ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB30.6-2010(RevisionofASMEB30.6-2003)DerricksSafetyStandardforCableways,Cranes,Derricks,Hoists,Hooks,Jacks,andSlingsThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USACopyright2010bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwINTENTIONALLYLEFTBLANKCopyright2010bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwASMEB30.6-2010(RevisionofASMEB30.6-2003)DerricksSafetyStandardforCableways,Cranes,Derricks,Hoists,Hooks,Jacks,andSlingsANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDThreeParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USACopyright2010bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDateofIssuance:June30,2010ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2015.ThisStandardwillbecomeeffective1yearaftertheDateofIssuance.Therewillbenoaddendaissuedtothisedition.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.InterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.orgastheyareissued,andwillalsobepublishedwithinthenexteditionoftheStandard.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandar...