Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173:body:0:p69
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173
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Character Range: 179898–182553

may overload it.
Where thimbles are required for eye splices on ropes, they should be of suitable size.
Rope ends and splices should be properly seized with yarn or other suitable means.

15.1              Wire ropes
Wire rope should not be used on board unless it is accompanied by a certificate stating that it has been made to a recognised national or international standard and which gives details of its construction, safe working load and minimum breaking strain.
Gloves should be used to protect hands against injury from wire ropes except when the rope is under stress or is being paid out. In such cases care should be taken to avoid hand injuries from broken or frayed strands.
All wire ropes should be treated at regular intervals with suitable lubricants free from acid or alkali and, if possible, of a type recommended by the manufacturer. Wire ropes should be regularly inspected for loose or broken strands or internal damage. Special attention should be paid to the condition of eye splices.
Wire ropes should be stored on reels of suitable diameter. When a wire rope normally stored on a reel is required for use it should be taken from the reel and flaked on the deck in a safe manner. It should be inspected thoroughly for corrosion, damage, and for the expiry of shelf life that the manufacturer may have recommended.
A wire rope should not be used if:
       it shows signs of corrosion;
       there is a tendency towards separation of the strands or wires;
       excessive wear is indicated by flats appearing on the individual wires;
       there is excessive reduction in the measured diameter;
       the number of broken wires in any length of 10 diameters exceeds five percent of the total number of wires in the rope;
       its statutory life or service life as recommended by the manufacturer has expired, although the wire may look outwardly good; or
       it fails to meet requirements of a test.
Where eyes are formed they should be made by eye splicing or using appropriate compression fittings (using swages or ferrules). The use of bulldog grips is discouraged, and they must not be used on lifting wires and mooring wires.

15.2              Fibre ropes
At regular intervals and always after any cutting or splicing, fibre ropes used for hoisting purposes should be examined for abrasions, broken fibres, cuts, fraying, displacement of the yarns, discolouration and other defects. Contact with grit or sand or dragging over rough surfaces may damage rope and should be avoided.
An eye or rope splice in a rope of natural fibre should have not less than three tucks and the tail of each tuck should be whipped