Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00337:body:0:p41
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00337
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 95472–98002

be operated by persons at deck level.
      (5) If an access ladder on a track-mounted crane is located where a person using it could fall into an open cargo space or over the vessel's side, it must comply with subclauses 18(5) and (6) of Schedule 2.
      (6) However, access to the bottom of the ladder must not be impeded.
      (7) If the operator's cabin a track-mounted crane travels with the horizontal movement of a load, the structure must enable to operator to leave the cabin safely if there is a power failure or other emergency.
Example of an appropriate structure
a mobile or portable access or means of returning the cabin from the track to the point of access.
      (8) A track-mounted crane installed on a vessel before 17 November 1986 must comply with subclauses (1), (2), (5), (6) and (7) to the extent technically practicable.

Division 3 Controls and brakes

1 Controls
      (1) Crane and winch controls must:
       (a)      be located so that the operator in the operator's position:
 (i) has sufficient room to operate them safely; and
 (ii) has a clear view of the load and operation area, or of a person directing cargo operations; and
 (iii) is clear of the load and ropes; and
(b) be located so the operator is not placed in the bight of the runner near the heel block of a derrick; and
(c) have on or next to them clear markings that indicate their purpose and mode of operation; and
(d) have a locking device to prevent accidental movement or displacement; and
(e) for a vessel constructed after 5 December 2011 — automatically return to the neutral / stop position.
      (2) Crane and winch control handles must move in the direction of the resultant load movement.
      (3) Crane and winch control wheels must rotate clockwise for winding in a rope and anticlockwise for paying out a rope.
      (4) For the full range of operations, a control must not move from the midpoint of the designed handgrip or footrest more than:
(a) for a hand lever — 600 mm; or
(b) for a foot pedal — 250 mm.
      (5) A brake pedal for a crane or winch must have a non-slip surface.

2 Brakes
      (1) A winch used in loading or unloading must have a braking system that can:
(a) arrest the motion of each drum on which a rope is wound; and
(b) exert a restraining torque of at least 1.5 times the maximum static torque that would be transmitted to the brake by a suspended load of the maximum safe working load of the derrick served by the winch.
      (2) When the winch is under load, each brake must be able