Section 69 in The Orissa Building and Others Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2002
69. Ropes.
(1)The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that-(a)no rope is used for building or other construction work unless-(i)it is of good quality and free from patent defects; and(ii)in the case of wire ropes.it has been tested and examined by a competent person in the manner specified in Schedule-I;(b)Every wire rope of lifting appliance or lifting gear used for building or other construction work is inspected by responsible persons for such use, once at least in every three months;Provided that after any such wire is broken in such rope.it shall thereafter be inspected once at least in every month by the responsible person;(c)no wire rope is used for building or other construction work if in any length of eight diameters of such wires, the total number of visible broken wires exceed ten percent of the total number of wires in such rope, or such rope shows sign of excessive wear, corrosion or other defects which in the opinion of the person who inspects it or Inspector, having jurisdiction is unfit for use;(d)eye splices and loops of ropes for the attachment of hooks rings and other such parts to wire ropes are made with suitable thimble;(2)A thimble or loop splice made in any wire rope sling conforms to the following standards, namely; -(i)Wire rope sling shall have at least three trucks with full stand or rope and two tucks with one-half of the wires cut out of each of such stand in all cases, such stands shall be tucked against the lay of the rope;(ii)Protruding ends of such stands in any splice of wire rope slings shall be covered or treated so as to leave no sharp points;(iii)A fibre rope or a rope sling shall have at least four trucks; tail of such tuck being whipped in a suitable manner; and(iv)A synthetic fibre rope or rope sling shall have at least four tucks with full strand followed by further tuck with one-half filaments cut out of each of such strand and final tuck with one-half of the remaining filaments cut out from such strands. Any portion of the splices containing such tucks, with reduced number of filaments, shall be securely covered with suitable tape or other material:Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply where any other form of splice which maybe shown to be as efficient as the splice with above standards, is used.
