ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDHandlingLoadsSuspendedFromRotorcraftASMEB30.12-2011(RevisionofASMEB30.12-2006)SafetyStandardforCableways,Cranes,Derricks,Hoists,Hooks,Jacks,andSlingsREAFFIRMED2021ASMEB30.12-2011(RevisionofASMEB30.12-2006)HandlingLoadsSuspendedFromRotorcraftSafetyStandardforCableways,Cranes,Derricks,Hoists,Hooks,Jacks,andSlingsANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USADateofIssuance:March16,2012ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2017.ThisStandardwillbecomeeffective1yearaftertheDateofIssuance.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.InterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.org/astheyareissued,andwillalsobepublishedwithinthenexteditionoftheStandard.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagestoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheCommitteePagescanbefoundathttp://cstools.asme.org/.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.ASMEdoesnottakeanypositionwithrespecttothevalidityofanypatentrightsassertedinconnectionwithany...