Okla. Stat. tit. 45, § 45-423
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Hoisting equipment
Official statutory text
The hoisting equipment shall be of such kind and in such
condition as to as nearly assure certainty of operation and ease of
control at all times, as is practicable. If electric power be used
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 45. Mines and Mining Page 25
for hoisting, the hoist shall be equipped with an auxiliary safety
brake. All hoisting derricks where swinging dump is used,
constructed after the date of the passage and approval of this law,
shall be so constructed that at no time during the hoisting
operations shall the fastening of the cable to the hook approach
nearer than thirty-six (36) inches to the sheive. All hoisting
sheives installed after the date of the passage and approval of this
law, shall be equipped with a shaft the diameter of which shall be
to the conveyance load hoisted not less than one (1) inch to each
six hundred (600) pounds per conveyance load. Nonspin wire rope
shall be used for hoisting men and material, with a safety factor of
six required on new rope based on manufacturer's tables and maximum
dead load. Said hoisting rope to be discarded for hoisting purposes
when there are six broken wires in one rope lay, or when the wires
on the crown are worn sixty-five percent (65%) of the original
diameter. All hoisting hooks shall be of some safety type, and if
standard snap hook is used it shall be made of not less than one and
one-half (1 1/2) inch High-grade iron, and the hook shall be
attached to the hoisting cable with thimble and three or more
standard clamps, such clamps to be at least eight (8) inches apart.
condition as to as nearly assure certainty of operation and ease of
control at all times, as is practicable. If electric power be used
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 45. Mines and Mining Page 25
for hoisting, the hoist shall be equipped with an auxiliary safety
brake. All hoisting derricks where swinging dump is used,
constructed after the date of the passage and approval of this law,
shall be so constructed that at no time during the hoisting
operations shall the fastening of the cable to the hook approach
nearer than thirty-six (36) inches to the sheive. All hoisting
sheives installed after the date of the passage and approval of this
law, shall be equipped with a shaft the diameter of which shall be
to the conveyance load hoisted not less than one (1) inch to each
six hundred (600) pounds per conveyance load. Nonspin wire rope
shall be used for hoisting men and material, with a safety factor of
six required on new rope based on manufacturer's tables and maximum
dead load. Said hoisting rope to be discarded for hoisting purposes
when there are six broken wires in one rope lay, or when the wires
on the crown are worn sixty-five percent (65%) of the original
diameter. All hoisting hooks shall be of some safety type, and if
standard snap hook is used it shall be made of not less than one and
one-half (1 1/2) inch High-grade iron, and the hook shall be
attached to the hoisting cable with thimble and three or more
standard clamps, such clamps to be at least eight (8) inches apart.
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