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  2. Title 29 - Labor
  3. Subtitle B - Regulations Relating to Labor
  4. Chapter XVII - Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor
  5. Part 1915 - Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Shipyard Employment
  6. Subpart G - Gear and Equipment for Rigging and Materials Handling
  7. 29 CFR § 1915.118
29 CFR § 1915.118
Tables
May 28, 2026
CFR

§ 1915.118 Tables.

The provisions of this section apply to ship repairing, shipbuilding and shipbreaking.

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Table E-1—Dimensions and Spacing of Wood Independent-Pole Scaffold Members
Structural members Light duty (Up to 25 pounds per square foot)—Height in feet Heavy duty (25 to 75 pounds per square foot)—Height in feet
≤24 >24≤40 >40≤60 ≤24 >24≤40 >40≤60
Poles or uprights (in inches) 2 × 4 3 × 4 or 2 × 6 4 × 4 3 × 4 4 × 4 4 × 6
Bearers (in inches) 2 × 6 2 × 6 2 × 6 2 × 8 2 × 8 2 × 10
Ledgers (in inches) 2 × 6 2 × 6 2 × 6 2 × 8 2 × 8 2 × 8
Stringers (not supporting bearers) (in inches) 1 × 6 1 × 6 1 × 6 1 × 6 1 × 6 1 × 6
Braces (in inches) 1 × 4 1 × 6 1 × 6 1 × 6 1 × 6 1 × 6
Pole spacing—longitudinally (in feet) 71⁄2 71⁄2 71⁄2 7 7 7
Pole spacing—transversely (in feet) 61⁄2 min 71⁄2 min 81⁄2 min 61⁄2 10 10
Ledger spacing—vertically (in feet) 7 7 7 41⁄2 41⁄2 41⁄2
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Table E-2—Specifications for Side Rails of Ladders
Length (in feet) Cross section (in inches)
At ends At center
15 17⁄8 × 23⁄4 17⁄8 × 33⁄4
16 17⁄8 × 23⁄4 17⁄8 × 33⁄4
18 17⁄8 × 3 17⁄8 × 4
20 17⁄8 × 3 17⁄8 × 4
24 17⁄8 × 3 17⁄8 × 41⁄2
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Table E-3—Specifications for the Construction of Horses
Structural members Height in feet
≤10 >10≤16 16≤20
inches inches inches
Legs 2 × 4 3 × 4 4 × 6
Bearers or headers 2 × 6 2 × 8 4 × 6
Crossbraces 2 × 4 2 × 4 2 × 6
or
1 × 8
Longitudinal braces 2 × 4 2 × 6 2 × 6
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Table E-4—Safe Center Loads for Scaffold Plank of 1,100 Pounds Fibre Stress
Span in feet Lumber dimensions in inches
A B A B A B A B A B
2 × 10 15⁄8 × 91⁄2 2 × 12 15⁄8 × 111⁄2 3 × 8 25⁄8 × 71⁄2 3 × 10 25⁄8 × 91⁄2 3 × 12 25⁄8 × 111⁄2
6 256 309 526 667 807
8 192 232 395 500 605
10 153 186 316 400 484
12 128 155 263 333 404
14 110 133 225 286 346
16 116 197 250 303
(A)—Rough lumber.
(B)—Dressed lumber.
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Table G-1—Number and Spacing of U-Bolt Wire Rope Clips
Improved plow steel, rope diameter, inches Number of clips Minimum spacing, inches
Drop forged Other material
(1)
1⁄2 3 4 3
5⁄8 3 4 33⁄4
3⁄4 4 5 41⁄2
7⁄8 4 5 51⁄4
1 4 6 6
11⁄8 5 6 63⁄4
11⁄4 5 7 71⁄2
13⁄8 6 7 81⁄4
11⁄2 6 8 9
1 Three clips shall be used on wire size less than 1⁄2-inch diameter.
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Table G-2—Maximum Allowable Wear at Any Point of Link
Chain size in inches Maximum allowable wear in fraction of inches
1⁄4(9⁄32) 3⁄64
3⁄8 5⁄64
1⁄2 7⁄64
5⁄8 9⁄64
3⁄4 5⁄32
7⁄8 11⁄64
1 3⁄16
11⁄8 7⁄32
11⁄4 1⁄4
13⁄8 9⁄32
11⁄2 5⁄16
13⁄4 11⁄32

[47 FR 16986, Apr. 20, 1982, as amended at 61 FR 26351, May 24, 1996; 67 FR 44543, July 3, 2002; 76 FR 33610, June 8, 2011]

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