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S e c t i o n 9 : P e r s o n n e l L i f t i n g
CHAPT ER 2 Guide for Certification of Cranes
SECTI ON 9 Personnel Lifting (1 November 2011)
1 General
Cranes intended for lifting or moving of personnel shall be equipped with the specific features given in the
subsequent paragraphs, in addition to the other requirements of this Guide.
3 Personnel Rated Loads
A load chart is to be provided specifically for Personnel Lifts. The rated load when handling personnel
shall be the least of:
i) Thirty-three percent of the calculated SWL for non-personnel load ratings.
ii) Maximum load based on load line reeving and wire rope design factors as per 2-9/5.
iii) Maximum load based on load hoist line pull available considering line reeving losses with
manufacturers design reeving for a load at the boom tip.
The published load chart rated load shall be reduced from the above calculated rated loads by the weight
of the hook and block excluding the load hoist rope. The personnel net or basket shall be considered part of
the load.
The personnel rating of the crane shall be supplied on the load chart for all working radii.
5 Personnel Hoist System
The wire rope safety factor of load hoist wire rope when handling personnel shall not be less than 10.
The personnel rating design factor of the load block is to be not less than 12, based on the load block
minimum plastic failure load. The load block used for personnel lifting is to be permanently marked with
the maximum safe working load to be used for lifting personnel.
The latch of hooks used for personnel lifting is to be lockable.
7 Secondary Brake
In addition to the normal brakes, hoisting and luffing winches shall be equipped with a mechanically and
operationally independent secondary brake, with separate control circuits.
The secondary brake shall preferably act directly on the winch drum but a fully independent load path will
be considered on a case by case basis. Means shall be provided for the user to conduct an individual test of
the secondary brake. The secondary brake shall fulfill the requirements given in 2-6/15 for the rated
capacity for lifting of personnel.
9 Cylinders
Where cylinders are used for lifting, folding or telescoping, they shall be provided with a mechanical
brake. Brakes based on hydraulic restrictions, such as shut off valves, etc. shall be capable of withstanding
pressure shocks due to brake impacts. Fluid loss prevention shall be provided.
Alternatively each motion shall have two independent cylinders where each cylinder is independently
capable of holding the rated capacity for personnel lifting.


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11 Mode Selection for Personnel Lifting
The control station shall be equipped with a manual key selection switch for the purpose of lifting personnel.
The switch shall be lockable in both the personnel lift mode and cargo lift mode positions with a removable
key and have an adjacent warning light continuously indication when it is activated. The key may only be
removed in normal operation (no personnel lifting). The light shall not illuminate unless selection for personnel
lifting is made. Selection of modes shall only be possible without load on the hook.
When the mode for personnel lifting is selected, the following functions shall be maintained:
i) All brakes shall automatically be activated when the controls are in neutral position and in case of
emergency stop being activated or the event of power failure.
ii) All automatic overload protection systems and manual overload protection systems are to be
overridden and locked out.
iii) Where fitted, active heave compensation systems, active rope tensioning systems, passive heave
compensation systems and passive rope tensioning systems shall be overridden and locked out,
unless the heave compensation systems are specifically designed for personnel lifting.
13 Personnel Rescue
Cranes designed for the lifting of personnel shall have emergency means for the recovery of the lifted
personnel from any position.
In the event of power failure or control system failures, means shall be provided for a controlled slew, luff
down and lowering operation to land the personnel safely. Means shall provide controlled lowering and
stopping of the hoist drum under all load conditions. A secondary power supply system and an independent
control system for all main functions (i.e., hoist, luff and slew) may be used for this purpose.
The manual activation switches or handles for the emergency operation system shall be of a hold to run
type and clearly and permanently marked for their purpose. An instruction plate giving detailed instructions
shall be provided at the operators station for all procedures.
15 Structural Design Criteria
Providing a substantially increased structural safety margin for the personnel handling the rated load for
these operations is established in 2-9/3i). This provides a dynamic factor of at least 4.0 against allowable
stresses (i.e., Personnel Design Load to be 4 times the SWL) and at least a safety factor of 6.0 against yield
for structural components (i.e., Allowable stress to be 0.167 times the yield point).