Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

SCAFFOLDING AND LIFTS REGULATION 1950 - REG 156

Frames

    (1)     The frame shall be either—

        (a)     a malleable iron or steel casting, or other approved material; or

        (b)     a fabricated wrought steel frame constructed as follows:

              (i)     the vertical part of the frames shall be formed from flat rectangular mild steel bar with horizontal rope guards (also of flat rectangular mild steel bar) welded by an approved process to the vertical part of the frame; and

              (ii)     all sharp corners and edges shall be dressed to prevent the chafing of the rope.

Clearances

    (2)     The openings in the frame shall be adequate to prevent contact with and chafing the rope.

    (3)         The total clearance between the sheave and the frame shall not exceed ¹ / 16 of an inch.

    (4)         The clearance between the hole in the crosshead and shank of the hook, between the axle pin and the holes in the frame, between the axle pin and the hole in the sheave and between the side of the cotter pin and the frame shall not exceed ¹ / 64 of an inch.

Lift boxes