29 C.F.R. § 1919.76 Safe working load reduction.
Title 29 - Labor
(a) If the operation in which equipment is engaged never utilizes more than a fraction of the safe working load rating, the owner of such equipment may, at his option, have the crane or derrick certificated for and operated at a lesser maximum safe working load in keeping with the use and based on radius and other pertinent factors: Provided, however, That the equipment concerned is physically capable of operation at the original load rating and the load reduction is not for the purpose of avoiding correction of any deficiency.
Title 29: Labor
PART 1919—GEAR CERTIFICATION
Subpart H—Certification of Shore-Based Material Handling Devices
§ 1919.76 Safe working load reduction.
