Rigging Safety Quiz

Mixing rigging hardware of different lifting capacities is okay, as long as the capacity of one of the hardware items exceeds the weight of the load.

• True

• False

The safe working load of a rigging hook is accurate only when the load is suspended from the ---- of the hook.

OSHA requires that a hook be replaced if the throat has opened --- percent or more from its original size.

A hook that is point loaded can carry about --- percent of the rated load.

Slings are attached together using ---.

The size of a shackle is determined by its pin size.

Tapped holes used with screwed in eye bolts should have a minimum depth of ---- times the bolt diameter.

What is true about lifting lugs?

Screw type clamps are used for vertical lifting of plates only.

• True

• False

A --- can be used to level loads when the legs of a sling are unequal.