OSHA Crane Rule – Impact on other Machines Steve Neva AEM 25 th Joint Technical Liaison Meeting 16th-17th April, 2015 Tokyo, Japan
OSHA Crane Rule – Impact on other Machines Background: New OSHA rule addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction took effect 8 Nov 2010 Current Status / Implementation Date: OSHA published compliance directive 17 Oct 2014 to provide supplemental guidance regarding the enforcement of the new crane standard Deadline for Requirements for operator certification have been extended by 3 years to 10 Nov 2017 Actions to be taken: AEM to continue monitoring Annexes/Attachments (if any): Link to OSHA compliance directive: Additional information: th JTLM 16th-17th April, 2015
OSHA Crane Rule – Impact on other Machines § (a). Scope. –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: articulating cranes (such as knuckle- boom cranes); crawler cranes; floating cranes; cranes on barges; locomotive cranes; mobile cranes (such as wheel-mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck- mounted, and boom truck cranes); multi-purpose machines when configured to hoist and lower (by means of a winch or hook) and horizontally move a suspended load; industrial cranes (such as carry-deck cranes); dedicated pile drivers; service/mechanic trucks with hoisting devices; cranes on monorails; tower cranes such as fixed-jib (e.g.,“hammerhead boom”) cranes, luffing boom cranes, and self-erecting cranes; pedestal cranes; portal cranes; overhead and gantry cranes; straddle cranes; sideboom cranes; derricks; and variations of such equipment. –Attachments. This standard applies to equipment included above when used with attachments. Such attachments, whether crane-attached or suspended include, but are not limited to: Hooks, magnets, grapples, clamshell buckets, orange peel buckets, concrete buckets, drag lines, personnel platforms, augers or drills and pile driving equipment. Compliance directive provided guidance on what machines are excluded from this standard
OSHA Crane Rule – Impact on other Machines
Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) –This includes rough terrain trucks –Standard currently states trucks are covered when configured with a “winch or hook” and used like a crane. –Compliance directive states the proposed change to the standard would exclude trucks unless they are equipped with a “boom and a hoist” and used like a crane Compliance Directive also provides guidance on: –Digger derricks –Dedicated pile drivers –Articulating/knuckle-boom truck cranes