Does "Subpart N - Helicopters, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors" Apply to You?
Subpart N provides the standards related to the use of helicopters, material hoists, personnel hoists, elevators, base-mounted drum hoists, overhead hoists, and conveyors. Do you have any of these types of equipment? If yes, then click on the appropriate tabs below for more information.
Subpart N - Helicopters, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors
If yes, then you need to comply with the standard on helicopters. It states that you need to comply with any applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration. It also provides requirements pertaining to briefings, slings and tag lines, cargo hooks, personal protective equipment, housekeeping, operator responsibilities, hooking an unhooking loads, weight limitations, static charge, visibility, ground lines, signal systems, ground personnel, fires, communications, approaching distances and approaching helicopters.
Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for personal protective equipment and materials handling and storage
If yes, then you need to comply with the standard on material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators. The standard provides general requirements for the use of hoists such as rated load capacity, hoisting ropes, heat damage, and complying with the manufacturer's specifications. It also provides specific requirements for material hoists (i.e., operating rules, gates, riding, overhead protection, hoist towers) and personnel hoists (i.e., hoist towers, doors, gates, overhead protection, safeties, combustion engines, hoisting ropes, safety factors, consensus standards).
Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for cranes and derricks and materials handling and storage. The NCDOL Library is available for assistance regarding access to consensus standards (i.e., ANSI, ASME, NFPA, IEEE).
If yes, then you need to comply with the standard on material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators. The standard provides general requirements for permanent elevators such as complying with the American National Standards Institute A17.1-1965 with addenda A17.1a-1967, A17.1b-1968, A17.1c-1969, A17.1d-1970, and inspected in accordance with A17.2-1960 with addenda A17.2a-1965, A17.2b-1967 and following manufacturer's specifications.
The NCDOL Library is available for assistance regarding access to consensus standards (i.e., ANSI, ASME, NFPA, IEEE).
If yes, then you need to comply with the standard on base-mounted drum hoists. Note: It does not apply to base-mounted drum hoists used in conjunction with derricks. It provides general requirements for base-mounted drum hoists including guarding of exposed moving parts, overspeed preventive devices and following manufacturer's specifications.
Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for cranes and derricks, machine guarding and materials handling and storage.
If yes, then you need to comply with the standard on overhead hoists. It provides general requirements for overhead hoists such as safe working loads, supporting structures, location, air hoists, and following manufacturer's specifications.
Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for cranes and derricks and materials handling and storage.
If yes, then you need to comply with the standard on conveyors. It provides the general requirements for conveyors including audible warning signals, stopping motor or engine, emergency stop switches, guarding, signage (reference subpart G), locking and tagging, and meeting ANSI B20.1-1957, Safety Code for Conveyors, Cableways, and Related Equipment.
Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for lockout/tagout and machine guarding. The NCDOL Library is also available for assistance regarding access to consensus standards (i.e., ANSI, ASME, NFPA, IEEE).