With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new rule for crane operation taking effect this month, the industry’s response has been less a panic over additional regulation than a sigh of ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on May 21 that it is amending its proposed rule for crane operator training and certification. The new version of the rule removes the ...

It sounds like a classic "man bites dog" story: Industry representatives persuade a somewhat reluctant OSHA to update a regulation. But that appears to be precisely what happened in July, when OSHA ...

OSHA is particularly keen to reduce worker exposures to electrical shock, electrocution, falls from elevation, and being struck by moving equipment through the latest alliance renewal. Continued ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has finalized its long-awaited approach to crane operator qualification and certification. 1 The rule, which has followed a tortuous road to ...

The fact that OSHA's Crane and Derrick Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (CDAC) reached consensus on most major issues within one year after beginning shows the agency learned valuable lessons from its ...

A new directive involving cranes and derricks has been issued by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The directive addresses training, inspections and certifications. The National ...

Matthew Shaw is regulatory compliance coordinator for the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators. Published with permission from Equipment Manager magazine, the magazine of AEMP.

Immediate concerns—signal persons For most crane-using companies working to comply with Subpart CC, their most pressing needs are to first “qualify” riggers and signal persons, and to then begin ...