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COMDTINST 11260.1
29 NOV 2021
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 11260.1
Subj: U.S. COAST GUARD SUPPORT EQUIPMENT - WEIGHT AND MATERIAL
HANDLING PROGRAM POLICY
(a) Coast Guard Definition of Readiness, COMDTINST 3501.80 (series)
(b) Safety and Environmental Health Manual, COMDT
(c) Risk Management (RM), COMDTINST 3500.3 (series)
(d) 29 C.F.R 1910.67, Vehicle-mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms
(e) 29 C.F.R 1910.178, Powered Industrial Trucks
(f) 29 C.F.R 1910.179, Overhead and Gantry Cranes
(g) 29 C.F.R 1910.180, Crawler and Locomotive Truck Cranes
(h) Weight Handling Program Management, NAVFAC Pub 307, dated June 2016
(i) Management of Material Handling Equipment (MHE) and Shipboard Mobile
Support Equipment (SMSE), NAVSUP Pub 538
(j) The Coast Guard Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Manual, COMDTINST
M4105.14 (series)
(k) Industrial Operations Industrial Training and Certification (ITCG) Desk Guide
(l) Coast Guard Occupational Medicine Manual, COMDTINST M6260.32 (series)
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PURPOSE. The purpose of this Instruction is to establish policy for the operation of the U.S.
Coast Guard’s (USCG) Support Equipment - Weight and Material Handling (WHE/MHE)
Program. The goal of the program is to support safe WHE/MHE operations and follow the
Mission Support Business Model (MSBM) principles. The MSBM emphasizes standard
practices and procedures for procurement, maintenance, and operations while ensuring
personnel safety and mission readiness in accordance with References (a) through (l).
