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29 CFR § 1919.29 - Limitations on safe working loads and proof loads.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1919.29"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1919.29 - Limitations on safe working loads and proof loads."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1919.29"
section_name: "Limitations on safe working loads and proof loads."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1919"
part_name: "GEAR CERTIFICATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), or 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), as applicable; and 29 CFR 1911."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 22096, June 19, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1919"
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# 1919.29 Limitations on safe working loads and proof loads.

The proof loads specified by §§ 1919.27 and 1919.28 shall be adjusted as necessary to meet any pertinent limitations based on stability and/or on structural competence at particular radii. Safe working loads shall be reduced accordingly.