Terex RT700 - Annual;Comprehensive Wire Rope Inspection

Annual/Comprehensive Inspection
Atleastevery12months,wireropesinuseonequipmentmustbeinspectedbyaqualiedpersonas
statedunder“ShiftInspection”above.
Inadditiontothecriteriaforshiftinspection,annualinspectionsrequirethat–
• Theinspectionmustbecompleteandthorough,coveringthesurfaceoftheentirelengthofthewire
ropes,withparticularattentiongiventoallofthefollowing:
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Criticalreviewitemsfrom1926.1413(a)(3)–(see“CriticalReviewItems”above).
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Thosesectionsthatarenormallyhiddenduringshiftandmonthlyinspections.
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Wireropesubjecttoreversebends.
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Wireropepassingoversheaves.
Exception
Intheeventanannualinspectionunder1926.1413(c)(2)isnotfeasibleduetoexistingset-upand
congurationoftheequipment(suchaswhereanassistcraneisneeded)orduetositeconditions(suchas
adenseurbansetting),suchinspectionsmustbeconductedassoonasitbecomesfeasible,butnolonger
thananadditional6monthsforrunningropesand,forstandingropes,atthetimeofdisassembly.
• Ifadeciencyisdeterminedtoconstituteasafetyhazard,operationsinvolvinguseofthewireropein
questionmustbeprohibiteduntil:
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Thewireropeisreplaced(see1926.1417),or
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Ifthedeciencyislocalized,theproblemiscorrectedbyseveringthewireropeintwo;theundamaged
portionmaycontinuetobeused.Joiningwireropebysplicingisprohibited.Ifaropeisshortened
underthisparagraph,theemployermustensurethatthedrumwillstillhavetwowrapsofwirewhen
theloadand/orboomisinitslowestposition.
• Ifadeciencyisidentiedandthequaliedpersondeterminesthat,thoughnotpresentlyasafety
hazard,thedeciencyneedstobemonitored,theemployermustensurethatthedeciencyischeckedin
themonthlyinspections.
Additionally
• Theinspectionmustbedocumentedaccordingto1926.1412(f)(7).
• Ropelubricantsofthetypethathinderinspectionmustnotbeused.
• Alldocumentsproducedunderthissectionmustbeavailable,duringtheapplicabledocumentretention
period,toallpersonswhoconductinspectionsunderthissection.
DOC FS-3635 01/2013
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