After eight years in development, the new rule would remove certification-by-capacity restrictions. Eight years after it began the process of finalizing a rule to govern the certification of crane and ...

OSHA has announced a final rule aimed at clarifying requirements for crane requirements. The rule maintains the employer’s duty to ensure that crane operators can safely operate the equipment and ...

OSHA published the long-delayed updates to its crane operator certification requirements in the Nov. 9 Federal Register. As was expected, the agency will require certification by type of crane, and ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to apply the worker safety and health standards used for cranes and derricks to demolition and underground construction work under its direct ...

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 ...

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Certification is a valid means to determine a crane operator's knowledge, skill and ability. When accredited certification is clearly defined by type and capacity—as the current OSHA rules ...

Terex Utilities has published Product Advisory PA 1020D-18 regarding the recently released revision to the final rule on crane operator certification, which is effective Dec. 9, 2018. The requirement ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a crane service provider with five safety violations and $26,000 in penalties in the death of an employee in August 2023. An OSHA ...

S&D Erectors, Farmersville, Texas, overloaded the crane it was using to construct a metal building, according to an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The crane ...