The Safety Ordinance for Cranes

(Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour No.34 September 30, 1972)

Chapter III Mobile Crane

Section 1 Manufacturing and Installation

Article 53 (Permission for Manufacturing)

(1) A person who intends to manufacture a mobile crane (limited to the ones set forth in item (iv) of paragraph (1) of Article 12 of the Order, hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article to Article 61, Article 63 and Article 64, and Section 4 and Section 5 of this Chapter) shall obtain, in advance, the permission in respect to the mobile crane intended to manufacture from the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. However, this shall not apply to the mobile crane, type of which is identical with the mobile crane, which has been obtained the said permission already (referred to as "permitted type mobile crane" in the following Article).
(2) A person who intends to obtain the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall submit an application for the mobile crane manufacturing permission (Form No.1) with the assembly drawing of the mobile crane and the document stating the following matters to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau:
- (i) Standards of strength calculation;
- (ii) Outline of the equipment for inspection performed on the process of manufacturing;
- (iii) Name and outline of career of the chief designer and the responsible person on manufacturing work.

Article 54 (Report of Alteration on Equipment, etc. for Inspection)

(1) The person who has obtained the permission set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall, in the case of manufacturing the mobile crane pertaining to the said permission or the permitted type mobile crane, and when the equipment set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (2) of the same Article, or either the chief designer or the responsible person on manufacturing work set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph werealtered, report without delay to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau.

Article 55 (Manufacturing Inspection)

(1) A person who has manufactured a mobile crane shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 38 of the Act, undergo the inspection for the said mobile crane by the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau.
(2) On the inspection pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "manufacturing inspection" in this Section), in addition to examining the construction and the function of each part of the mobile crane, the load test and the stability test shall be performed.
(3) The load test set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall be done in such manners as performing motions of hoisting, travelling, slewing, etc., while suspending a load with the mass corresponding to 1.25 times of the rated capacity (in the case that the rated capacity exceeds 200 tons, the mass of a load added 50 tons to the rated capacity).
(4) The stability test set forth in paragraph (2) shall be done in such manners as slightly lifting a load from the ground under the most unfavourable condition for the said mobile crane, while suspending a load with the mass corresponding to 1.27 times of the rated capacity.
(5) A person who undergoes the manufacturing inspection, shall submit an application for mobile crane manufacturing inspection (Form No.15) with the specification of the mobile crane (Form No.16), the assembly drawing of the mobile crane and the strength calculation statement of the structural parts listed in the right column of the Appended Table corresponding to the type of the mobile crane listed in the left column of the same Table respectively, to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. In this case, when the dimension and the lifting capacity of the mobile crane which is intended to undergo the said inspection, are identical with the mobile crane which passed the manufacturing inspection already, the said assembly drawing and the strength calculation statement may be omitted to attach.
(6) The Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau shall stamp the mobile crane which passed the manufacturing inspection with a die by the Form No.17, and issue the specification of the said mobile crane impressed a seal of the Form No.18 indicating the manufacturing inspection completed, to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph.

Article 56 (Measures for the Case of Undergoing Manufacturing Inspection)

(1) The person who undergoes the manufacturing inspection as regards the mobile crane being subjected to the said inspection, shall carry out the following matters:
- (i) To move the mobile crane to the place to inspect easily;
- (ii) To provide a test load and the slinging equipment for the load test and the stability test.
(2) The Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau may, when having found the necessity for the manufacturing inspection, as regards the mobile crane pertaining to the said inspection, order the following matters to the person who undergoes the said inspection:
- (i) To disassemble safety devices;
- (ii) To take off a part of coating;
- (iii) To pick out rivets, or to make a hole in a part of members;
- (iv) To cut off a part of wire ropes;
- (v) In addition to the matters listed in the preceding each item, the matters found to be necessary for the said inspection.
(3) A person who undergoes the manufacturing inspection shall be present at the said inspection.

