§160.017-21. Approval tests. — Inbound Citations

(b) Each approval test must be conducted in accordance with § 160.017-21.

(e) The visual examination described in § 160.017-21(b) must be conducted as a part of each production test.

(c) Assembled ladders must be separated into lots of 20 ladders or less One ladder must be selected at random from the ladders in the lot. The ladder selected must be at least 3 m (10 ft.) long or, if each ladder in the lot is less than 3 m long, a ladder of the longest length in the lot must be selected. The ladder must be tested as prescribed in § 160.017-21(c)(2), except that only a 3 m section of the ladder need be subjected to the static load. If the ladder fails the test each other ladder in the lot must be tested.