
(1) Derricks with their winches and accessory
			 gear, including the attachments, as a unit; and cranes and other hoisting
			 machines with their accessory gear, as a unit, must be tested and thoroughly
			 examined every four years in the manner set forth in WAC
			 296-304-170 through
			 296-304-17023.
(2) Derricks, their permanent attachments and
			 any other fixed gear the dismantling of which is especially difficult must be
			 visually inspected every twelve months. In order to facilitate such inspection
			 all derricks must be lowered.
(3)
			 All hoisting machines (e.g., cranes, winches), blocks, shackles, and all other
			 accessory gear not included in WAC
			 296-304-16005(2),
			 must be thoroughly examined every twelve months by means of a visual
			 examination, supplemented as necessary by other means, such as a hammer test or
			 with electronic, ultrasonic, or other nondestructive methods, carried out as
			 carefully as conditions permit in order to arrive at a reliable conclusion as
			 to the safety of the parts examined. Particular attention must be paid to the
			 suitability for continued use of all swivels and the pins and bushing of
			 blocks. If necessary, parts of the machines or gear must be dismantled. If
			 blocks are disassembled, all shell bolt nuts must be securely locked upon
			 reassembly.
(4) Where a derrick or
			 crane is mounted on a barge hull and ballast tanks within the hull are used to
			 facilitate use of the derrick or crane, or uncontrolled free surface may be a
			 factor, each annual inspection or examination, as required, must include such
			 inspection as is necessary for the purpose of determining the integrity of any
			 internals contributing to stability under conditions of use. The owner must
			 provide the accredited person with necessary information on any ballasting
			 arrangements required.
(5) Annual
			 inspection or examination, as required, must include, among other things,
			 examination of the following:
(a) Derrick
			 heel attachment points. Heel pins may, if possible, be examined by
			 nondestructive examination.
(b)
			 Shrouds and stays necessary in the use of the gear, together with attachment
			 points.
(c) Deck fittings for the
			 securing of vangs, topping lifts, and/or preventers.
(d) Means of attachment to the hull of "A"
			 frame or other fixed derrick or crane structure and of mobile types of
			 equipment permanently placed aboard the barge or vessel.
(e) Clamshell buckets or other similar
			 equipment, such as magnets, etc., used in conjunction with a derrick or crane
			 mounted aboard a vessel, with particular attention to closing line wires and
			 sheaves. The accredited person may supplement such examination by requesting
			 any operational tests he may deem appropriate.
(f) Winch and other operating drums for
			 excessive wear or defect.