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OSHA/Directorate of
Construction Update
2012 Crane and Rigging
Workshop
Louisville, KY
September 19, 2012
Jim Maddux, Director
Directorate of Construction
DOC Update
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Standards
Guidance & Outreach
Enforcement
Crane interpretations
2012 Fall Prevention Campaign
Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and
Health
Fatalities and Fatality Rates
in Construction
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Coming
End of
Sept.
Fatalities
1239
1204
975
834
774
Fatalities
per 100,000
workers
11.2
10.8
9.7
9.9
9.8
Directorate of Construction
Standards
Pre-Rule
• Reinforcing and
Post-Tensioned
Steel Construction
Directorate of Construction
Standards
Pre-rule
• Backing
Operations
Directorate of Construction
Standards
Standards Improvement Process
(SIPs) IV
• Remove or revise duplicative, unnecessary,
and inconsistent safety and health standards
• Without reducing workers' safety and health
or imposing any additional economic burden
on employers
Directorate of Construction Standards
• Final rules focused on construction
– Cranes and derricks in underground construction and
demolition
– Cranes and derricks, digger derrick exemption
– Cranes and derricks technical corrections
– Confined spaces
Construction Directives Under
Development
• Highway work zones
• Cranes and derricks
• Personal protective equipment
• Construction chapter to FOM
• Excavations/trenching
Top 10 Crane Standards Cited
1. 1926.1428(a)
– Signal person not qualified
2. 1926.1425(c)(3)
– Materials not rigged by a qualified rigger
3. 1926.1428((a)(3)
– No documentation for the signal person
4. 1926.1412(f)(1)
– No annual inspections performed by a qualified person
5. 1926.1408(a)(2)
– No determination for working radius closer than 20 feet to a
power line.
Top 10 Crane Standards Cited
6. 1926.1417(c)(1)
– Operators manual, load charts, hazard warnings , etc.. not in the cab at
all times
7. 1926.1412(d)(1)
– A determination for safety was not made by competent person after a
deficiency was noted during a visual inspection.
8. 1926.1412(e)(3)i)
– Monthly crane inspection results, missing or signed documentation not
maintained
9. 1926.1412(f)(2)
– Inspections not performed annually by a qualified person or as specified
10. 1926.1411(f)(2)(xvii)
– Missing labels supplied by the manufacturer
Crane Guidance Products
• Cranes and derricks products
– FAQs Published
– Fact sheets
– Letters of interpretation
Crane Letters of Interpretation
• Identifying a work zone when working near
a power line
• Apprenticeship programs used to qualify
riggers and signal persons
• Hours of equipment operation versus
practical exam for recertification
Crane Letters of Interpretation
• Operation of cranes derated by the
manufacturer
• Mast Climbing Scaffold used with hoisting
attachments
• Typical vertical mast forklift used with hoisting
attachments
Crane Fact Sheets
Five Fact Sheets discuss:
• Significant changes, requirements, and benefits for the
new rule.
• Requirements for Assembly/Disassembly of a Crane
• Signal Person and Rigger Qualifications
Frequently Asked Questions on
Cranes
Examples:
• Delivery of a crane or materials with a crane to a
worksite
• The relationship between Local State and
Federal Operator Certification Requirements
• Operator Certification Process and
Documentation
Topics for Future FAQs and
Interpretations
All are in various stages of research and
concurrence. Topics include:
• Extended reach forklifts used as a crane
• Service drops
• DC voltage
• Articulating knuckle-boom cranes
• Lifting burial vaults
• Crane capacity and operator certification
Fatal Accident
Deep South Crane and Rigging
Company – Lyondell Basell
Houston Refinery, Pasadena, TX
July 18,2008
Versa Crane TC36000 (2500 Ton)
Fall Prevention Campaign Update
Poster
Tool Box Stickers
Pocket Cards
Front
Back
http://www.osha.gov/stopfalls/
Heat Illness Campaign
Extended for 2012
• Compliance assistance
and outreach continues
• Focus on preventing
heat illness to outdoor
workers.
• Water, Rest, Shade
– Fact Sheet and Posters
English/Spanish
Emerging Issues
OSHA’s Distracted Driving Initiative
Advisory Committee on
Construction Safety and Health
• Charter renewal with the Secretary's Office
• New members selected
– Notification sent to selected nominees.
• Next meeting slated for December 2012
• Minutes and transcripts from the May
10-11 meeting now posted on
OSHA/ACCSH web page
Questions?