Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (LIFTING APPLIANCES AND LIFTING GEAR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7E

Anchoring and ballasting of cranes

(1) The owner of a crane shall ensure that all of the devices used for the
anchoring or ballasting of the crane are thoroughly examined by a
competent examiner on each occasion before the crane is erected.

(2) After each erection of a crane, and after each removal of a crane to a new
location, or any adjustment to any component member of a crane (being a
removal or adjustment which involves changes in the arrangements for anchoring
or ballasting the crane), the owner of the crane shall, before it is taken
into use, cause the crane to be tested by a competent examiner, by the
imposition either-

   (a)  of a load of 25% above the maximum load to be lifted by the crane as
        erected, at the positions where there is a maximum pull on each
        anchorage; or

   (b)  of a lesser load arranged to provide an equivalent test of the
        anchorage or ballasting arrangements.

(3) The owner shall obtain a certificate of the examination and test under
paragraphs (1) and (2) from the competent examiner in the approved from in
which the competent examiner has made a statement to the effect that the crane
is in safe working order.

(4) If the competent examiner making the test under paragraph (2) considers
that the maximum load which may safely be lifted by that crane as erected is
less than the safe working load of the crane he shall specify the new maximum
load in his certificate and in which case, the new maximum load shall be the
modified safe working load.

(5) Where a maximum load has been specified under paragraph (4), the owner
shall cause a loading diagram-

   (a)  appropriate to the stability of the crane as at the time of the test
        (taking into account, in the case of a crane mounted on wheels, the
        conditions of the track); and

   (b)  indicating the modified safe working load, to be affixed in a position
        where it can readily be seen by the crane driver.

(6) The modified safe working load referred to in paragraph (5)(b) shall, for
the purpose of these regulations, be deemed to be the safe  working load of
the crane as erected. (L.N. 285 of 1993)