Article 57 (Use Inspection)

(1) The following person shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 38 of the Act, undergo the inspection for a mobile crane by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau:
- (i) A person who has imported the mobile crane;
- (ii) A person who intends to install the mobile crane which has not been installed for two years or longer (for three years or longer for the mobile crane that the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau has found its storage condition has been good) after having undergone the manufacturing inspection or the inspection set forth in this paragraph or next paragraph (hereinafter referred to as gUse Inspectionh);
- (iii) A person who intends to install or to resume the use of the mobile crane which has been disused.
(2) A person who has manufactured a mobile crane in a foreign country, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (2) of Article 38 of the Act, may undergo the inspection by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau for the said mobile crane. In the case that the said inspection has been performed, the provision of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the person who has imported the said mobile crane.
(3) The provisions of paragraph (2) to (4) of Article 55 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the use inspection.
(4) A person who undergoes the use inspection shall submit the use inspection application document for the mobile crane (Form No.19) with the mobile crane specification, the assembly drawing of the mobile crane and the strength calculation document set forth in paragraph (5) of Article 55 to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau.
(5) A person who has imported a mobile crane or manufactured it in a foreign country may, when undergoing the use inspection, attach the document in which the person (limited to those residing in the foreign country) designated by the Minster of Health, Labour and Welfare has proved that the structure of the said mobile crane complies with the standard (limited to the structural part of the mobile crane) prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (2) of Article 37 of the Act to the application set forth in the preceding paragraph.
(6) The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau shall stamp the mobile crane which passed the use inspection with a die by the Form No.17 and issue the specification of the said mobile crane impressed a seal of the Form No.20 indicating the use inspection completed, to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4).

Article 58 (Measures for the Case of Undergoing Use Inspection)

(1) The provision of Article 56 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of undergoing the use inspection. In this case, the term "the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau" in paragraph (2) of the same Article, shall be deemed to be replaced with "the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau".

Article 59 (Inspection Certificate for Mobile Crane)

(1) The Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau or the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau shall, as regards the mobile crane, which passed the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection respectively, issue a mobile crane inspection certificate (Form No.21) to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of Article 55 or paragraph (4) of Article 57 respectively.
(2) A person who has installed a mobile crane shall, when having lost or damaged the mobile crane inspection certificate, submit an application for reissue of the mobile crane inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the following document to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau who issued the said inspection certificate, through the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office, and be granted the reissue:
- (i) The document explaining the lost of the mobile crane inspection certificate in the event of losing;
- (ii) The mobile crane inspection certificate in the event of damaging.
(3) On alteration of a person who has installed a mobile crane, the replaced person shall, within ten days from the said alteration, submit an application for renewal of mobile crane inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the mobile crane inspection certificate to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau who issued the said inspection certificate, through the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office, and be granted the renewal.

Article 60 (Validity Term of Inspection Certificate)

(1) The validity term of the mobile crane inspection certificate shall be for two years. However, based on the results of the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection, the said validity term may be restricted for less than two years.
(2) Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, as regards the crane which has not been installed and that the storage condition has been found in good quality during that period by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau, the validity term of the inspection certificate of the said mobile crane may be extended within the scope not exceeding three years from the date of the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection and within the scope not exceeding two years from the date when the said mobile crane has been installed.

Article 61 (Report for Installation)

(1) The employer who intends to install a mobile crane shall submit, in advance, the mobile crane installation report (Form No.9) with the specification of the mobile crane (impressed a seal indicating that the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection completed) and the mobile crane inspection certificate, to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. However, this shall not apply to the employer who has been given the accreditation..

Article 62 (Load Test, etc.)

(1) The employer shall, when having installed the mobile crane set forth in item (xv) of paragraph (3) of Article 13 of the Order, perform the load test set forth in paragraph (3) of Article 55 and the stability test set forth in paragraph (4) of the same Article for the said mobile crane.

