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Subchapter 4. Construction Safety Orders
Article 14. Construction Hoists
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§1605.6. Guying.


(a) Towers shall be secured with guys or rigid braces at each corner at intervals not to exceed 30 feet vertically.

(b) Towers guys shall be at least 1/2-inch diameter improved plow-steel wire rope, secured to anchorages with wire-rope clips as specified in Table 5, or the equivalent. The wire-rope fastenings and the anchorages shall withstand four times the maximum intended loadings.

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