Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.15922 - Providing and training ground employees; checking size, weight, and connection of load; tag line, pressed sleeve, hoist wire, or other gear; static charge; rated capacity of load line
Rule 5922.
(1)
Ground employees shall be provided, and they shall be properly trained to
ensure that helicopter loading and unloading operations can be performed
safely.
(2) The size and weight of
loads, and the manner in which loads are connected to the helicopter, shall be
checked by the pilot in command. A lift shall not be made if the helicopter
pilot in command determines that the lift cannot be made safely.
(3) A load shall be properly slung. A tag
line shall be of a length that does not permit it being drawn up into the
rotors. A pressed sleeve, swedged eye, or equivalent means shall be used for a
freely suspended load to prevent a hand splice from spinning open or a cable
clamp from loosening.
(4) A hoist
wire or other gear, except for a pulling line or conductor that is allowed to
"pay out" from a container or roll off a reel, shall not be attached to any
fixed ground structure or allowed to foul on any fixed structure.
(5) The static charge on the suspended load
shall be dissipated with a grounding device before ground personnel touch the
suspended load, unless protective rubber gloves are being worn when touching
the load.
(6) A load line shall
have a working load rating of not less than the rated capacity of the
helicopter.
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