<< INDEX
Chapter I
Chapter II
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
Chapter III
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
Chapter IV
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
Chapter V
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
- Section 1
- Section 2
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Supplementary Provisions
Appended Table

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The Safety Ordinance for Cranes (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labour No.34 September 30, 1972) Chapter III Mobile Crane Section 1 Manufacturing and Installation Article 53 (Permission for Manufacturing) (1) A person who intends to manufacture a mobile crane (limited to the ones set forth in item (iv) of paragraph (1) of Article 12 of the Order, hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article to Article 61, Article 63 and Article 64, and Section 4 and Section 5 of this Chapter) shall obtain, in advance, the permission in respect to the mobile crane intended to manufacture from the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. However, this shall not apply to the mobile crane, type of which is identical with the mobile crane, which has been obtained the said permission already (referred to as "permitted type mobile crane" in the following Article). (2) A person who intends to obtain the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall submit an application for the mobile crane manufacturing permission (Form No.1) with the assembly drawing of the mobile crane and the document stating the following matters to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau: (i) Standards of strength calculation; (ii) Outline of the equipment for inspection performed on the process of manufacturing; (iii) Name and outline of career of the chief designer and the responsible person on manufacturing work. Article 54 (Report of Alteration on Equipment, etc. for Inspection) (1) The person who has obtained the permission set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall, in the case of manufacturing the mobile crane pertaining to the said permission or the permitted type mobile crane, and when the equipment set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (2) of the same Article, or either the chief designer or the responsible person on manufacturing work set forth in item (iii) of the same paragraph werealtered, report without delay to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. Article 55 (Manufacturing Inspection) (1) A person who has manufactured a mobile crane shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 38 of the Act, undergo the inspection for the said mobile crane by the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. (2) On the inspection pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "manufacturing inspection" in this Section), in addition to examining the construction and the function of each part of the mobile crane, the load test and the stability test shall be performed. (3) The load test set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall be done in such manners as performing motions of hoisting, travelling, slewing, etc., while suspending a load with the mass corresponding to 1.25 times of the rated capacity (in the case that the rated capacity exceeds 200 tons, the mass of a load added 50 tons to the rated capacity). (4) The stability test set forth in paragraph (2) shall be done in such manners as slightly lifting a load from the ground under the most unfavourable condition for the said mobile crane, while suspending a load with the mass corresponding to 1.27 times of the rated capacity. (5) A person who undergoes the manufacturing inspection, shall submit an application for mobile crane manufacturing inspection (Form No.15) with the specification of the mobile crane (Form No.16), the assembly drawing of the mobile crane and the strength calculation statement of the structural parts listed in the right column of the Appended Table corresponding to the type of the mobile crane listed in the left column of the same Table respectively, to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. In this case, when the dimension and the lifting capacity of the mobile crane which is intended to undergo the said inspection, are identical with the mobile crane which passed the manufacturing inspection already, the said assembly drawing and the strength calculation statement may be omitted to attach. (6) The Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau shall stamp the mobile crane which passed the manufacturing inspection with a die by the Form No.17, and issue the specification of the said mobile crane impressed a seal of the Form No.18 indicating the manufacturing inspection completed, to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph. Article 56 (Measures for the Case of Undergoing Manufacturing Inspection) (1) The person who undergoes the manufacturing inspection as regards the mobile crane being subjected to the said inspection, shall carry out the following matters: (i) To move the mobile crane to the place to inspect easily; (ii) To provide a test load and the slinging equipment for the load test and the stability test. (2) The Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau may, when having found the necessity for the manufacturing inspection, as regards the mobile crane pertaining to the said inspection, order the following matters to the person who undergoes the said inspection: (i) To disassemble safety devices; (ii) To take off a part of coating; (iii) To pick out rivets, or to make a hole in a part of members; (iv) To cut off a part of wire ropes; (v) In addition to the matters listed in the preceding each item, the matters found to be necessary for the said inspection. (3) A person who undergoes the manufacturing inspection shall be present at the said inspection. Article 57 (Use Inspection) (1) The following person shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 38 of the Act, undergo the inspection for a mobile crane by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau: (i) A person who has imported the mobile crane; (ii) A person who intends to install the mobile crane which has not been installed for two years or longer (for three years or longer for the mobile crane that the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau