Ebook: Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Final Rule for Cranes and Derricks in Construction

This 2011 guide is intended to help small businesses comply with OSHA’s standard for cranes and derricks in construction. It is designed to address the most common compliance issues that employers will face and to provide sufficient detail to serve as a useful compliance guide. In addition, crane operators and other workers who work with or near cranes on construction sites can find information in this guide that will make them aware of the hazards that cranes present to them and their coworkers and the steps that employers must take to protect against those hazards. Effective management of worker safety and health protection is a decisive factor in reducing the extent and severity of work-related injuries and illnesses and their related costs.
Content:
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
1. Introduction
• 2. Employer Responsibilities
3. Section 1400 - Scope
• 4. Section 1401 - Definitions
5. Section 1402 - Ground Conditions
6. Sections 1403-1406 - Assembly and Disassembly
7. Sections 1407-1411 - Power Lines
8. Section 1412 - Inspections (with Section 1435(f) (Tower Crane Inspections) and Section 1436(p) (Derricks Inspections))
9. Section 1413 - Wire Rope Inspection
10. Section 1414 - Wire Rope - Selection and Installation Criteria
11. Sections 1415 Safety Devices & 1416 Operational Aids
12. Section 1417 - Operation
• 13. Section 1418 - Authority to Stop Operation
14. Sections 1419-1422 - Signals
15. Section 1423 - Fall Protection
• 16. Section 1424 - Work Area Control
17. Section 1425 - Keeping Clear of the Load
18. Section 1426 - Free Fall and Controlled Load Lowering
• 19. Section 1427 - Operator Qualification and Certification
• 20. Section 1428 - Signal Person Qualifications
• 21. Section 1429 - Qualifications of Maintenance & Repair Employees
22. Section 1430 - Training
23. Section 1431 - Hoisting Personnel
• 24. Section 1432 - Multiple-Crane/Derrick Lifts
25. Section 1433 - Design, Construction and Testing
26. Section 1434 - Equipment Modifications
27. Section 1435 - Tower Cranes
28. Section 1436 - Derricks
29. Section 1437 - Floating Cranes/Derricks and Land Cranes/Derricks on Barges
• 30. Section 1438 - Overhead & Gantry Cranes
• 31. Section 1439 - Dedicated Pile Drivers
• 32. Section 1440 - Sideboom Cranes
• 33. Section 1441 - Equipment with a Rated Hoisting/Lifting Capacity of 2,000 Pounds or Less
• Appendix A: Directory of States with Approved Occupational Safety and Health Plans
34. OSHA Assistance
• 35. OSHA Regional Offices