“Running rope in service shall be visually inspected daily, unless a qualified person determines it should be performed more frequently. “One who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings, or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.” (OSHA. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) defines a Competent Person as: “Persons performing the functions identified in this Volume shall, through education, training, experience, skill, and physical fitness, as necessary, be competent and capable to perform the functions as determined by the employer or employer’s representative.” Section 30-0.3 addresses Personnel Competence in this way: “A person selected or assigned by the employer or the employer’s representatives as being competent to perform specific duties.” In the ASME B30.2 Overhead and Gantry Cranes Standard, a designated person is defined as: Any deficiencies identified shall be examined and a determination made by a qualified person as to whether they constitute a hazard and, if so, what steps need to be taken to address the hazard.” Outlined in Section 30-1.8.1, “all inspections shall be performed by a designated person. The intent of this article is to discuss the inspection for steel wire rope as contained in the ASME B30.30-2019. Our understanding is that as those other standards are updated, they will reference the ASME B30.30 Ropes standard. For now, the reference to wire rope or synthetic ropes contained in those other standards still apply. Typically, rope was addressed in the individual ASME standard for specific equipment such as B30.2 for overhead and gantry cranes or B30.5 for mobile and locomotive cranes, as well as the other B30 standards for additional types of equipment. ***Prior to the ASME B30.30-2019 Ropes standard, there was not an all-inclusive standard that covered steel wire rope and synthetic rope. ASME B30.30 Ropes Standard and Types of Crane Wire Rope Inspections
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