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INSPECTION CRITERIA FOR WIRE ROPE SLINGS
Remove slings from service when:
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Capacity information is missing or illegible.
End attachments (including hooks) are cracked,
deformed, or obviously worn.
CAUTION
Do not inspect a sling by passing bare
hands over the wire rope.
One Rope Lay
TO PREVENT: Avoid pulling rope across edges or
protrusions.
WEAR
Rigging
Hardware
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Flat areas on the individual
wires. When wires have lost one third or more of their
original diameter, the sling must be taken out of service.
Mesh
Slings
TO PREVENT: Do not drag sling on the ground and do
not drag loads over slings. Protect high wear areas.
CORROSION / HEAT DAMAGE
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Absence of lubrication and
discoloration of rope.
TO PREVENT: Hang slings for storage away from
moisture. Do not use wire core slings above 400° F or
昀椀ber core slings above 180° F.
KINKING / BIRDCAGING
Lift-All
Hoists
Tow
Load
Products Huggers
Hook is twisted out of plane by more than 10%.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The individual wires that make
up the strands in a wire rope can break for various
reasons including fatigue and overload. Wire rope
slings must be taken out of service when you 昀椀nd 10 or
more broken wires in one rope lay, or 5 or more broken
wires in one strand of one rope lay.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Bent strands of wire or strands
standing out from their regular position in the body of the
sling.
Hoist
Rings
Plate
Clamps
Lifting
Devices
Hook throat opening is increased more than 15%.
BROKEN WIRES
TO PREVENT: Protect rope from sharp edges of load.
Do not shock load slings.
CRUSHING
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: A section of rope that is
昀氀attened, where the cross section is no longer round.
TO PREVENT: Never allow loads to be set on top of
slings.
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OSHA 1910.184 requires wire rope slings to have "permanently a昀케xed and legible identi昀椀cation markings".
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