has found its storage condition has been good) after having undergone the manufacturing inspection or the inspection set forth in this paragraph or next paragraph (hereinafter referred to as gUse Inspectionh); (iii) A person who intends to install or to resume the use of the mobile crane which has been disused. (2) A person who has manufactured a mobile crane in a foreign country, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (2) of Article 38 of the Act, may undergo the inspection by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau for the said mobile crane. In the case that the said inspection has been performed, the provision of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the person who has imported the said mobile crane. (3) The provisions of paragraph (2) to (4) of Article 55 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the use inspection. (4) A person who undergoes the use inspection shall submit the use inspection application document for the mobile crane (Form No.19) with the mobile crane specification, the assembly drawing of the mobile crane and the strength calculation document set forth in paragraph (5) of Article 55 to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau. (5) A person who has imported a mobile crane or manufactured it in a foreign country may, when undergoing the use inspection, attach the document in which the person (limited to those residing in the foreign country) designated by the Minster of Health, Labour and Welfare has proved that the structure of the said mobile crane complies with the standard (limited to the structural part of the mobile crane) prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (2) of Article 37 of the Act to the application set forth in the preceding paragraph. (6) The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau shall stamp the mobile crane which passed the use inspection with a die by the Form No.17 and issue the specification of the said mobile crane impressed a seal of the Form No.20 indicating the use inspection completed, to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4). Article 58 (Measures for the Case of Undergoing Use Inspection) (1) The provision of Article 56 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of undergoing the use inspection. In this case, the term "the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau" in paragraph (2) of the same Article, shall be deemed to be replaced with "the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau". Article 59 (Inspection Certificate for Mobile Crane) (1) The Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau or the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau shall, as regards the mobile crane, which passed the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection respectively, issue a mobile crane inspection certificate (Form No.21) to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of Article 55 or paragraph (4) of Article 57 respectively. (2) A person who has installed a mobile crane shall, when having lost or damaged the mobile crane inspection certificate, submit an application for reissue of the mobile crane inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the following document to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau who issued the said inspection certificate, through the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office, and be granted the reissue: (i) The document explaining the lost of the mobile crane inspection certificate in the event of losing; (ii) The mobile crane inspection certificate in the event of damaging. (3) On alteration of a person who has installed a mobile crane, the replaced person shall, within ten days from the said alteration, submit an application for renewal of mobile crane inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the mobile crane inspection certificate to the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau who issued the said inspection certificate, through the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office, and be granted the renewal. Article 60 (Validity Term of Inspection Certificate) (1) The validity term of the mobile crane inspection certificate shall be for two years. However, based on the results of the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection, the said validity term may be restricted for less than two years. (2) Notwithstanding the provision of the preceding paragraph, as regards the crane which has not been installed and that the storage condition has been found in good quality during that period by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau, the validity term of the inspection certificate of the said mobile crane may be extended within the scope not exceeding three years from the date of the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection and within the scope not exceeding two years from the date when the said mobile crane has been installed. Article 61 (Report for Installation) (1) The employer who intends to install a mobile crane shall submit, in advance, the mobile crane installation report (Form No.9) with the specification of the mobile crane (impressed a seal indicating that the manufacturing inspection or the use inspection completed) and the mobile crane inspection certificate, to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. However, this shall not apply to the employer who has been given the accreditation.. Article 62 (Load Test, etc.) (1) The employer shall, when having installed the mobile crane set forth in item (xv) of paragraph (3) of Article 13 of the Order, perform the load test set forth in paragraph (3) of Article 55 and the stability test set forth in paragraph (4) of the same Article for the said mobile crane. << INDEX Chapter I Chapter II Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Chapter III Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Chapter IV Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Chapter V Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Chapter VI Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Chapter VII Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Chapter VIII Section 1 Section 2 Chapter IX Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Chapter X Supplementary Provisions Appended Table top Home \| Sitemap \| Disclaimer Copyright (C) 1999- JICOSH All Right Reserved.