Structure, performance, hoisting equipment, mechanical details, electrical equipment, testing procedures. Appendices detail other British Standards for materials and equipment for manufacture of cranes, and statutory requirements for their operation in the UK; a supplement covers conversion of hand-operated derrick cranes to electricity.

Cross References:
BS 2573:Part 1
BS 2789
BS 1452
BS 310
BS 309
BS 3333
BS 3468
BS 3100
BS 15
BS 857
BS 970
BS 24:Part 3B
BS 1408
BS 1429
BS 1449
BS 968
BS 1775
BS 24:Part 2
BS 3037
BS 916
BS 1083
BS 1768
BS 1769
BS 1981
BS 2708
BS 3139
BS 3294
BS 275
BS 641
BS 4:Part 1
BS 4:Part 2
BS 693
BS 938
BS 1856
BS 2642
BS 292
BS 1131:Part 5
BS 665
BS 761
BS 759
BS 228
BS 649
BS 765
BS 10
BS 436
BS 545
BS 721
BS 46:Part 1
BS 1916
BS 1486:Part 1
BS 1486:Part 2
BS 84
BS 1580
BS 2059
BS 3550
BS 46:Part 3
BS 816
BS 7
BS 480
BS 608
BS 708
BS 1116
BS 1231
BS 2004
BS 3207
BS 3249
BS 3258
BS 862
BS 31
BS 775
BS 587
BS 1980
BS 173
BS 2613
BS 861
BS 3535
BS 394
BS 465
BS 590
BS 781
BS 1663
BS 2902
BS 482
BS 2903
BS 3017
BS 3033
BS 3317
BS 825
BS 3032
BS 461
BS 462
BS 463
BS 464
BS 529
BS 643
BS 716
BS 1290
BS 302, 621
BS 2523
BS 2521
BS 2522
BS 2525-27
BS 2528-32
BS 357
BS 466
BS 1757
BS 1761
BS 2799
BS 3579
BS 350
BS 2452
Factories Act, 1961
Chains, Ropes and Lifting Tackle (Register) Order 1938
Cranes and other Lifting Machines (Register of Examinations) Order 1938
Docks Regulations 1925
Docks Regulations 1934
Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing Regulations 1960
Construction (Lifting Operations) Regulations 1961
Electricity Regulations 1908
Electricity (Factories Act) Special Regulations 1944
Mines and Quarries Act, 1954
Coal and Other Mines (Electricity) Regulations 1956
Miscellaneous Mines (Electricity) Regulations 1956
Quarries (Electricity) Regulations 1956
Construction (General Provisions) Regulations 1961
Construction (Lifting Operations) Certificates Order 1962