"Rated Load Test" for cranes as specified at 1910.179(k)(2).
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January 3, 1989
Mr. Bransford Pickett
Rigging Engineer
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
P.O. Box 85278
San Diego, California 92138
Dear Mr. Pickett:
This in response to your letter of December 7, 1988, concerning the "Rated Load Test" for cranes as specified at 29 CFR 1910.179(k)(2).