71. Ropes.- The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that- (a) no rope is used for building or other construction work unless- (i) it is of good quality and free from patent defects; and (ii) in the case of wire rope, it has been tested and examined by a competent person in the manner specified in Schedule-I annexed to these rules; (b) every wire rope of lifting appliance or lifting gear used for building or other construction work is inspected by a responsible person for such use, once atleast in every three months: provided that after any such wire is broken in such rope, it shall thereafter be inspected once at least in every month by the responsible person; (c) no wire rope is used for building or other construction work if in any length of eight diameters of such wires, the total number of visible broken wires exceed ten per cent of the total number of wires in such rope, or such rope shows sign of excessive wear, corrosion or other defects which in the opinion of the person who inspects it or Inspector, having jurisdiction, is unfit for use. (d) eye splices and loops of ropes for the attachment of hooks, rings and other such parts to wire ropes are made with suitable thimble. (e) a thimble or loop splice made in any wire rope sling conforms to the following standards, namely:- (i) wire rope sling shall have atleast three tucks with full strand of rope and two tucks with one-half of the wires cut out of each of such strand in all cases, such strands shall be tucked against the lay of the rope; (ii) protruding ends of such strands in any splice of wire rope slings shall be covered or treated so as to leave no sharp points; (iii) a fiber rope or a rope sling shall have atleast four tucks; tail of such tuck being whipped in a suitable manner; and (iv) a synthetic fiber rope or rope sling shall have atleast four tucks with full strand followed by further tuck with one-half filaments cut out of each of such strand and final tuck with one-half of the remaining filaments cut-out from such strands. Any portion of the splices containing such tucks, with reduced number of filaments, shall be securely covered with suitable tape or other materials: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-clause shall apply where any other form of splice, which may be shown to be as efficient as the splice with above standards, is used. | 
