§ 33.237. Cages, buckets, chains, links, cables and safety catches.
(a) The design and construction of each cage or bucket shall safely support five times the maximum dead load it will be required to carry and ten times the live load.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent the use of buckets for raising and lowering men, materials and supplies separately, during actual cavern construction. Each bucket shall be connected to the hoist cable by a safety hook, clevis or other adequate safety device.
(c) All cages, rope or cable, links, chains and safety catches shall be carefully examined each day they are used by a competent person delegated for that purpose by the cavern superintendent or foreman and a daily record kept of any findings. Any defects found shall be immediately corrected. None of the above equipment shall be used in operation until the correction of defects found is accomplished. All chains, links and safety catches shall be made of best quality Norway iron.
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