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Lifting Guides
Toco Lifting’s guides explain the South African regulations and standards that govern lifting, lashing and rigging equipment, how it must be examined, tested and certified, and what users are required to keep on record.
Written for site engineers, rigging supervisors, safety officers and procurement teams, and drawn from the regulations themselves and Toco’s work as a registered Lifting Machinery Entity (LME 008).
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Lifting guides
Rope-Laid Grommet vs Eye-and-Eye Wire Rope Sling
Why an endless rope-laid grommet outperforms a standard eye-and-eye wire rope sling: no end terminations, higher capacity, shorter minimum length and…
7 September 2026
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Lifting guides
DMR 18 Explained: Lifting Equipment Compliance in South Africa
Driven Machinery Regulation 18 (DMR 18) is the South African regulation, made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, that governs the…
30 May 2026
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