(1) You must make sure transportable outriggers are only used when all of the following are met:
- (a) They are used with self-powered, ground-rigged working platforms;
- (b) The point of suspension is not higher than three hundred feet (91.5 m) above a safe surface;
- (c) A tie-in guide stabilization system is provided.
(2) You must make sure each outrigger is secured with a tie down to a verified anchorage on the building and meets all of the following:
- (a) The outrigger is tied down during the entire time it is used;
- (b) The outrigger is tied back with a rope equivalent in strength to the suspension rope;
- (c) The tie-back rope is installed parallel to the centerline of the outrigger;
- (d) The anchorage has a design stability factor against overturning or upsetting of the outrigger of not less than four.
- (3) You must make sure access to and egress from the working platform is from and to a safe surface below the point of suspension.
- (4) You must make sure each outrigger has a design stability factor to prevent rollover in the event of an accidental lateral load on the outrigger of not less than seventy percent of the rated load of the hoist.
- (5) You must make sure each outrigger is designed to support an ultimate load of not less than four times the rated load of the hoist.
- (6) You must make sure each outrigger is located so that the suspension wire ropes for two point suspended working platforms are parallel.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050. WSR 15-23-086, § 296-870-70025, filed 11/17/15, effective 12/18/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 47.17.060. WSR 06-19-075, § 296-870-70025, filed 9/19/06, effective 1/1/07.]