As tower loading increases, a hoisting grip can’t be treated as a commodity. It’s a permanent, load-bearing, safety-critical component. Counterfeit or unqualified grips, poor planning and shortcuts in the field can lead to cable slippage, structural damage, outages and serious injury.
The paper covers:
- Planning hoisting work under ANSI/ASSP A10.48
- Spotting counterfeit and unqualified products, and verifying them through BOMs
- Grip spacing, messenger cables and hanger best practices
- When to use dedicated attachment points
- Why a grip that has been overloaded should never be reused
