Section 408.41001. Scope.

(1) This standard applies to power operated equipment, when used in construction that can hoist, lower, and horizontally move a suspended load. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(a)   Articulating cranes, such as knuckle-boom cranes.

(b)   Crawler cranes.

(c)   Floating cranes.

(d)  Cranes on barges.

(e)   Locomotive cranes.

(f)    Mobile cranes, such as wheel-mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck mounted, and boom truck cranes.

(g)    Multi-purpose machines when configured to hoist and lower by means of a winch and hook and horizontally move a suspended load.

(h)   Industrial cranes, such as carrydeck cranes.

(i)   Dedicated pile drivers.

(j)   Service/mechanic trucks with a hoisting device.

(k)   Crane on a monorail.

(l)    Tower cranes, such as a fixed jib, for example, ‘‘hammerhead boom’’, luffing boom, and self-erecting.

(m)   ) Pedestal cranes.

(n)   Portal cranes.

(o)   Overhead and gantry cranes.

(p)   Straddle cranes.

(q)   Sideboom cranes.

(r)   Derricks.

(s)    Variations of equipment listed in subdivisions (a) to (r) of this subrule.  Items listed in subrule (3) of this rule are excluded from the scope of this standard.

(2)   Attachments. This standard applies to equipment included in subrule (1) of this rule when used with attachments. These attachments, whether crane-attached or suspended include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(a)   Hooks.

(b)   Magnets.

(c)   Grapples.

(d)  Clamshell buckets.

(e)   Orange peel buckets.

(f)  Concrete buckets.

(g)   Drag lines.

(h)   Personnel platforms.

(i)   Augers or drills.

(j)   Pile driving equipment.

(3)   Exclusions. This standard does not cover any of the following:

(a)    Machinery included in subrule (1) of this rule while it has been converted or adapted for a non-hoisting or lifting use. These conversions or adaptations include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(i)   Power shovels.

(ii)   Excavators.

(iii)   Concrete pumps.

(b)    The following machinery is excluded when used with chains, slings, or other rigging to lift suspended loads:

(i)   Power shovels.

(ii)   Excavators.

(iii)   Wheel loaders.

(iv)   Backhoes.

(v)   Loader backhoes.

(vi)   Track loaders.

(c)     Automotive  wreckers  and   tow  trucks   when  used  to  clear  wrecks   and  haul vehicles.

(d)   Digger derricks when used for augering holes for poles carrying electric and telecommunication lines, placing and removing the poles, and for handling associated materials to be installed on or removed from the poles. Digger derricks used in work subject to Construction Safety Standard Part 16 “Power Transmission and Distribution,” must comply with General Industry Safety Standard Part 86 “Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution.” Digger derricks used in construction work for telecommunication service, as defined in and must comply with Construction Safety Standard  Part    30   “Telecommunications.”   These    standards   are   referenced   in R 408.41003e.

(e)     Machinery  originally  designed   as  vehicle-mounted   aerial  devices  for   lifting personnel and self-propelled elevating work platforms.

(f)  Telescopic or hydraulic gantry systems.

(g)   Stacker cranes.

(h)  Powered industrial trucks, for example, forklifts, except when configured to hoist and lower by means of a winch or hook and horizontally move a suspended load.

(i)     Mechanic’s  truck  with   a  hoisting  device  when  used  in  activities   related  to equipment maintenance and repair.

(j)   Machinery that hoists by using a come-a-long or chainfall.

(k)   Dedicated drilling rigs.

(l)   Gin poles when used for the erection of communication towers.

(m)   ) Tree trimming and tree removal work.

(n)    Anchor handling or dredge-related operations with a vessel or barge using an affixed A-frame.

(o)   Roustabouts.

(p)   Material delivery under the following conditions:

(i)    Articulating knuckle-boom truck cranes that deliver material to a construction site when used to transfer materials from the truck crane to the ground, without arranging the materials in a particular sequence for hoisting.

(ii)   Articulating or knuckle-boom truck cranes that deliver material to a construction site when the crane is used to transfer building supply sheet goods or building supply packaged materials from the truck crane onto a structure, using a fork or cradle at the end of the boom, but only when the truck crane is equipped with a properly functioning automatic overload prevention device. These sheet goods or packaged materials include, but are not limited to: sheets of sheet rock, sheets of plywood, bags of cement, sheets or packages of roofing shingles, and rolls of roofing felt.

(iii)   The exclusion in this subdivision shall not apply when used under the following circumstances:

(A)   The articulating or knuckle-boom crane is used to hold, support or stabilize the material to facilitate a construction activity, such as holding material in place while it is attached to the structure.

(B)     The material being handled by the articulating knuckle-boom crane is a prefabricated component. Prefabricated components include, but are not limited to, precast concrete members or panels, roof trusses constructed of wood, cold formed metal, steel, or other materials, prefabricated building sections such as, but not limited to, floor panels, wall panels, roof panels, roof structures, or similar items.

(C)     The material being handled by the crane is a structural steel member, for example, steel joists, beams, columns, bundled or unbundled steel decking or a component of a systems-engineered metal building, as defined in Construction Safety Standard Part 26 “Steel Erection,” as referenced in R 408.41003e.

(D)  The activity is not specifically excluded under R 408.41001(3)(p)(i) and (ii).

(4)    This part applies to the equipment covered by this standard unless specified otherwise.

(5)   The duties of controlling entities under this standard include, but are not limited to, the duties specified in R 408.41007(2) and (4), and R 408.41057(4).

(6)    Where provisions of this standard direct an operator, crewmember, or other employee to take certain actions, the employer must establish effective communication to the relevant persons, and enforce work rules to ensure compliance with such provisions.

(7)   For work covered by Construction Safety Standard Part 16 “Power Transmission and Distribution,” in compliance with General Industry Safety Standard Part 86 “Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution” rule 1910.269(p) is deemed in compliance  with   R 408.41036  to  R 408.41036d.  These   standards  are  referenced  in R 408.41003e.

(8)   R 408.41007 does not apply to cranes designed for use on railroad tracks, when used on railroad tracks that are part of the general railroad system of transportation that is regulated under the Federal Railroad Administration under 49 CFR part 213, as adopted

in  R 408.41003f,  and  that  comply  with  applicable   Federal  Railroad  Administration requirements. See R 408.41007(5).

History:  1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 1995 AACS.