Alloy Steel Chain Slings.
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July 1, 1976
Mr. R. P. Adamson
Director of Marketing
Industrial Distribution Campbell
Chain Company
Post Office Box 3056
York, Pennsylvania 17402
Dear Mr. Adamson:
This is in reply to your correspondence of June 3, 1976, regarding the scope of 29 CFR 1910.184(e), Alloy Steel Chain Slings.
The preamble to Part 1910 - Industrial Slings, published in the Federal Register, Volume 40, Number 125 on Friday, June 27, 1975, page 27368 (copy enclosed), should clarify the scope of this standard.