B-1.1, r. 3 - Safety Code

Section 306 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

306. Steel wire ropes must be replaced in the following cases:

(1)  instructions of the amusement ride or device manufacturer require it;

(2)  6 wires are broken in one rope lay;

(3)  3 wires are broken in one strand of a rope lay;

(4)  2 wires are broken in a suspension rope that supports the total load of a vehicle;

(5)  the initial diameter of the rope has decreased by 10%; and

(6)  the rope is distorted because of kinking, crushing or untwisting of the rope or a strand.

Steel wire ropes must be repaired where 2 wires are broken near a fastening.

O.C. 363-2012, s. 1.