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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 2 Use and Operation

Article 180 (Providing with Inspection Certificate)
  • (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work using a lift for construction work, provide the lift for construction work inspection certificate of the said lift for construction work at the place where the said work is carried out.
Article 181 (Limitation of Use)
  • (1) The employer shall not use a lift for construction work, unless it complies with the standard prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to the structural parts of the lift for construction work).
Article 182 (Prevention for Over-winding)
  • (1) The employer shall, as regards the lift for construction work, take such measures as marking on hoisting wire ropes and installing warning devices in order to prevent workers from dangers due to over-winding hoisting wire ropes.
Article 183 (Special Education)
  • (1) The employer shall, when placing a worker in operations of a lift for construction work, give the special education for the safety related to the said operation, to the said worker.
  • (2) The special education set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be conducted on the following subjects:
    • (i) Knowledge on lifts for construction work;
    • (ii) Knowledge on the electricity necessary for operation of lifts for construction work;
    • (iii) Related legislation;
    • (iv) Operation and checkup of lifts for construction work;
    • (v) Signals for operation of lifts for construction work
  • (3) In addition to the matters prescribed in Article 37 and Article 38 of the Safety and Health Ordinance and in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall prescribe necessary matters related to the special education set forth in paragraph (1).
Article 184 (Limitation on Overload)
  • (1) The employer shall not use a lift for construction work being loaded with the load over its loading capacity.
Article 185 (Signals for Operation)
  • (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work using a lift for construction work, set the fixed signals for operation of the lifts for construction work, designate a person who gives the said signals and have the said person give the signals.
  • (2) The person designated pursuant to the preceding paragraph, when engaging in the work set forth in the same paragraph, shall give the signals set forth in the same paragraph.
  • (3) Workers engaged in the work set forth in paragraph (1) shall follow the signals set forth in the same paragraph.
Article 186 (Restriction on Riding)
  • (1) The employer shall not have workers ride on the cage of a lift for construction work. However, this shall not apply to the case of carrying out the work repairing, adjusting, checking, etc., for the lift for construction work, and when taking measures, which is unlikely to cause dangers to the workers engaging in the said work.

  • (2) Workers, excluding the case set forth in the proviso of the preceding paragraph, shall not ride on the cage of a lift for construction work.

Article 187 (Prohibition of Entry)
  • (1) The employer shall, when carrying out the work using a lift for construction work, not allow the workers to enter the following place:
    • (i) The place is liable to cause dangers to workers due to raising or lowering motions of the cage of a lift for construction work;
    • @ ii) The area, within the interior angle of a hoisting wire rope of a lift for construction work where it is liable to cause dangers to workers due to rebounding of the said wire rope or flying of a sheave or its fittings, due to damage of the said sheave through which the said wire rope reeves or damage of the said fittings.
Article 188 (Measures for the Case of Cleaning Pit, etc.)
  • (1) The employer shall, when cleaning the pit or the basal part of a lift for construction work, take such measures as setting the objects as square lumbers or logs, etc. across the hoist way and placing the cage on that objects, braking a winch securely by a brake equipped with a clump in order to prevent dangers to workers due to falling of the cage,
Article 189 (Measures in Storm)
  • (1) The employer shall, when the wind having instantaneous wind velocity of exceeding 35 m/s is expected to blow, as regards a lift for construction work (excluding the one installed underground), take measures such as increasing the number of stays in order to prevent the said lift from the collapse.
Article 190 (Prohibition of Leaving Lift for Construction Work Unattended)
  • (1) The employer shall not have an operator of a lift for construction work leave the operating station while raising a cage.
  • (2) The operator set forth in the preceding paragraph shall not leave the operating station while raising a cage.
Article 191 (Assembling Work, etc.)
  • (1) The employer shall, when assembling or disassembling a lift for construction work, take the following measures:
    • (i) To appoint a person who supervises the work and to have workers carry out it under supervision by the said person;
    • (ii) To prohibit workers other than those concerning the work from entering the area where works are on-going and display a notice to that effect at a readily visible location;
    • (iii) When dangers regarding the implementation of the work are forecast due to the bad weather such as strong wind, heavy rain and heavy snow , not to have workers engage in the said work.
    (2) The employer shall have the person who supervises the work set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, carry out following matters:
    • (i) To determine the work method and the placement of workers and supervise the work;
    • (ii) To check up defects in materials, the function of instruments and tools, and to remove defective ones;
    • (iii) To monitor the use of safety belts, etc. and safety helmets during the work.
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