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The Safety Ordinance for Cranes

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

Chapter VI Lift for Construction Work

Section 1 Manufacturing and Installation

Article 172 (Permission for Manufacturing)
  • (1) A person who intends to manufacture a lift for construction work (limited to the one set forth in item (vii) of paragraph (1) of Article 12 of the Order, hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article to Article 178, Article 180 and Article 181, and Section 4 in this Chapter) shall obtain, in advance, the permission in respect to the lift for construction work intended to manufacture from the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau. However, this shall not apply to the lift for construction work, the type of which is identical with the lift for construction work, which has obtained the said permission already (hereinafter referred to as "permitted type lift for construction work" in the following Article).
  • (2) A person who intends to obtain the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall submit an application for lift for construction work manufacturing permission (Form No.1) with the assembly drawing of the lift for construction work 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 the career of the chief designer and the responsible person on manufacturing work.
Article 173 (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 lift for construction work pertaining to the said permission or the permitted type lift for construction work, 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 were altered, report without delay to the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau.
Article 174 (Notification for Installation)
  • (1) The employer who intends to install a lift for construction work shall, when notifying pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act, submit the lift for construction work installation notification (Form No.30) with the specification of the lift for construction work (Form No.31), the assembly drawing of the lift for construction work and the strength calculation statement of the structural parts listed in the right column of the Appended Table corresponding to the type of the lift for construction work listed in the left column of the same Table respectively, and the document stating following matters to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office:
    • (i) Surroundings at the place of installation;
    • (ii) Outline of the foundation;
    • (iii) Method of anchorage of stays.
  • (2) The provision of paragraph (2) of Article 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case of the notification pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "crane" in paragraph (2) of the same Article shall be deemed to be replaced with "lift for construction work".
  • (3) The employer (excluding the one set forth in the text of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act) who intends to install a lift for construction work shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Act which is applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (2) of the same Article, submit the lift for construction work installation notification (Form No.30) with the specification, the assembly drawing, the strength calculation statement and the document set forth in paragraph (1) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office.
Article 175 (Completion Inspection)
  • (1) A person who installed a lift for construction work shall, pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of Article 38 of the Act, undergo the inspection for the said lift for construction work by the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. However, this shall not apply to the case that the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office approved the said inspection is unnecessary.
  • (2) On the inspection pursuant to the provision of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "completion inspection" in this Section), in addition to examining the construction and the function of each part of the lift for construction work, the load test shall be performed.
  • (3) The load test set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall be carried out in such manners as performing motions with raising and lowering, while carrying a load with the mass corresponding to 1.2 times of the loading capacity.
  • (4) A person who intends to undergo the completion inspection for the lift for construction work shall submit an application for lift for construction work completion inspection (Form No.4) to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office. In the case that the notification set forth in paragraph (1) or (3) of the preceding Article is not made because of having been given the accreditation, the specification, the assembly drawing, the strength calculation statement and the documents set forth in paragraph (1) of the same Article, and other document necessary for the completion inspection shall be attached.
Article 176 (Measures for the Case of Undergoing Completion Inspection)
  • (1) A person who undergoes the completion inspection shall, as regards the lift for construction work being subjected to the said inspection concerned, prepare a test load for the load test.
  • (2) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office may, when having found the necessity for the completion inspection, as regards the lift for construction work pertaining to the said inspection, order the following matters to the person who undergoes the inspection concerned:
    • (i) To take off a part of coating;
    • (ii) To pick out rivets, or to make a hole in a part of members;
    • (iii) To cut off a part of wire rope;
    • (iv) In addition to the matters listed in the preceding each item, matters found to be necessary for the said inspection.
  • (3) A person who undergoes the completion inspection shall be present at the said inspection.
Article 177 (Inspection Certificate for Lift for Construction Work)
  • (1) The Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office shall, as regards the lift for construction work, which passed the completion inspection or the lift for construction work set forth in the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 175, issue the lift for construction work inspection certificate (Form No.32) to the person who submitted the application pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of the same Article
  • (2) A person who has installed a lift for construction work shall, when having lost or damaged the lift for construction work inspection certificate, submit an application for reissue of the lift for construction work inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the following document to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office and be granted the reissue:
    • (i) The document explaining the lost of the lift for construction work inspection certificate in the event of losing;
    • (ii) The lift for construction work inspection certificate in the event of damaging.
  • (3) On alteration of the person who has installed the lift for construction work, the replaced person shall, within ten days from the said alteration, submit an application for renewal of the lift for construction work inspection certificate (Form No.8) with the lift for construction work inspection certificate to the Chief of the competent Labour Standards Inspection Office and be granted the renewal.
Article 178 (Validity Term of Inspection Certificate)
  • (1) The validity term of the lift for construction work inspection certificate shall be for a period from installation of lift for construction work to disuse.
Article 179 Deleted.
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