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Sling Inspection: Inspection of Alloy Steel Chain Slings, Wire Rope Slings, Nylon/Polyester Slings and Metal Mesh Slings for overhead lifting, per OSHA 1910.184 standard, ASME B30.9 standard and MIOSHA 408.14901-14965 standard.

• Physical characteristics, such as serial number, size, type and length of sling are recorded on an inspection report.
• Slings are visually inspected for elongation, wear, deformation, and missing capacity markings.
• Alloy steel chain slings are load tested to twice their working load limit, as per the certification criteria from OSHA.
• Each passable sling will be tagged with a color coded inspection tag, demonstrating that it has been checked.
• Slings which do not pass inspection will be tagged with a caution tag as well as a red paint mark.
• Lastly, a computer generated report will be provided on a spreadsheet with a certificate to governing regulatory standards for all passing items.

(Note: Alloy Steel Chain Slings do not have to be load tested during the annual inspection.  However, the end user must be able to produce a certification of load test from the chain manufacture or equivalent entity.  NIS’s has incorporated a load test as part of the inspection process to ensure that each alloy steel chain sling in use is certified.)

Safety Standards:

Excerpts from the OSHA 1910.184 Standard
Interpretation of ASME B30.9 Standard
MIOSHA 408.14901-14965 Standard (coming)