---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 75.1435"
title: "30"
number: "75.1435"
heading: "Load end attachments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/75.1435"
---

# §75.1435. Load end attachments.

- (a) Wire rope shall be attached to the load by a method that develops at least 80 percent of the nominal strength of the rope.
- (b) Except for terminations where use of other materials is a design feature, zinc (spelter) shall be used for socketing wire ropes. Design feature means either the manufacturer's original design or a design approved by a registered professional engineer.
- (c) **Load end attachment methods using splices are prohibited.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: Sections 75.1429 through 75.1438 appear at 48 FR 53239, Nov. 25, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 813(h), 957.

### Source

Source: 35 FR 17890, Nov. 20, 1970, unless otherwise noted.