ASME B30.16-2003

This Standard applies to the construction, installation, operation, inspection, maintenance, and safe use of lifting equipment used in construction and industrial settings. This includes, but is not limited to: articulating-boom, container, gantry, mobile, pedestal, portal, tower, and stacker cranes; balance-lifting units; below-the-hook lifting devices; cableways; derricks; jacks; hoists; hooks; loads suspended from rotorcraft; material placement systems; monorails; rigging hardware; slings; and scrap and material handlers.

The next edition of this Standard is scheduled for publication in 2006. There will be no addenda issued to this edition.